What's up with Bluebird?
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02-07-2007, 15:25
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What's up with Bluebird?
Al, I'm in total agreement with you there. That subject is for another venue.
Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Livingston,Montana ----- Original Message ----- From: Al To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: What's up with Bluebird? Kerry & Tom, I am scratching my head.. What does this have to do with the topic? "What's up with Bluebird? " Am I missing somthing? Al Johnson '96 BMC B50 Mandeville, Louisiana --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards" > > They called themselves Christian Communists in their own literature and they rejected > private property, owning all things in common including spouses and children. I can't > imagine anything more communist than that. They published a newspaper called the > American Socialist. They also talked about free love, but whether they would have called > themselves a free love community, I'm not sure. They did accept some members from > other free love communities. They were not permitted to have exclusive sexual > relationships but had to rotate thru the community although their sexual choices were > always monitored by the leaders to make sure no exclusive relationships developed. They > also could not reproduce without a deliberate choice by the community (in their later > years). They understood human sexuality to be a spiritual expression, capable of > perfecting humans. It is interesting that they seemed to have developed this view thru > experiment, completely independent of the Asian traditions which developed a similar > view thousands of years ago. > I've read about them for years and visited the mansion house this past summer. > > Kerry > 82 FC 35 > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner wrote: > > > > Kerry it was not a communist community, but instead was based on > > complex marriage and perfectionism. The mansion house and facilities > > are only a couple of miles from my home in Sherill, NY. Although it > > was a christian community it was not a free love one. > > > > tom warner > > vernon center,ny > > 1985 PT 40 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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