How can we take a group based upon a science fiction novel seriously?
OMS is not the first spiritual group to be INSPIRED BY (not BASED upon) that novel. The Church of All Worlds, Inc.(CAW), and the broader, “Heinleinian Tradition” were both inspired by SiaSL. David Fisher (a founder of the Reformed Druids of North America) said (regarding some of the sources of Reformed Druidism): “I must admit we were all readers of science fiction or science fantasy.” Scientists read science fiction. Many of them get a lot of inspiration from science fiction. A case in point is James Lovelock who authored the Gaea Hypothesis. This single hypothesis, the idea that the planet we live on is a single, interconnected organism, is the basis not only for the way science today looks at the planet, but for much of Pagan spirituality. Lovelock’s biographer says that not only was he inspired by science fiction, but he read Stranger In A Strange Land many times. OMS is, however, inspired by more than just that one book. It also contains elements from Reformed Druidism, Faery Wicc
