Esalen

• Verfasst von: Kripal, Jeffrey J.
• Titel: Esalen
• Titelzusatz: America and the religion of no religion
• Verf.angabe: Jeffrey J. Kripal
• Verlagsort: Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]
• Verlag: The Univ. of Chicago Press
• Jahr: 2007
• Umfang: XIII, 575 S.
• Illustrationen: Ill.
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-226-45369-9
• ISBN: 0-226-45369-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Religion / (s)Kultur
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Religion / (s)Gegenbewegung <Soziologie>
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Religion / (s)Okkultismus
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Religion / (s)Esoterik
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Religion / (s)Säkularisierung
• Sprache: eng
• Notation: WTSHCA
• K10plus-PPN: 160728510X

Abstract

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