Remembering Richard Schowengerdt (1930-2021)

Eight years ago today, at the Masonic Lodge in Garden Grove, Richard Schowengerdt delivered a lecture about the connection between the Kabbala and the Department of Defense Acquisition Cycle. Only Richard would have thought of building an entire presentation around a topic as esoteric as that. I really wish that particular lecture had been recorded for posterity.

Around this time of the year, Richard and I often attended the Maundy-Thursday events at the Scottish Rite, so he's been at the forefront of my mind these past few days. I miss all those afternoon conversations beside his backyard pool in Costa Mesa. It's very rare to come across a mind like Richard's. His thoughts could volley back and forth easily between topics both scientific and spiritual. Overall, Richard was an unusually thoughtful man. I know that my friend Damien ("Dion Fuller" in my book CHAMELEO) appreciated the fact that Richard took his bizarre and painful situation seriously at a time when very few people would grant him that courtesy. 

Not only did I publish extensive interviews with Richard in UFO MAGAZINE, NEXUS MAGAZINE, and CHAMELEO, but my wife and I recorded numerous conversations with him over the years, so further interviews might be published in the near future.

Here's what I posted about Richard's Kabbala/DoD lecture back in April of 2017...

Richard Schowengerdt, the visionary inventor who plays such an important role in my book CHAMELEO, is delivering a lecture next Tuesday night at the Garden Grove Masonic Lodge at 7:00 P.M. This presentation is a public event that's open to any interested parties, not just Freemasons. The title of Schowengerdt's lecture is "Relationship of the Kabbala to the DoD Acquisition Cycle: Ancient Esoteric Philosophy as the Root of Modern Creative Systems." Below Schowengerdt discusses the lecture in his own words:  

"I will be making a presentation next Tuesday, 25 April 2017, at the Garden Grove Lodge on a subject dear to my heart, the creative process as outlined in the Jewish Kabbala and also exemplified in the Department of Defense Acquisition Cycle. It is only natural and expected that the Kabbala would serve as a model for all creative acts and particularly one that spends billions every year on the most sophisticated systems in the world.

 

"I am delighted that the Masonic Education Coordinator, Brother Adam Buttons, at the Garden Grove Lodge has made this a public event because the universal exercise of creative processes are not limited to a select few. Therefore, I hope most of you will be able to attend and participate in this most interesting and stimulating program."

 
Here's to the memory of Richard Schowengerdt! 

 

 

 

Masonic Postscript: By the way, if you'd like to hear Richard talking about his breakthrough innovations in optical-camouflage technology in his own words, I suggest listening to this 2-4-19 edition of Geoff Brady's IN OTHER NEWS, a radio show that airs weekly on WBAI in New York.