Talk:Harbin Hot Springs, California

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[edit] Revision Thoughts

I'm new to WikiPedia, and don't have time to do a good re-write at the moment, so wanted to put a few thoughts up here first: 1. The "Currently maintened by 150+ residents ..." sentenced appears twice in close proximity and should be revised.
2. The link to: http://jwester.cts.com/harbin.html appears to be dead, but can be found at: http://web.archive.org/web/20050317125308/jwester.cts.com/harbin.html
If it is to be included, the text should include some mention of the Frontiers of Science / Harbinger University period in the late 60s to provide context.
3. The simply stated "After a decline in the 1950's, Harbin was largely abandoned until the early 1970's" may be a bit misleading as it was open for business at least several summers in early 1960s followed by the "Harbinger University" period. I'm not sure just how much historical detail is desirable, but I'd be happy to try to write a "very short summary" of the detailed history Klages wrote. For starters, Robert Hartley (aka Ishvara who still lives at Harbin) purchased the land in May 1972, and sold it to the newly created Heart Consciousness Church in Feb. 1975, and the local natives were known as the Lake Miwok.
4. Feel free to correct the "syle" of my date and ISBN citation of the 2 mentioned books. It may also be worth adding a reference to "Oneness in Living" by Ishvara (2002 ISBN 1556434138) which I believe dedicates ~100 pages to Harbin Hot Springs.
--Havspace 07:05, 19 November 2006 (UTC)