Esalen : America and the religion of no religion /: America and the religion of no religion. ([2018?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey J. Kripal.
• Authors: Kripal, Jeffrey J (Jeffrey John), 1962-
• Contents: Openings : 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."
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 150.71179476; Religion and culture -- United States; Religion; Religion and culture; New Age; Geloofsgemeenschappen; Kultur; Religion; Geschichte; Kultur; Religion; Spiritualität; Religion och kultur -- Förenta staterna; PSYCHOLOGY / Reference; United States -- Religion; United States; Verenigde Staten; USA; USA; USA; Nonfiction; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226453712; 0226453715
• Related ISBNs: 9780226453699; 0226453693; 9780226453705; 0226453707
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.