New Age - World's largest Religion ?

Who doesnt yearn for World Peace?


Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war ! ( Milton )


The Manitou Foundation was founded by the ex UNDP Chairman, Maurice Strong. Hanne and M Strong first came to the Baca/Crestone area of Colorado in 1978 and established an ecumenical community in a vast expanse of land of roughly 700 acres. Though a region of wilderness, much infrastructure, roads and utlilites were installed and some houses built.

The Strongs were inspired by the fact that indigenous people had revered pristine wildernesses and had cognised eternal truths in higher states of Consciousness. This great wilderness is a place for communion with Nature and the Divine, for conducting their vision quests and receiving philosophic trainings. It is prophesied that the world's great esoteric traditions would gather here and move the world towards globally conscious co-existence and World Peace. The Strongs embraced this vision in the 1980s and gave land to two esoteric traditions ( Carmelite Catholic and Tibetan Buddhists) and one educational/intellectual organisation In order to develop the human spirit, a non-profit, private Foundation, the Manitou Foundation, was established in 1988 to carry on this vision and to develop a world community, spiritually grounded, here.

Currently this community of centers is the largest interfaith community in North America. It has grown as an ideal place, for the world's wisdom traditions to be taught, practised and presented. Groups who have received financial or land grants include Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Sufi, Taoist, Zen Buddhists and Zoroastrian organisations. Sri Aurobindo Center for Learning is also here. Other projects involving youth and adult education in the field of Earth restoration, sustenance and preservation, have also received grants. Thousands point out that this Foundation has been responsible for supporting them in their spiritual development and deep experiences of Nature.

Nature is great in her pristine purity here and all eternal truths were cognised in the stillness of the woods. This is an ideal location for living in rhythm with Natural Law, in balance with Mother Nature. Many self-development organisations have been attracted here .Groups which are interested in self sufficient lifestyles, which are simple and philosophically based move towards the Manitou Foundation, which demonstrates these styles and gives the knowledge of appropriate technologies.

If humanity wills, there can be a paradigm shift in thinking and World Peace may emerge !

"If the Earth calls and the Supreme answers, the hour can be even now " ( Aurobindo ).