Scholars have noted several New Age political groups. Self-Determination: A Personal/Political Network, lauded by FergusonFerguson, Marilyn (1980). The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s. Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc., distributed by Houghton Mifflin, pp. 232–235. . and Satin,Satin, Mark (1978). New Age Politics: Healing Self and Society. Delta Books / Dell Publishing Co., pp. 219, 345. . was described at length by sociology of religion scholar Steven Tipton.Tipton, Steven M. (1982). Getting Saved from the Sixties: Moral Meaning in Conversion and Cultural Change. University of California Press, pp. 267–270. . Founded in 1975 by California state legislator John Vasconcellos and others, it encouraged Californians to engage in personal growth work and political activities at the same time, especially at the grassroots level.Tipton, cited above, pp. 267, 270. Hanegraaff noted another California-based group, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, headed by the author Willis Harman. It advocated a change in consciousness—in "basic underlying assumptions"—in order to come to grips with global crises. Kyle said that the New York City–based Planetary Citizens organization, headed by United Nations consultant and Earth at Omega author Donald Keys, sought to implement New Age political ideas.
Scholars have noted several New Age political groups. Self-Determination: A Personal/Political Network, lauded by FergusonFerguson, Marilyn (1980). The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s. Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc., distributed by Houghton Mifflin, pp. 232–235. . and Satin,Satin, Mark (1978). New Age Politics: Healing Self and Society. Delta Books / Dell Publishing Co., pp. 219, 345. . was described at length by sociology of religion scholar Steven Tipton.Tipton Steven M. (1982). Getting Saved from the Sixties: Moral Meaning in Conversion and Cultural Change. University of California Press, pp. 267–270. . Founded in 1975 by California state legislator John Vasconcellos and others, it encouraged Californians to engage in personal growth work and political activities at the same time, especially ,at the grassroots level.Tipton, cited above, pp. 267, 270. Hanegraaff noted another California-based group, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, headed by the author Willis Harman. It advocated a change in consciousness—in "basic underlying assumptions"—in order to come to grips with global crises. Kyle said that the New York City–based Planetary Citizens organization, headed by United Nations consultant and Earth at Omega author Donald Keys, sought to implement New Age political ideas.