It seems to have been a "New Age" type of organization of its day. The published works seems to have been written or coordinated by one Svend Raasted (or Raastad or Rusted). The State of California web site shows that they incorporated on July 18, 1945, but appears to be today to be a defunct corporation (in other words, long out of business). If you Google map search the address of 1040 S. Ardmore Av., LA, it comes up with a neighborhood of apartment buildings.
Here's one magazine article excerpt that will give you an idea of the tone of the "beliefs" of this organization back in the day:
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Many are now bearing witness of this New Age consciousness, but on August 12 of 1945, a scientist by the name of Svend Raastad publicly spoke of its coming at the Academy of Equilibrium in - Los Angeles, six days after the fall of the Atomic Bomb. He realized that a great power was being unleashed which would change this whole civilization, and although he was not awakened into the knowledge of FATHER'S Personal Presence, he did speak of the splitting of the Atom in consciousness. In light of what has transpired during these past 50 years, his profound thoughts are well worth recalling. He said:
'The Truth of Being, the Truth of that Almighty Power, greater than man, that Infinite Power within which man lives, moves and has his Eternal Being in Divine Security, ... that Power is the Power of the New Age-the Power because of which all things shall become new. It is the Power of the Universe, as it exists and functions in the indivisible structure of Infinite Substance.
'We who accept this Power, we who understand this Power, we who live our lives inseparably in that Power and because of that Power, are the pioneers in the Life of the New Age. We are the ones who must exemplify its nature of unification, of equal relationship to all things. We are the ones who must become the . Beacon Light at the Dawn of men's awakening.
'Some day, I am convinced, we shall have been able to split the Atom of man's consciousness, of manyness, and from its exploded duality shall come forth the essence of its universal and infinite simplicity, its all pervading Oneness, its Ever Present Unity.
'We may truthfully say that August 6, 1945 is the day on which we passed from the old age into the New Age-the day in which all the old became obsolete-and we had to change our minds and adjust our thinking to conform with something altogether new. What had been practicable yesterday had become completely outmoded, and could not be used and would not fit into the pattern of tomorrow.'
New Day, December 27, 1975, pp. 14- 17.
I did find one newspaper article where Svend Raasted was giving a speech in upstate New York on behalf of the "Academy of Equilibrium" in Los Angeles. That's the only on-line reference I've been able to find.
Posted 11/01/2012 11:25 am
