Posted on 05/06/2008 2:23:52 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Avatar?
Mrs R2 received a catalogue in the mail yesterday from this outfit known as Avatar.
I thought I was up on all the New Age-y feel-good trends, but I had never heard of this group. They seem to be world-wide and they don't seem to be all that spiritual or religious, so I'm not sure if they're a cult.
It seems there are 3 basic beginner courses you need to take. They range from hundreds of dollars up into the thousands of dollars. You take these courses from Wizards or Maters.
Section One ReSurfacing
Section Two Exercises
I did a little Internet research and this is what I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Palmer_%28Avatar%29#Avatar_course
Any FReepers involved with this? Anyone else ever heard of this group?
the idea of ‘Avatars’ is nothing new, always was in the
realm of fantasy, fiction, and some religious connotations.
Basically that one can manifest as a ‘vehicle’ for some
power greater than himself. HBO’s Carnivale series illustrates
this fantasy/fiction brilliantly!
What is new, and new agey, and misleading, is the use of
the word avatar for an online icon to represent a member or
user in a group. They should just call it ‘Icon’.
{8^)Blind??
I take a guess.
Master Baiter?
Back in the old BBS days, before ManBearPig invented the internet, Avatar was a newfangled type of ANSI graphics for BBS systems.
Did I date myself?
“Is he better than the Master Mater”
Harry Palmer is the master mater
Avatar. What is Avatar?
Avatar is the stuff they pave airport runways with.
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