we went to waldport, oregon, and we heard ti and do speak. a few days later, we were all headed for training as part of the next level's awakening. ronan: and then for about 20 years, they were flying under the radar, and no one really heard about them. when they left oregon in 1975, they went all over the country, traveling thousands of miles preaching this strange new-age philosophy. man: they'd wandered for years like nomads, working for a few weeks, then moving on. a long period of time, we had been in tents, and, oh, maybe little trailers because we were staying outside and just moving to wherever the climate would permit us to continue with our classroom. sometimes their group would grow. at one point, it grew to more than 100 people. then it would winnow down. people would leave. the group kept changing its name, so when a relative or friend would get a lead on what was going on, the name would change, and it made it very hard for friends and relatives to get any information. i may have the name wrong, but it was total renunciance in r