Editing Mark-Age (section)

== History ==
Mark-Age was founded as the Mark-Age MetaCenter in 1962 (some sources say 1960){{sfn|Tumminia|2007|p=310}}{{sfn|Clark|2000|p=119}} in [[Miami]], Florida by Pauline Sharpe (born 1925) and Charles Boyd Gentzel (born 1922).{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}}{{sfn|Tumminia|2007|pp=22, 310}}{{sfn|Lewis|1995|p=253}} Both were [[channelers]], and Sharpe was a [[contactee]].{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}}{{sfn|Tumminia|2007|pp=22, 310}} Charles Boyd Gentzel was known as Mark and Pauline Sharpe was known within the group as Nada-Yolanda.{{sfn|Tumminia|2007|p=310}}{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}} While it was officially founded in the 1960s, the group was based on a spiritual message Gentzel had supposedly received in 1956, with the name "Mark-Age" being "revealed" in 1949, which was deepened by a second message on the significance of the name six years later.{{sfn|Clark|2000|p=119}}{{sfn|Melton|1987|p=563}} Among the early members were several claimed psychics, including Jeanene Moore (Astrid), James Hughes Speed (Wains), and Holden Lindsey (Zan-Thu).{{sfn|Melton|1987|p=563}}  

Mark-Age was affiliated with [[Gloria Lee]], the founder of the Cosmon Research Foundation. She died in 1962 during a hunger strike, communicating with the group shortly before her death, and after her death members claimed to commune with her. The year after her death they published ''Gloria Lee Lives!'' which purported to be her communications from beyond. This publication increased the group's size.{{sfn|Clark|2000|p=119}}{{sfn|Melton|1987|p=563}} At some point the group shortened its name to simply Mark-Age, Inc.{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}} The group moved to [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] in 1972.{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}} They bought a location there in 1977, buying an estate in [[Santa Monica Canyon]] in California the same year, which was used as a retreat center.{{sfn|Melton|1987|p=564}} Gentzel died in 1981; that year, Sharpe became executive director of Mark-Age.{{sfn|Tumminia|2007|p=310}} Sharpe maintained this position until her death in 2005.{{sfn|Tumminia|2007|p=310}} A 1995 source says it was led by a group of 4.{{sfn|Lewis|1995|p=9}} {{As of|2007}}, the group's headquarters are located in [[Pioneer, Tennessee]].{{sfn|Tumminia|2007|p=310}}