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On the Edge of the Future – Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture

Autor Jeffrey J. Kripal, Glenn W. Shuck, Catherine L. Albanese, Ann Taves, Robert C. Fuller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2005
A collection of 11 essays, which examine the Esalen Institute's roots, the place of its beliefs in American religious history, and its influence. It is suitable for those interested in the history of American religion as well as those who regard this place as the epicenter of the human potential movement.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253217592
ISBN-10: 0253217598
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 155 x 233 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

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Contents
Introducing Esalen Jeffrey J. Kripal and Glenn W. Shuck
1. Human Potential Before Esalen: An Experiment in Anachronism Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2. Sacred (and Secular) Self-Fashioning: Esalen and the American Transformation of Yoga Catherine L. Albanese
3. Notes on the Prehistory of the Human Potential Movement: The Vedanta Society and Gerald Heard's Trabuco College Timothy Miller
4. Reading Aurobindo from Stanford to Pondicherry: Michael Murphy and the Hindu Tantric Transmission (1950-1957) Jeffrey J. Kripal
5. The Only Way Out Is In: The Life of Richard Price Barclay James Erickson
6. Spirit and Shadow: Esalen and the Gestalt Model Gordon Wheeler
7. Esalen and the Cultural Boundaries of Metalanguage Robert C. Fuller
8. Michael Murphy and the Natural History of Supernormal Human Attributes Ann Taves
9. From Sarx to Soma: Esalen's Role in Recovering the Body for Spiritual Development Don Hanlon Johnson
10. Satan's Hot Springs: Esalen in the Popular Evangelical Imagination Glenn W. Shuck
11. Esalen Institute, Essence Faiths, and the Religious Marketplace Marion S. Goldman
Afterword Michael Murphy
Index

Notă biografică

edited by Jeffrey J. Kripal, Glenn W. Shuck, with contributions by Catherine L. Albanese, Ann Taves, Robert C. Fuller, Marion Goldman, Wouter Hanegraff, Hanlon Johnson, Timothy Miller, Michael Murphy, Gordon Wheeler, Eric Erickson, George Leonard