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GORBY, THE NEW AGE GURU? Fans of harmonic convergences and the like have been noting Mikhail Gorbachev's frequent use of phrases associated with the new age movement, that mystical, universalist philosophy that preaches, as the Soviet President does, of the need for "a new world order." As he said in California: "All mankind is entering a new age, and world trends are beginning to obey new laws and logic." More strikingly, he held a private meeting in Canada earlier in the week with one of the leading gurus of the new age movement, Sri Chinmoy, who read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: Jun. 18, 1990 | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...whom the colonists must buy air, and he has just jacked up the price. It is on Mars, toward the end, that Total Recall slows down to tie up its plot and provide each villain with an appropriately gruesome demise. It goes wussily misterioso when Quaid meets a Yodaesque guru. But even when the film flirts with becoming ordinary, it is propelled by the stolid charm of Schwarzenegger, who carries the whole movie as easily as a dumbbell between his fingers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mind Bending on Mars | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...guru of gonzo journalism was cleared by prosecutors of drug and explosives possession and sexual-assault charges owing to insufficient evidence. He's planning a "celebratory orgy" at his favorite tavern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Predators' Ball Award | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...bong, which led to a lot of interrogations when Mark used to sit crosslegged in the Winthrop courtyard puffing away, water gurgling through the pipes, hose coiled around his knees. The caterpillar in last fall's Mainstage production of Alice in Wonderland, pillowed like a pasha on his guru's mushroom, was smoking Mark's sheesha...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Bringing Home the World: Exploring the Margins | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

While the rest of the world celebrated Earth Day, the followers of Elizabeth Clare Prophet (a.k.a. Guru Ma) in Montana's Paradise Valley were cleaning up their own environmental mess. Thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel have leaked out of underground tanks built by Prophet's Church Universal and Triumphant in preparation for Armageddon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Montana: Earth Day with Guru Ma | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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