000751294 000__ 05163cam\a2200373\a\4500 000751294 001__ 751294 000751294 005__ 20210515114150.0 000751294 008__ 060911s2007\\\\ilua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000751294 010__ $$a 2006029913 000751294 020__ $$a9780226453699$$q(hardcover) 000751294 020__ $$a0226453693$$q(hardcover) 000751294 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm71552179 000751294 035__ $$a751294 000751294 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dIXA$$dNLGGC$$dVP@$$dVZH$$dLMR$$dTSU$$dSMP$$dCQU$$dHEBIS$$dCHVBK$$dOCLCQ$$dBDX$$dDEBBG$$dOCLCF$$dDEBSZ$$dSPW$$dOCLCQ$$dS3O 000751294 043__ $$an-us--- 000751294 049__ $$aISEA 000751294 05000 $$aBL2525$$b.K75 2007 000751294 08200 $$a150.71/179476$$222 000751294 1001_ $$aKripal, Jeffrey J.$$q(Jeffrey John),$$d1962- 000751294 24510 $$aEsalen :$$bAmerica and the religion of no religion /$$cJeffrey J. Kripal. 000751294 260__ $$aChicago :$$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$$c2007. 000751294 300__ $$axiii, 575 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c24 cm 000751294 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000751294 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000751294 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000751294 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 521-534) and index. 000751294 5050_ $$aOpenings : Introduction: on wild facts and altered categories -- Geographic, historical, and literary orientations (1882-1962) -- Slate's Hot Springs : homestead, family spa, literary paradise -- The empowerment of the founders (1950-1960) -- The professor and the saint : the early inspirations of Michael Murphy -- Buddhism, breakdown, breakthrough : the early inspirations of Richard Price -- The outlaw era and the American counterculture (1960-1970) -- "Totally on fire" : the experience of founding Esalen -- Mind manifest : psychedelia at early Esalen and beyond -- Mesmer to Maslow : energy and the Freudian left -- Perls to Price: consciousness and the gestalt lineage -- Esalen goes to the city: the San Francisco center -- On ecstasy, education, and the end of sex : George Leonard and the human potential -- The serpent spine of spirit and sex : Don Hanlon Johnson and the somatics movement -- The occult imaginal and Cold War activism (1970-1985) -- The cosmic womb : Stanislav and Christina Grof and the counsels of spiritual emergence -- Golf in the kingdom : Plato and Ramakrishna for Republicans -- Jacob Atabet and the Tantra of physics -- Superpowers : Cold War psychics and citizen diplomats -- Sex with the angels : nonlocal mind, UFOs, and an end to ordinary history -- The Tao of Esalen : the spiritual art and intuitive business of managing emptiness -- Crisis and the religion of no religion (1985-1993) -- The religion of no religion : the Donovan era -- Realizing Darwin's dream : the transformation project and the future of the body -- Before and after the storm (1993-2006) -- After the storm : reassessment, disaster, and renewal -- (In)conclusion -- The future of the past and the mystical idea of "America." 000751294 520__ $$aEsalen has always been on the edge. Famous for its natural hot springs and stunning locale on the face of the Pacific coastline, the institute has long been a world leader in alternative and experiential education. Such luminaries as Henry Miller, Joseph Campbell, Aldous Huxley, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, and others have gathered there to develop their revolutionary ideas, transformative spiritual practices, and innovative art forms. Jeffrey Kripal here recounts the spectacular history of Esalen and its birth in the American counterculture. Forged in the literary and mythical leanings of the Beat Generation, inspired in the lecture halls of Stanford by radical scholars of comparative religion, the institute was the remarkable brainchild of Michael Murphy and Richard Price. Set against the heady backdrop of California during the revolutionary 1960s, Esalen recounts in fascinating detail how these two maverick thinkers sought to fuse the spiritual revelations of the East with the scientific revolutions of the West, or to combine the very best elements of Zen Buddhism, Western alchemy, and Indian yoga particularly in its Tantric forms into a decidedly utopian vision that rejected the dogmas of conventional religion. In their religion of no religion, the natural world was just as crucial as the spiritual one, science and faith not only commingled but became staunch allies, and the enlightenment of the body through self-enhancement and, yes, free love could lead to the full realization of our development as human beings. Darwin, Tantric sex, cold war physics, psychedelic drugs, golf, and, of course, religion all come into play in a book that can only be described as monumental. Esalen is a prehistory of our nation s current fascination with Eastern religions, our steadily growing acceptance of the supernatural in everyday life and a surprising page-turner. 000751294 61020 $$aEsalen Institute. 000751294 650_0 $$aReligion and culture$$zUnited States. 000751294 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xReligion. 000751294 85200 $$bcomm$$hBL2525$$i.K75$$i2007 000751294 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006029913.html 000751294 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006029913-b.html 000751294 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006029913-d.html 000751294 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:751294$$pGLOBAL_SET 000751294 980__ $$aBIB 000751294 980__ $$aBOOK 000751294 980__ $$aARCHIVE