Ex-Finders Tell of Games, Complex Beliefs;Group Tried to Raise Children to Be Independent, Tough

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 8, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Former followers of Marion Pettie say they called him "The Student," "The Stroller," "The Game Caller" or "The Pathfinder" and believed that when Pettie lectured them at their Glover Park house about "the New Age way of living" and Eastern mysticism, he could peer into their souls almost as if he had X-ray vision.

The group believed that women, never men, should initiate sexual relationships, because Pettie told them so, and that children should be raised like Indians on the Plains, strong and tough.

Interviews with former members and associates of the Washington-based group of 40 or so ...

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