Adelphi, Texas
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The Adelphi Community is an intentional community (current population 16) located approximately 25 miles east of Dallas, Texas. The community consists of streets, several private homes, eight townhouses, a community well, community gardens and a sewage treatment plant. Adelphi, Texas is also known as the "Adelphi Community."
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[edit] History
The community was built by members of the Adelphi Organization, which was founded by Richard Kieninger in 1976. During the 1950s, Richard Kieninger had been a student of the Lemurian Fellowship in Ramona, California, which teaches a set of beliefs called "Lemurian Philosophy."[1] In 1963 Mr. Kieninger published his own book, THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER, under the pen name Eklal Kueshana.
[edit] Community Philosophies
THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER details the tenets of Lemurian Philosophy, which stresses love and positive living. Early editions also included date specific predictions that Mr. Kieninger claimed were provided by representatives of secret organizations known as the "Brotherhoods." Mr. Kieninger wrote that nuclear war (Armageddon) would begin in November, 1999 culminating in worldwide devastation, and that on May 5, 2000 natural cataclysms (Doomsday) would begin, resulting in the submersion of most of the United States and the emergence of a new land mass in the Pacific Ocean where a new nation, the Nation of God, would be built. When neither Armageddon nor Doomsday occurred on the dates Mr. Kieninger provided, he offered that perhaps he had misunderstood the Brotherhoods' predictions. The current 2000 edition of The ULTIMATE FRONTIER, published by the Adelphi Organization, continues to include general predictions of Armageddon and Doomsday, minus specific dates.
Richard Kieninger remained an Adelphi resident until his death in early 2002 of esophageal cancer. He died without providing further explanation as to the failure of his earlier published predictions.
[edit] Community Purpose
The Adelphi Organization's website provides the following statement of purpose:
"...The Adelphi Organization was founded...to help create the climate and institutional patterns to be used initially in the Nation of God, by sponsoring the development of the community of Adelphi, Texas. The membership has accepted the responsibility for being a precursor city to the Nation of God and educating future generations in the Lemurian Philosophy. It is our job to survive the cataclysm (Armageddon and Doomsday, ed.) by means of technology and positive karma and quickly rebuild and establish a highly cultured Lemurian civilization."[2]
Residence in the Adelphi Community is limited to members of The Adelphi Organization, which also manages community affairs.
[edit] Sister Communities
The Adelphi Community has a sister community in Stelle, Illinois that was founded in 1973, also based on Richard Kieninger's writings. Since 1983 residence in the Stelle Community has been open to anyone, and the community disavowed any formal connection with Mr. Kieninger in 1985. The current population of the Stelle Community is approximately 125.[3]
