Ebook: Revelation : the birth of a new age

Among the people who joined Findhorn in the early 1970s was David Spangler. He would be among the first people to lead the Light groups to a vision of the New Age, the idea that not only was it the task of the groups to channel spiritual light to the world, but that the end of the twentieth century was a particularly good time to engage in such activity. Spangler came to believe that a new level of spiritual energy was becoming available, and if enough humans cooperated with it, a planetary transformation to a new age of peace and light would emerge. As this teaching was accepted by the other Light groups, what became known as the New Age Movement was born.

He channeled material from an entity called ‘‘John’’ and a second group he collectively called “Bob” in a question, answer format. During his three years at Findhorn, he constructed a vision of the New Age as a time when important new energies from the cosmos were available to the human race. If these energies were accepted and worked with over the next generation, a New Age could be brought to pass. According to Spangler, the coming of the New Age was dependent upon the dedicated spiritual work of the people. He first published his views in a small book published by Findhorn, The New Age Vision (1973). Later he expanded in his writing in two larger volumes Revelation: The Birth of a New Age (1976) and Towards a Planetary Vision (1977). The basic ideas were quite simple: There is a New Age coming and this present generation is the transition generation, though most will live to see and enjoy the imminent new society of peace and love. Responsibility for bringing in the New Age is in the hands of individuals who must take responsibility for their lives and the direction of society. His is a vision calling each of us to understand and embody that power now, to live the life of “Limitless Love and Truth.”
In this new edition he added fresh material expanding it into the present volume.

David Spangler was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1945. During his childhood, much of which was spent in North Africa, he had a number of spiritual experiences which led him to an awareness that humanity is entering a new cycle of its evolution and stands on the threshold of a New Age. At that early age he was clairvoyantly aware of non-physical entities. While in Morocco at age seven, he said he had a classical mystical experience of merging with a timeless presence of oneness within the cosmos and then remembering his existence prior to this life as well as the process by which he chose to become David Spangler and entered into his present incarnation. Early in life he was a student of Alice Bailey.
More recently he views the New Age as a metaphor for personal transformation and feels that its essence would be found in the change and growth of individuals. He called upon such people to work for real change in the social order. He disagreed with Findhorn leader Peter Caddy, who believed that the New Age would be brought in by a cataclysmic event.