Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Oh My!! romanticizing indeed!! [LONG]

[Lee Irwin (leeirwin]

Quoted text: Dear Grace,
A novel that might give you some insight into both polyamory, and the
idealism, courage and activism of the sixties, but set 50 years into the
future is The Fifth Sacred Thing, by Starhawk.

I highly recommend it.   Also, it has some interesting meeting formats.
And
some fascinating commentary on living in community, and the honesty
required.
 And some funny commentary on the "thousands of hours of meetings"
required
to accomplish their goals.  --Patty Mara Gourle  (end quoted material)

The book, "The Fifth Sacred Thing," is absolutely wonderful. I too have
thought of it during this discussion.  It does have a fantasy/future
setting, which is not for everyone.  This book also has deeply moving
descriptions of movement toward conciliation between warring groups.

        Lee Irwin
        Chesapeake Cohousing