Esalen: America and the religion of no religion

Introduction: on wild facts and altered categories : geographic, historical, and literary orientations (1882-1962) -- Slate's Hot Springs : homestead, family spa, literary paradise -- The empowerment of the founders (1950-1960) -- The professor and the saint : the early inspirations of Michael...

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Auteur principal: Kripal, Jeffrey J. 1962- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Chicago [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2008
Dans:Année: 2008
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religion and culture United States
B United States Religion
B Esalen Institute
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Résumé:Introduction: on wild facts and altered categories : geographic, historical, and literary orientations (1882-1962) -- Slate's Hot Springs : homestead, family spa, literary paradise -- The empowerment of the founders (1950-1960) -- The professor and the saint : the early inspirations of Michael Murphy -- Buddhism, breakdown, breakthrough : the early inspirations of Richard Price -- The outlaw era and the American counterculture (1960-1970) -- Totally on fire : the experience of founding Esalen -- Mind manifest : psychedelia at early Esalen and beyond -- Mesmer to Maslow : energy and the freudian left -- Perls to Price: consciousness and the gestalt lineage -- Esalen goes to the city: the San Francisco center -- On ecstasy, education, and the end of sex : George Leonard and the human potential -- The serpent spine of spirit and sex : Don Hanlon Johnson and the somatics movement -- The occult imaginal and cold war activism (19701985) -- The cosmic womb : Stanislav and Christina Grof and the counsels of spiritual emergence -- Golf in the kingdom : Plato and Ramakrishna for Republicans -- Jacob Atabet and the Tantra of physics -- Superpowers : cold war psychics and citizen diplomats -- Sex with the angels : nonlocal mind, ufos, and an end to ordinary history -- The Tao of Esalen : the spiritual art and intuitive business of managing emptiness -- Crisis and the religion of no religion (1985-1993) -- The religion of no religion : the Donovan era -- Realizing Darwin's dream : the transformation project and the future of the body before and after the storm (1993-2006) -- After the storm : reassessment, disaster, and renewal -- (In)conclusion -- The future of the past and the mystical idea of America
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0226453707