Are There Other “Stelle-Like” Cities? Another question was whether there are other cities similar to Stelle in other parts of the world—in India, for instance. Richard answered that there are other communities established in areas of the world such as Asia and South America, but that none of the others is technically oriented. A percentage of people from such communities will be directed to come to Philadelphia at the proper time. Many of them may come via a short stay in Stelle to become acquainted with our ways and our language. Also, there are many persons reaching toward First Degree without joining a city, and they too will be directed to come to Philadelphia. (07-1969) How Do Other Communities Fit In? Q: What role do you see other New Age organizations, such as Findhorn, having in the future? Will they be a part of the cities like Philadelphia to be formed after the turn of the century? Will we work together with them or will they be independent? RK: I think we are all part of a network which needs to be kept up kind of currently in our communications with one another. But, each organization has a very specific appeal to a certain personality type or what an individual wants to do. That is why there are so many of them and why there will continue to be many forms of appeal. As a matter of fact, each of the seven Lesser Brotherhoods has a specific type of individual that they plant them their introductory information to. There are some who are very practical and some are very spiritual and they need to be balanced in the other direction. Yet, they have to, in order to get a very spiritual person on the road to practicality, they have to appeal to his spiritual views. You cannot teach somebody something unless you have their attention, and that is what They have to do. The things with people who are very practical they need to move more toward the spiritual end of the spectrum, but you have to deal with them on the practical side because that is what appeals to them. Once you have them beginning to understand what you are trying to promote, you start moving them in the way they are supposed to go. Each of these communities have the same kind of different function, at least to get many kinds of people involved in a community type of experience. Of course, most of them are really quite different in not only in their philosophy but in their way of operation. We are very much in the self-determination through our democratic process here, and others do not have that option even a little bit. That apparently is of value to certain types of individuals. So, it is not for us to “knock” what others are doing, but rather to help one another to get, perhaps, other people interested in starting their own communities. (01-1983)
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