Centre House, Campden Hill Road
London, England · 1967–1970
51.50530°N, -0.19750°E
Key Facts
- ◆ Centre House was run by Christopher Hills's New Age group 'Centre'; it had a resident community and let rooms.
- ◆ Sangharakshita and Terry arrived here by taxi from the airport after returning from India in March 1967.
- ◆ The founding twelve members of the WBO were ordained here on Sunday 7 April 1968, completing the private ordinations given at Monmouth Street in the preceding ten days.
- ◆ FWBO autumn lecture series 'The Higher Evolution of Man' (1969) and 'The Higher Evolution of the Individual' (1970) were held here, consistently attracting 70–80 people per lecture.
- ◆ Sangharakshita moved on after two weeks: the rent was high and Christopher Hills expected him to participate in Centre's own activities.
“Centre House was home to a New Age group known simply as Centre… my friend and I now found ourselves taking a taxi to the large Victorian building at the top of Campden Hill Road and being shown our room there.”
— Moving Against the Stream
“John Hipkin, Mike Rogers, Emile and Sara Boin, and Mike Ricketts were among the twelve founding members of the Western Buddhist Order, all of whom I ordained at Centre House on Sunday 7 April 1968, after I had given them their private ordinations, and their new names, at the Triratna meditation and shrine room in the course of the previous ten days.”
— Moving Against the Stream
Source: Moving Against the Stream
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