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The Resource American Veda : from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West, Philip Goldberg

American Veda : from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West, Philip Goldberg

Label
American Veda : from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West
Title
American Veda
Title remainder
from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West
Statement of responsibility
Philip Goldberg
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1944-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Goldberg, Philip
Dewey number
294.50973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
BL1168.U532
LC item number
G66 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hinduism
  • United States
  • Vedanta
  • Yoga
Label
American Veda : from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West, Philip Goldberg
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-385) and index
Contents
Namaste, America! : what India has given us and why it matters -- The voice of an old intelligence : "Hindoo" texts enchant Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman -- New thought in old wineskins : Eddy, Blavatsky, and the New Thoughters metabolize Vedanta -- The handsome monk in the orange robe : Swami Vivekananda conquers the Parliament and creates the Vedanta Society -- The public intellectuals : swamis tutor smart guys, and they tutor us -- The yogi of the autobiography : Paramahansa Yogananda becomes the voice of India -- Blowin' in the wind : Beatniks, hippies, and consciousness expanders trip toward the East -- Maha mass media : The Fab Four find Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and meditation goes mainstream -- The Baby Boomers' babas : Muktananda, Bhaktivedanta, and other gurus storm the seventies -- The yoga bearers : Satchidananda, Iyengar, and other yogacharyas take Americans to the mat -- Sex, lies and idiosyncrasies : the guru wave casts a shadow -- Made in the USA : Ram Dass, Deepak, and other American acharyas take the wheel -- Not just academic : practitioner-pandits penetrate the Ivory Tower -- Guru Americana : om-grown gurus gather disciples -- Art-omatic transmissions : musicians and writers channel India -- The soul of science, the science of soul : the cosmic Shiva dances into the lab -- Into the mystic : a priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into an ashram -- The once and future religion : American the spiritual evolves
Control code
ocn503042149
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xv, 398 p., [8] p. of plates
Isbn
9780385521345
Lccn
2010011040
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
(OCoLC)503042149
Label
American Veda : from Emerson and the Beatles to yoga and meditation : how Indian spirituality changed the West, Philip Goldberg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-385) and index
Contents
Namaste, America! : what India has given us and why it matters -- The voice of an old intelligence : "Hindoo" texts enchant Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman -- New thought in old wineskins : Eddy, Blavatsky, and the New Thoughters metabolize Vedanta -- The handsome monk in the orange robe : Swami Vivekananda conquers the Parliament and creates the Vedanta Society -- The public intellectuals : swamis tutor smart guys, and they tutor us -- The yogi of the autobiography : Paramahansa Yogananda becomes the voice of India -- Blowin' in the wind : Beatniks, hippies, and consciousness expanders trip toward the East -- Maha mass media : The Fab Four find Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and meditation goes mainstream -- The Baby Boomers' babas : Muktananda, Bhaktivedanta, and other gurus storm the seventies -- The yoga bearers : Satchidananda, Iyengar, and other yogacharyas take Americans to the mat -- Sex, lies and idiosyncrasies : the guru wave casts a shadow -- Made in the USA : Ram Dass, Deepak, and other American acharyas take the wheel -- Not just academic : practitioner-pandits penetrate the Ivory Tower -- Guru Americana : om-grown gurus gather disciples -- Art-omatic transmissions : musicians and writers channel India -- The soul of science, the science of soul : the cosmic Shiva dances into the lab -- Into the mystic : a priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into an ashram -- The once and future religion : American the spiritual evolves
Control code
ocn503042149
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xv, 398 p., [8] p. of plates
Isbn
9780385521345
Lccn
2010011040
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
(OCoLC)503042149

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