| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Qualitative studies in religion
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Qualitative studies in religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Esalen's wellspring: foundational doctrines -- Esalen's reach: a brief history -- Spiritual privilege and personal transformation -- Living privilege: four Esalen men -- Gender questions at Esalen -- Esalen's legacy. |
| Summary |
Yoga. Humanistic Psychology. Meditation. Holistic Healing. These practices are commonplace today. Yet before the early 1960s they were atypical options for most people outside of the upper class or small groups of educated spiritual seekers. Esalen Institute, a retreat for spiritual and personal growth in Big Sur, California, played a pioneering role in popularizing quests for self-transformation and personalized spirituality. This "soul rush" spread quickly throughout the United States as the Institute made ordinary people aware of hundreds of ways to select, combine, and revise the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Esalen Institute -- History.
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Esalen Institute. |
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History. |
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Esalen Institute -- History. |
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United States -- Religion -- 1960-
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United States. |
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Religion. |
| Chronological Term |
1960- |
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Religion and sociology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Religion and sociology. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780814732878 0814732879 (DLC) 2011031463 |
| ISBN |
0814733387 electronic book |
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9780814733387 electronic book |
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9780814732908 electronic book |
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0814732909 electronic book |
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9780814732878 (cl) |
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0814732879 (cl) |
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