More clues on Paul N. Temple, "The Family," and Norman Grubb / Abraham Vereide Associations

Here are more snippets from my heavy ongoing research for my forthcoming Part VI of the unfinished NewswithViews series on "The HiJacking of Evangelicalism." The interlocking interests between the top of the New Age Movement (Institute of Noetic Sciences) and Evangelical Christianity (Fellowship Foundation, Washington, D.C.) are explored. I recommend that you IMMEDIATELY archive all links as the material has a tendency to disappear. The 990 reports of Three Swallows Foundation have become recently much more difficult to locate. Fortunately for all, I have them archived.

Paul Temple, the founder of Institute of Noetic Sciences, a pivotal New Age Movement organization comprising a virtual Who's Who of the New Age / "Cultural Creative" world had cross-movement associations reaching back many years. His World Business Academy links to his Abraham Vereide / Fellowship Foundation ties (Doug Coe and company these days) take one to NormanGrubb.com. Perhaps all was not coincidental. Norman Grubb had a deep and abiding interest in "the Great Mystics" such as Jacob Boehme and William Law. Norman Grubb preached a peculiar gospel of "Christ as us" which he called "Union Life." Bluntly, it is far more akin to "Christ Consciousness" than it is to "Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior." Paul Temple was, per his accounts, introduced to Abraham Vereide by his old law school friend, Jim Bell. Jim Bell served as Secretary of ICL (International Christian Leadership) in Washington, D.C.[1]

Also interesting is that Norman Grubb was the founder of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. I note for the record that the only threat I ever had to my face about character assassination if I did not back off the New Age Movement issues was from James W. Sire, Sr., senior editor of InterVarsity Publishers. This occurred in the Merchandise Mart Holiday Inn of Chicago, Illinois on March 20, 1983, the morning after I did a 3 hour television special with Jerry Rose at a Chicago, Illinois Christian television station.[2] Recently, I obtained a book by Sire about Vaclav Havel, the former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia. Sire wrote openly and approvingly of Havel's "noetic moments." Vaclav Havel was an open New Ager and proudly claimed by such by the New Age communities.

From the PrivateCapitalCorp.com website, we read this of Paul Temple's business bio which proudly boasts his more exotic "cultural creative" - New Age credentials:

Attorney, investor, entrepreneur and humanist, Paul Temple has traveled far and wide to spread his business and personal influence. A Cincinnati native, he earned his AB at Princeton, JD at Harvard Law School and was a navy ensign. In the heart of his corporate career, in a stretch of eight years, he was attorney for both Celanese and Standard Oil. He made a notable jump with successive energy posts in Spain – president of Esso Affiliates and executive VP of Gas Natural SA. It was about this time, in the early 1970’s, that Paul donned his entrepreneurial hat. He co-founded Weeks Natural Resources followed by chairman responsibilities for a number of enterprises, including Energy Capital of London, Dayspring Mining, Biogenesis Enterprises, Seasoil Ltd., Gaichem Technologies, Organic Trees and Virgin Oil.

To this day, reaching for cultural and spiritual attainment, he co-founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Temple Award for Creative Altruism and participated in many national and international exchanges – sponsor for Christianity, Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders for Human Survival, master of ceremonies for the US-USSR Summit, and director of the Temple of Understanding. Paul’s creative side and love for music also found a home as associate producer of the film Born Again [about Charles Colson] and Broadway play Dance a Little Closer.

What was it Barbara Marx Hubbard, a close Paul Temple friend said in Seattle, Washington in April, 1988 said?:

"Now all the resonating core groups with outwardly different purposes are merging and blending and coming together to do the One Work."

You may well bet that the "One Work" was NOT to preach the true gospel to all nations!

Stay tuned!

Constance

[1] See MODERN VIKING by Norman Grubb, page 178. Modern Viking was copyrighted in 1961 by Zondervan Publishing House of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Jim Bell, also an Episcopalian layman spoke on behalf of Fellowship House at Abraham and Mattie Vereide's 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 1960. See pages 179-181, ibid.

[2] Also part of Mr. Sire's entourage that morning for that breakfast meeting were Eric Pement and Jon Trott both part of Jesus People USA of Chicago.