Talk:Thomas Lake Harris

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Some of this text is verbatim from Heavens on Earth by Mark Halloway, Second Edition by Dover Publications, 1966, page 216.

The source is supposed to be Britannica. Someone should check that the Halloway text is not also adopted from the old Britannica.Cokerwr 19:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Many sentences completely unsourced. I removed this line, which had no references: 'Harris exacted complete surrender from his disciples, even the surrender of moral judgment. He taught that God was bisexual, and apparently, though not in reality, that the rule of society should be one of married celibacy.' - now, whether Harris meant androgynous, or asexual, or, as was written, really bisexual, how can we tell without reference or source? He taught surrender of moral judgement? This type of claim is not acceptable in a biography entry without evidence.

This page is frightfully inaccurate

Thomas Lake Harris settled his winery and followers in Santa Rosa California in an area known today as Fountaingrove. He was run out of town by the locals after an article was published in the San Francisco Chronicle exposing him as a fraud. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sukiboo (talk • contribs) 07:22, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

If I read my source correctly, Harris and his New Brotherhood themselves named the area in Santa Rosa "Fountain Grove". He was there from 1875 - 1892, before giving the property to his adopted son. I also note that this page mentions that Andrew Jackson Davis(just listed as "Davis") was exposed as a fraud; is there a source for that, other than this same EB article?

Steven 12:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Steven Rowe