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Contributed by: Edna A. Maisner-Reitz, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This “Global Pledge of Allegiance” was written by Edna A. Meisner-Reitz in reaction to the 1988 US Presidential Election between George W. Bush (R) and Michael Dukakis (D) and was first published a year afterward in The Quest, vol. 2, issue 4, Winter 1989 (Theosophical Society of America).
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Laszlo Berkowits, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 June 1988.
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Richard Marcovitz, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 17 May 1988.
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Stuart Weinblatt, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 May 1988.
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Seymour Rosenbloom, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 May 1988.
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Arnold Mark Belzer, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 April 1988.
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Stuart L. Berman, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 June 1986.
Contributed by: Haim Asa, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 November 1985.
Contributed by: Simcha Freedman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 October 1985.
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Joshua Oscar Haberman, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 1985.
Contributed by: Max A. Shapiro, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 15 April 1985.
Contributed by: Maynard C. Hyman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 1985.
Contributed by: Martin Weiner, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The full text of Rabbi Martin Weiner’s invocation offered on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, July 17th, 1984.
Contributed by: Max B. Wall, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 June 1984.
Contributed by: Richard Marcovitz, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 June 1984.
Contributed by: Stanley M. Wagner, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 April 1984.
Contributed by: Samuel Avital, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This Prayer for Peace by Samuel Avital was composed in January 1984 for a gathering of spiritual teachers from all over the world at Mt. Sinai in March 1984. A month later, the State of Israel would return the Sinai to Egyptian sovereignty. While that event was not documented in any media, the prayer was first published in Four Worlds Journal vol. 2 no. 4, (January 1985), pp. 16-17. Of the event itself, Samuel Avital adds, “I performed there some of my mime performances like Jacob & Angel, Black & White and others.” The prayer for peace is included in Samuel Avital’s Passover Haggadah (2021).
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Maryann Shores
This earth pledge by Maryann Shores was included in her published address of the first plenary session of Humanity’s Quest for Unity: a United Nations… colloquium in honour of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “proceedings of a colloquium held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, in conjunction with the opening of the 38th meeting of the [UN] General Assembly [26 Sepetember 1983]” (ed. by Leo Zonneveld, 1985), pp. 78-84. The pledge appears on page 78 of “A Positive Approach to Acceptable Peace: the Right Use of Human Energy.”
Contributed by: Irving J. Block, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 June 1983.
Contributed by: Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This earth pledge appears without attribution in a justice, peace, and environmentally conscious Catholic textbook, Peace through Justice ((Diocese of Cleveland, 1983) by Louise Marie Prochaska. Sister Prochaska, however, does not recall composing it and it may have been circulating for some time in newsletters or other ephemeral works beforehand. On the page following the quoted pledge, the curricular resource recommends contacting the Union of Concerned Scientists for more information, but that recommendation may have more to do with the pedagogical theme of the section that included the text of the pledge. Among the earth pledges, it is unique. Instead of following the form of Bellamy’s Pledge of Allegiance, it uses an ABCB rhyme scheme.
