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Author Topic: Death of Carl's spiritual main man, John-Roger  (Read 2123 times)
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« on: October 22, 2014, 08:09:43 AM »

At her Facebook page, actress Sally Kirkland, a longtime member of the Movement for Spiritual Inner Awareness founded by Roger D. Hinkins (better known as John-Roger), reports that the latter has just moved on to his next plane of being, ie has died.  He spoke at Carl's memorial and was said to have inspired KTSA's Where I Belong.
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2014, 06:01:46 PM »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2803264/MSIA-founder-Roger-Delano-Hinkins-dies-age-80.html

So far only the, um, pride of Fleet Street has taken notice of John-Roger's passing in the mainstream media.  The article mentions some of the controversial aspects of his career, and refers to his best-known follower in the music field as "Carol Wilson."
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2014, 11:44:09 PM »

Never heard of him till now. How involved was Carl with this group. Sounds sketchy.

Minor correction: "where I belong" is from the 85 album, not KTSA.
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2014, 11:56:21 PM »

I only saw Carl mention John Roger once, on a PBS late night show in 1983.  I think it was in response to a caller asking if he still practiced TM.
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2014, 07:57:01 AM »

Interesting topic. Isn't there also some 70s footage of the group posing with one Werner Erhard (of EST fame)?
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2014, 08:32:47 AM »

Below, a photo of Carl with John-Roger aka Roger Hinkins, at an awards ceremony sponsored by MSIA, probably sometime in the mid to late '80s.  

Carl also visited the White House around 1990 in the company of Sally Kirkland, on behalf of MSIA's work with a charity.  She put up a photo from that occasion on her FB page a while back, which I can't find now - but I remember that Carl's attire was right up to his customary standard of elegance.

Another obit that mentions Carl:
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-roger-20141023-story.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John-Roger_and_Carl_Wilson,_Integrity_Awards.jpg


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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2014, 08:43:41 AM »

So what you guys are saying is that Sally Kirkland sent me a friend request to drag me into a cult with a snappy acronym?
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2014, 09:05:26 AM »

Thought that name sounded familiar - is this the guy referred to in the WIBN pseudo-biography as Carl's spiritual adviser "John Rogers" ?
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2014, 11:15:38 AM »

From The Daily Wail:

"The controversial group is known for its aversion to garlic, publishing specialist cook-books of garlic free Italian and French recipes for its followers." He might have- allegedly - forced some of his male followers to f***, mind you...
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