Out with the Old, In with the New: A generation ago, thousands of people gathered in a remote corner of New Mexico to usher in a gentler, kinder age. Did it work?

In the weeks leading up to the gathering, Bensinger and a dozen fellow Argüelles adherents set up shop in a conference room in Santa Fe and turned their focus to the earthly details of this cosmic gathering. So were we deluding ourselves?" And yet, for Bensinger and his fellow Convergers, schlepping out to the desert to participate in what was probably history's first global meditation festival was nothing if not an act of faith - a faith Bensinger hasn't lost even if the view through the windshield looks grim. Out with the Old, In with the New: A generation ago, thousands of people gathered in a remote corner of New Mexico to usher in a gentler, kinder age. [Extracted from the article]