John-Roger
| John-Roger Hinkins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roger Delano Hinkins September 24, 1934 Rains, Utah, US |
| Died | October 22, 2014 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | "J-R", "John-Roger" |
| Education | B.S., University of Utah, graduate work at various institutions |
| Known for | Founder of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA) |
| Title | Spiritual Director of MSIA (retired), Ordained Minister of MSIA (1971) |
| Predecessor | Founder |
| Successor | John K. Morton |
| Website | http://www.john-roger.org |
John-Roger Hinkins (born Roger Delano Hinkins) (September 24, 1934 – October 22, 2014) was an American author, public speaker, and founder of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), as well as several other New Age, spiritual, and self-help organizations.
Hinkins was born on September 24, 1934, and raised in the small mining town of Rains, Utah. He was brought up in the Mormon faith; as a youth, he attended the local LDS church's Mutual Improvement Associations and occasionally gave inspirational "three-minute talks". Hinkins describes his childhood as "typical", distinguished only by an early belief that he could spot auras, colorful fields that some people believe surround the human body. Upon graduation from high school, Hinkins attended the University of Utah, where he would go on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology in 1958 and a Secondary Teaching credential in 1960. While in college, he worked as a night orderly in the psychiatric hospital ward of a Salt Lake City hospital. He then moved to San Francisco to work as an insurance claims adjuster.
He received a Secondary Life Teaching Credential from the State of California, and performed post-graduate work at University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California and California State University, Los Angeles. He then began teaching English at Rosemead High School in a suburb of Los Angeles.
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