Upstate New York, “..a 'burnt district.' this references where the religious revival is related to reform movements of the period, such as abolition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States, women's rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights, and utopian social experiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia#Religious_utopia, the region is expanded to include areas of central New York that were important to these movements. “
Others there in history too. The earliest Shaker spiritual practice ashram-like communities landed in upstate New York. = Shaker Meditative Practice: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fbclid=IwAR3KgYKQM6y-efgVs1Ds2zKFMtsflbwajNjSFBoSCPB38Ee4P9G5-aIDhbA#!topic/communal-studies-forum/0wLtbs5giDo https://groups.google.com/forum/?fbclid=IwAR3KgYKQM6y-efgVs1Ds2zKFMtsflbwajNjSFBoSCPB38Ee4P9G5-aIDhbA#!topic/communal-studies-forum/0wLtbs5giDo The Amana Society communalists of The True Inspiration, also silent meditators in spiritual transcendentalist practice, went through that upstate NY area too, building an ashram-like community outside Syracuse initially before they migrated to settle and build in Iowa. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : That upstate New York corridor seems to have been a hotbed for this kind of breeding. Noyes at Oneida, Joe Smith with the Mormons, and this. What could the astrocartographers say, fertile ground or something in the water? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Nxivm former members to break vow of silence by testifying against cult leader https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/06/nxivm-former-members-opening-arguments-new-york-court https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/06/nxivm-former-members-opening-arguments-new-york-court?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xOTA1MDY%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email
