and poems that were published in women's magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Mademoiselle.After moving to Los Angeles in 1968, she began studying psychology and collecting the information that formed the basis of her next book, "The Brain Revolution" (1973), which explored new research on such topics as hypnosis, meditation, extrasensory perception, memory and genetics.
from Los Angeles Times: Marilyn Ferguson, 70, dies; writer's 'The Aquarian Conspiracy' was pivotal in New Age movement
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Marilyn generated a buzz among scientists and researchers whose work resonated with or lent support to the bold assertions she made in The Brain Revolution. A flood of inquiries, requests to share information, and offers to compare notes prompted her to found the monthly publication, Brain/Mind Bulletin, as a forum for reporting and discussing exciting discoveries from across the fields of the emerging new sciences. Brain/Mind subscriptions quickly multiplied by the thousands and spanned 52 countries through word-of-mouth publicity alone. Wide notariety placed her at the hub of a vast network of movers and shakers from every scientific and academic discipline. And she became a permanent fixture at every conference and international congress and symposium on advances in brain and mind research, learning and education, alternative medicine and holitic health, and the environment.
In 1980 she chronicled the activities of this leaderless but powerful network “working to bring about radical change in the United States” in her classic bestseller, The Aquarian Conspiracy, which USA Today hailed as the handbook of the New Age. The book was translated into dozens of languages and sold millions of copies worldwide, taking an American phenomenon to the height of a global movement. It has remained in print for nearly three decades, as her message continues to facilitate individual and collective transformations to this day. Over the years The Aquarian Conspiracy received wide acclaim and numerous prestigious honors. In 1980 it took the coveted Book-of-the-Year Award from renewal. In 1990 it was voted the most significant political manifesto of the '80s by readers of the alternative press. It was named one of the ten most important books of the Twentieth Century by an influencial European literary guild in 1999. She received the Library Trust Award from Brandeis University, an honorary doctorate of literature from JFK University, and the Brain Trainer of the Year Award from the American Society for Training and Development.
Marilyn was a founding member of the Association of Humanistic Psychology, a co-founder of the Association of Transpersonal Psychology, and served on the board of directors of the Institute of Noetic Science. When Al Gore founded the Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future to establish a forum for introducing policymakers in Washington to the ideas and insights of exceptional luminaries, he asked Ferguson to deliver the committee's inaugural speech. She later went on to become the first speaker from the private sector ever invited to address Congress a second time. The extent of her impact on science, education, and public policy has been far-reaching and immeasurable. Her work inspired a successful literacy movement in one of Latin America’s most stable Democracies. In 1985 the United Nations featured her as a keynote at its Spirit of Peace Conference, alongside such notables as Mother Theresa and the Dali Lama. Copies of The Aquarian Conspiracy were presented to every member of Poland’s Solidarity Movement. Her influence can be seen today in almost every aspect of society, from the common use of the term paradigm shift within the popular culture, to the footnotes of a landmark decision from the second highest court in the land.
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