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19 october 2008 usa colorado 5 april 1938 mferguson.jpg marilyn ferguson
 marilyn ferguson author , editor , public speaker
marilyn ferguson

marilyn ferguson -lrb- april 5 , 1938 in grand junction , colorado -- october 19 , 2008 -rrb- was an american author , editor and public speaker , best known for her 1980 book `` the aquarian conspiracy '' and its affiliation with the new age movement in popular culture .
a founding member of the association of humanistic psychology , ferguson published and edited the well-regarded science newsletter `` brain/mind bulletin '' from 1975 to 1996 .
she eventually earned numerous honorary degrees , served on the board of directors of the institute of noetic sciences , and befriended such diverse figures of influence as inventor and theorist buckminster fuller , spiritual author ram dass , nobel prize-winning chemist ilya prigogine and billionaire ted turner .
ferguson 's work also influenced vice president al gore , who participated in her informal network while a senator and later met with her in the white house .
