My Personal Journey

Internship at the Glide Foundation

In the Fall of 1966, Elizabeth and I stuffed our suitcases and camping gear into the trunk of our Dodge Dart and headed west to San Francisco. We were off to begin a year long internship with the Glide Foundation of San Francisco. Many ministers speak of being “called” to their profession. I was feeling…

My Esalen Experience

One day the woman doctor pulled me aside and said I needed to get help. I should attend a T-group. I had no idea what a T-Group was. I literally pictured a group of people sitting around drinking tea. She said she had looked around to see what programs were available and the only thing…

9 Years in a Cult

Of all my experiences, I feel the most ambivalent about the 1970’s and our time in the Creative Initiative Foundation. I was initially pulled to their vision of a world more aligned with the teachings of Jesus. They made a distinction between Jesus as Teacher and Christ the Savior. Here was a new organization that…

Evelyn Sullivan

“You are a mess!” I am standing in front of Evelyn Sullivan with nothing on but my skivvies. Evelyn is probably in her early 70’s and she is clearly not happy with me. Winona had told me about Evelyn and the unusual energy work that she does. She also told me not to be late….

Life Energy Fundamentals

In July of 1984 I attended a conference outside of New York City on Organization Transformation. During an open mic session, a short man with dark, curly hair got up an announced that he would be demonstrating his work with human energy systems. Intrigued, I decided to attend. His name was Jeff Krock. Like a…

Vision Quest

“Well, you have really done it this time, Van Horn. How do you get out of this mess?” This was my inner critic speaking. Whenever it calls me Van Horn I know I am in trouble. My father used to call me this when he was annoyed with me. But my inner critic was right:…

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