Marianne Williamson, Spiritual Advisor And 2020 Dark Horse
New York magazine|June 24 - July 7, 2019

The self-help guru makes a case for a recovery presidency— and sees “both sides” on vaccines.

Amy Larocca
Marianne Williamson, Spiritual Advisor And 2020 Dark Horse

At the assemblage near Madison Square Park—a 48,000-square-foot “coworking, coliving, and community space in New York City for those who believe in doing well by doing good”—close to 200 people are gathered in the ground-floor lounge area, beneath the soaring ceilings, sitting on Moroccan rugs and patterned floor cushions and ordering juices and tonics and elixirs and teas from the nonalcoholic bar. “The vegan tacos, do they contain soy?”

In the crowd, at least two men with shaved heads and knitted ponchos are leaning into their respective conversations, which are both about Burning Man. There are a number of astoundingly thick beards, Greek fisherman caps, turbans, and well-defined, chaturanga toned deltoids to be looked at. On the wall is a massive, living mural: a hodgepodge of hieroglyphics and a big, all-seeing eye carved into a thick green layer of moss.

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