Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/California spirituality


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The result was   delete. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124; WER  02:27, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

California spirituality

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This appears to be a neologism; none of the cited sources show that there is a generally recognized movement called "California spirituality". This further appears to be the author's synthesis of existing research, in violation of WP:NOR. NawlinWiki (talk) 20:56, 11 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. References Existing Work Only - Multiple books have been published on the subject by reputable authors (such as Dr. Wade Clark Roof, the J.F. Rowny Professor of Religion and Society and director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at the University of California at Santa Barbara) over the last 15 years, including, but not limited to:


 * 1. Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion. By Wade Clark Roof. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999


 * 2. Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region: Fluid Identities (Religion by Region). Phillip E. Hammond, George Tanabe, Susan Frankiel, Douglas Firth Anderson, David Machacek, Edited Wade Clark Roof & Mark Silk. AltaMira Press, 2005, page 119 ("It is possible to gain some insight by turning to what may be the best snapshot of contemporary California spirituality available...")


 * 3. THE VISIONARY STATE: A JOURNEY THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE. By Erik Davis (Photographs by Michael Rauner). Chronicle Books, June 2006


 * 4. Gordon Kennedy: Children of the Sun: A Pictorial Anthology From Germany To California 1883–1949. Nivaria Press (1998), 192 pp., ISBN 0-9668898-0-0


 * Mentions of, and reference to, California Spirituality occurs in various places in the literary world & blogosphere, including, but not limited to the following essays, blogs, and websites :


 * 1. "Esoteric California: Visionary State at the Philosophical Research Society," narrated by Erik Davis, delivered to the Philosophical Research Society, March 15, 2009. http://www.techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-04-21-1840-0.txt


 * 2. "Erik Davis Speaks...Interview with Erik Davis," by Jon Hanna, Winter 2006, The Entheogen Review, https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/davis_erik/davis_erik_interview1.shtml


 * 3. "The Altered State: California's Spiritual Frontiers," a four-week seminar, Feb 17, 24 March 2, March 16, 2004. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco.


 * 4. "New Age Mush," by Charlotte Allen, First Things magazine, June 1992. http://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/06/002-new-age-mush


 * 5. "Manly P. Hall and California Spirituality," Seminar deliver by The Gnostic Society, July 24, 2009. http://gnosis.org/gnostsoc/gnostsoc.htm


 * 6. "Can Good Literature be Gamified? How do we extend our literary traditions into the Digital Age?" by George Davis, Psychology Today, September 15, 2013. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/modern-melting-pot/201309/can-good-literature-be-gamified


 * 7. "PROFILE: JACK KORNFIELD, 'Wise Heart,'" Shambhala Sun magazine, November 2010.http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3599&Itemid=0


 * 8. "Visionary State: California Spirituality," Seminar delivered at The Esalen Institute, May 12-14, 2006. http://www.esalen.org/sites/default/files/resource_attachments/2006_Jan.pdf


 * 9. "The Democratic Personality," by Caleb Crain, The New Yorker magazine, published online January 8, 2014. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/01/more-egalitarian-than-thou.html


 * 10. "Chasing the Divine: Huston Smith and the seekers of Trabuco Canyon," By Don Lattin, California magazine, Published by UC Berkeley, Spring 2011. http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/spring-2011-articles-faith/chasing-divine


 * RasBull (talk) 21:09, 11 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spirituality-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 12 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - Original essay. Carrite (talk) 19:54, 17 July 2014 (UTC).


 * Comment - Not original work, please SEE REFERENCE SECTION OF ARTICLE. RasBull


 * Delete, original research and thesis. the article that needs to be written is Religion in California, which would be much greater than the scope of this essay.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:35, 19 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - Not original work, PLEASE SEE REFERENCE SECTION OF ARTICLE. RasBull
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