Introduction


Robert Earl Burton founded The Fellowship of Friends in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1970. Burton modeled his own group after that of Alex Horn, loosely borrowing from the Fourth Way teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky. In recent years, the Fellowship has cast its net more broadly, embracing any spiritual tradition that includes (or can be interpreted to include) the notion of "presence."

The Fellowship of Friends exhibits the hallmarks of a "doomsday religious cult," wherein Burton exercises absolute authority, and demands loyalty and obedience. He warns that his is the only path to consciousness and eternal life. Invoking his gift of prophecy, he has over the years prepared his flock for great calamities (e.g. a depression in 1984, the fall of California in 1998, nuclear holocaust in 2006, and most recently the October 2018 "Fall of California Redux.")

According to Burton, Armageddon still looms in our future and when it finally arrives, non-believers shall perish while, through the direct intervention and guidance from 44 angels (recently expanded to 81 angels, including himself and his divine father, Leonardo da Vinci), Burton and his followers shall be spared, founding a new and more perfect civilization. Read more about the blog.

Presented in a reverse chronology, the Fellowship's history may be navigated via the "Blog Archive" located in the sidebar below.

Tuesday, June 30, 1981

June 1981 Notes

Skyline Community Church where Robert Burton's Fellowship of Friends cult held meetings in the 1970s
Present day Skyline Community Church in Oakland. In the 1970s and early 80s, The Fellowship of Friends held weekly meetings here.

"Renaissance Vine" newsletter [summarized]
May 27: Last Bay Area meeting at Skyline Church. Beginning June 13, Northern California meetings will occur at Renaissance.
Concerts:
July 1: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio
July 3 and 4: Sequoia String Quartet
July 11 and 12: Menahem Pressler
When encountering former members, a cordial greeting is appropriate. [ed. - But members are still not to associate with former members.]
1,374 members
April 23: Henry Scott passed way
Photos: Barn, pond [ed. - A before and after view. The Milton Pond takes the place of the former maintenance barn.]
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