Perhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual
seekers in the West as Ram Dass. While many know of his
transformation from Harvard psychology professor Richard Alpert to
psychedelic and spiritual icon, Ram Dass tells here for the first
time the full arc of his remarkable life. Being Ram Dass begins at
the moment he was fired from Harvard for giving drugs to an
undergraduate. We then circle back to his privileged youth,
education, and the path that led him inexorably away from
conventional life and ultimately to his guru, Neem Karoli Baba.
Populated by a cast of luminaries ranging from Timothy Leary to
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Allen Ginsberg to Jack Kornfield, Aldous
Huxley to Charles Mingus-this intimate memoir chronicles Ram Dass's
experience of the cultural and spiritual transformations that
resonate with us to this day. Ram Dass's life and work prefigured
many current trends: the conscious aging and death movement, the
healing potential of psychedelics, the use of meditation and yoga
in prisons, the ubiquity of those same practices in the wider
culture, and more. Here, with his characteristic mix of earthiness
and transcendence, Ram Dass finally tells all.
General
Imprint: |
Sounds True
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2021 |
Authors: |
Ram Dass
• Rameshwar Das
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 40mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
488 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-68364-628-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-68364-628-2 |
Barcode: |
9781683646280 |
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