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- W -WW" W "Hi - " Religious, mystical interest aoDarentlv a rowing survey By Rebecca Grite Aews editor's note: This is the first of a series of articles exploring religion on the UNL campus. Genera! interest in religious and mystical areas has increased recently, according to a majority of persons interviewed on the UNL city campus iast week. In an effort to explore attitudes about religion at UNL, the Daily Nebraskan surveyed 25 persons at random in residence halls, a fraternity and the Nebraska Union. E ig hteen of those interviewed were UNL students; two were Lincoln high school students participating in an orientation program and five were nonstudents involved in campus activities. Of the group, 13 wore mala and 12 female. Nineteen of the persons said they have observed rising interest in spiritual or religious matters in the past several months. Six others said they believed there was no real increase of interest but, rather, an increase of publicity for religious and mystical movements. entertainment or answers to live questions. One person attributed the increase to the shifting of the planets, and another said it was because of the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. . Each person also was asked if he or she wouid predict any kind of major spiritual of religious upheaval in his or her lifetime. Eight said they did not foresee any such upheaval or "revolution;" the 17 who answered affirmatively were asked what form they thought the revolution would take. Only two saw the imminence of an upheaval involving the organized church. Five said thev had no idea what kind of changes wouid take place. Five others forewaw a revival-type revolution, and drew on. Biblical sources for their reasoning. One person said he expected the rise of a "priestly class" composed of psychologists and the rich. The persons who saw the planets shifting and the Age of Aquarius rising said the revolution also would be caused by these changes. Two persons said they thought the revolution must come in terms of changing the way people think. Each predicted human life would end unless some such change " vmm 1 rwm m mtrmmi juihiii 1 1 ifr Ni4 IMlIlt HMECORJ Plus Regular Hair Cutting . and ail Grooming Needs Phone 472-2459 for an appointment or just walk in Lower Lovci... Student Union Distinctive male grooming featuring hairstyles created for the individual. Exclu sive quality grooming aids. Call now. came about Each person was asked if he . or she had been raised in a particular religion. Five claimed Roman Catholic backgrounds, five Lutheran, four Methodist, three Episcopal, three Presbyterian, one Jewish and one Reformed Church. Three said they had no particular religious upbringing. Eleven persons . said they still claimed affiliation with their family's faiths; 13 said they had nc affiliation with any organized church; one had joined a church different from that in which she was raised. Of the 13 persons who said they wera not members of art established faith, seven termed themselves agnostic, one . atheist. One man said he believed in faith, another refused to "label" himself and the remaining three called themselves a mystic, a Zen groupie and a self employed Urtdin (water spirit). Each person was asked for opinions on the various religious and mystical movements which have become prominent in the past few ' years, apart from organized religion. 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