🧵In 1994, CASEL was founded and the term Social Emotional Learning was coined at The Fetzer Institute. The founder of The Fetzer Institute, John Fetzer, was a devout follower of occultist Alice Bailey. Bailey is known as the “Mother of the New Age Movement” and founder of
The Lucis Publishing Company (which she originally named The Lucifer Publishing Company.) Fetzer followed in her footsteps and worked toward the spread of a global consciousness and spiritual enlightenment. She called for a New World Order that brought universal education,
shared resources distributed fairly, & disarmament. Additionally, she supported the United Nations and directed her followers to do the same. One of the founders of CASEL, David Sluyter, also worked for The Fetzer Institute as a program officer, vice president, president & CEO,
and senior advisor. He still works as a consultant there. The Fetzer Institute mission states "Inspired by our founder John E. Fetzer, we encourage each other to discover new ways of knowing our sacred world and explore our personal spiritual journeys as we work toward
transformed communities and societies in which all people can flourish." The New Age religion practices a vast range of beliefs and practices including Reincarnation, You can become God, Jesus Christ Was Just an Enlightened Man, and There are Many Ways To Heaven.
It combines aspects of cosmology, astrology, esotericism, alternative medicine, music, psychology, and philosophy. The Fetzer Insitute lists their work as a "Spiritual Formation" explaining "With traditional and emerging forms of religious and spiritual life, we are cultivating
spaces that help us transform this work into societal change. When we foster the love, courage, and hope that comes from spiritual practice and relationships, we can transform our hearts, our homes, our workplaces, and our world."
Their work also includes "Healing the heart of US democracy" which states "Activating love is the heartbeat of Fetzer’s democracy work." They claim "Through unlikely collaborations, we are bridging divides. Together, we are fostering pluralism, liberty, and unity, all toward
a new birth of democracy supported by our many faith-based and spiritual lenses of love." The question is not if you practice this religion. The question is why was CASEL and Social Emotional Learning created there and what the hell is it doing in our schools? #ExpelSEL
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