On the Edge of the Future

Autorentext
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

Klappentext
Shuck, Ann Taves, and Gordon Wheeler.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
Contents
Introducing EsalenJeffrey J. Kripal and Glenn W. Shuck
1. Human Potential Before Esalen: An Experiment in AnachronismWouter J. Hanegraaff
2. Sacred (and Secular) Self-Fashioning: Esalen and the American Transformation of YogaCatherine L. Albanese
3. Notes on the Prehistory of the Human Potential Movement: The Vedanta Society and Gerald Heard's Trabuco CollegeTimothy 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 PriceBarclay James Erickson
6. Spirit and Shadow: Esalen and the Gestalt ModelGordon Wheeler
7. Esalen and the Cultural Boundaries of MetalanguageRobert C. Fuller
8. Michael Murphy and the Natural History of Supernormal Human AttributesAnn Taves
9. From Sarx to Soma: Esalen's Role in Recovering the Body for Spiritual DevelopmentDon Hanlon Johnson
10. Satan's Hot Springs: Esalen in the Popular Evangelical ImaginationGlenn W. Shuck
11. Esalen Institute, Essence Faiths, and the Religious MarketplaceMarion S. Goldman
AfterwordMichael Murphy
Index

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