Holy Madness - Revised and Expanded Edition

Spirituality, Crazy-Wise Teachers, and Enlightenment

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Georg Feuerstein

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This book explores the religious phenomenon referred to as crazy wisdom - the purposefully outrageous, convention destroying behaviour of spiritual adepts in every great tradition, from Christian Fools for Christ through the Sufi Path of Blame, to the charismatic leaders of new religions. The author explores the core of the spiritual process through eight critical in-depth cameos of holy madness in action in the lives of eight contemporaries, including Chgyam Trungpa, Bhagwan Rajneesh and Aleister Crowley. This revised and expanded edition includes a new assessment of the American guru Adi Da (formerly Da Free John) and the psychopathology of blind faith, using the example of Shoko Asahara (founder of Japan's infamous terrorist sect AUM). The author offers guidelines for choosing a wise, enlightened guide or guru, and tips for avoiding the exploitative.

Author Biography:

Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D. is a preeminent living authority on Yoga in the West. He has written over thirty books, including The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy. His works in progress include Aha! Reflections on the Meaning of Everything. He offers distance-learning courses on Yoga philosophy and history through Traditional Yoga Studies.

Release date NZ

February 25th, 2015

Author

Georg Feuerstein

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

526

Dimensions

230x155x28

ISBN-13

9781890772543

Product ID

2331815

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