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Ron Geaves demonstrates how the convergence of Prem Rawat, formerly
known as Guru Maharaj Ji, and Glastonbury Fayre in 1971 was a key
event in understanding the jigsaw that came to be known as 'New
Age' spirituality. The book charts the discovery of Prem Rawat in
India in 1969 by a small number of British and North American
'hippies', and explores how his arrival in Britain in June 1971, as
well as his speech from the pyramid stage at the Fayre at just 13
years old, escalated his activities to make him one of the key
influencers of 1970s counterculture spirituality. Both Glastonbury
and Prem Rawat have gone on to re-emerge in significantly different
identities to the ones presented in 1971. The meeting between the
two demonstrates how alternative spiritualities were being formed
in the 1960s and how some strands went on to develop into the 'New
Age' counterculture that eventually permeated mainstream cultures
in Britain and the USA.
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