Description
Course prospectus, flyers, pamphlets, newsletters, correspondence, essays, articles, class notes and other material from The
Prosperos, co-founded by Thane Walker, 1966-1980. Founded in Florida in 1956, then based in Los Angeles in the 1960s and early
1970s, the Prosperos espoused (principally through the writings of co-founder Walker) a program of transformative spiritual
education that combined mysticism, psychology, astrology, as well as an openness to homosexuality, bisexuality and androgyny.
Background
Founded in Florida in 1956--then based in Los Angeles during the 1960s and early 1970s--the Prosperos espoused (principally
through the writings of co-founder Thane Walker) a program of transformative spiritual education that combined mysticism,
psychology, astrology; and an openness to homosexuality, bisexuality and androgyny. During the 1960s, its mission statement
read, "The Prosperos is a non-profit religio-educational institution devoted to research, study and education in the New Frontiers
of the heart, the mind and the spirit."