Atomic energy in conscious form is conceived in Vacaville

Atomic energy in conscious form is conceived in Vacaville

From Fifty Years with Angels, p. 13

"This is a nice photograph of Rosemary Macdonald, who joined the school early on. We used to meet at her house, the Macdonald Farmhouse, in Vacaville. That is quite interesting because the atomic bomb was conceived and tested at McDonald's Ranch in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and divine presence, which is dropping the atomic bomb internally, was conceived at the Macdonald Farmhouse in Vacaville. The atomic bomb was also developed under the direction of a Robert - J. Robert Oppenheimer. It reflects the power of divine presence in an unconscious form whereas, in a conscious being, such as Buddha [or Robert Burton!], it is in conscious form, and it is controlled and eternal. What we were doing in Vacaville was conceiving atomic energy in conscious form - self-remembering."

[Note: The bomb was assembled and tested, not conceived, at McDonald Ranch, aka Trinity Site, which is about 160 miles from Los Alamos and about 90 miles from Las Cruces, which Burton (conjuring an esoteric significance) has also cited as the blast location.]

The Fellowship of Friends purchases an Oregon House ranch

During the 1970s, Robert Earl Burton generally avoided being photographed.
This 1971 photo was a widely-circulated exception.
 It appears on Page 12 of Fifty Years with Angels.

[ed. - Date approximate. Early in 1971, the Fellowship formed a "finder's committee" to search for land upon which to build a headquarters. An Oregon House ranch, through which Dixon Hill Road ran, and which shared Dixon Hill with the neighboring Richards Ranch was chosen. On March 3rd, the intended purchase was announced. On March 4th ("the only day of the year that's a command," according to Charles Randall) members were asked for donations. In June, Alden Edmonds, Bonita Guido, and Anna Gold would become the first residents of the Fellowship's new ranch. The following is Robert Burton's account.]

"We took forty different journeys from the Bay Area to look for a place to build Apollo. We were looking for property that was below the snow line and above the fog line...

"When I came onto the property for the first time on an early spring day, a light rain was falling. I think it was April...

"When we purchased Apollo in 1971, the property totaled 917 acres. It cost $185 an acre, which we paid off in two years. However, unbeknownst to me, one of our treasurers later mortgaged it...

"Later we purchased additional property, and now we have 1017 acres."*

- Robert Burton, Fifty Years with Angels, pages 11-12

"On July 4, 1971, his students purchased 1,200 acres of mostly uncleared land in the Sierra foothills."

-  Official Fellowship of Friends history

* According to the report by Eugene Katz, CPA, the Fellowship's land holdings as of December 31, 1971 were 917 acres, the cost, about $167 per acre.