Marilyn Ferguson
In 1980, Marilyn Ferguson published The Aquarian Conspiracy, a book connected with the New Age Movement that stands as the work most associated with her name.
Born on April 5, 1938, in Grand Junction, Colorado, Ferguson was educated at Colorado Mesa University and the University of Colorado. She went on to build a career as a writer, editor, and public speaker, working in English throughout her professional life.
As a writer, Ferguson produced work that included her 1980 book, and she also served in an editorial capacity over the course of her career. Her work as a public speaker ran alongside her writing and editing, and together these roles defined how she engaged with the public. The Aquarian Conspiracy, with its connection to the New Age Movement, remained the title most closely tied to her identity as a writer.
Ferguson died on October 19, 2008, in Banning, California. The Library of Congress catalogues her work under the authorized label "Ferguson, Marilyn," and The Aquarian Conspiracy continues to be catalogued as her defining publication, connected to the New Age Movement that shaped its reception.
Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson
If you start thinking of stress as not a bad thing but inevitable, resulting in change that itself leads to transformation that leads to sharp and radical changes... it can be a very useful way of thinking.
We appear to have form, but we are like a whirlpool. We appear to have form, but we are just whirling electrons.
