These raps were based on the premise that Art was the savior of the american youth, kind of a modern day messiah but not religious. He thought that he and only he was here to save the american youth and that the seed would be this huge empire. This was during the time I was there, later he modified to only running his small cult, but once upon a time, the plans were grandiose indeed. I have bumped an old thread of quotes from art barker and suggest you peruse them for an idea of who we were dealing with. Here is a statement from Art, after he already had Ft Lauderdale and Miami up and running...
"I don't mean to just stop with a Seed in Pinellas. That might be the community which would be the right place for another dream I have. I can see a university type of complex with young people trained there who have come from all over the country to take the program back to their own communities. After Pinellas, we'll be getting a Seed going in Jacksonville. Then there will be no Flordia area uncovered....I see Seeds all over the country"
Art Barker