Transcendental meditation in America

how a new age movement remade a small town in Iowa

  • 1 Want to read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 1 Want to read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
December 8, 2022 | History

Transcendental meditation in America

how a new age movement remade a small town in Iowa

  • 1 Want to read

The Indian spiritual entrepreneur Maharishi Mahesh Yogi took the West by storm in the 1960s and '70s, charming Baby Boomers fed up with war and social upheaval with his message of meditation and peace. Heeding his call, two thousand followers moved to tiny Fairfield, Iowa, to set up their own university on the campus of a failed denominational college. Soon, they started a school for prekindergarten through high school, allowing followers to immerse themselves in Transcendental Meditation from toddlerhood through PhDs. Although Fairfield's longtime residents were relieved to see.

Publish Date
Language
English

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Iowa City, IA
Series
Iowa and the midwest experience, Iowa and the Midwest experience

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
158
Library of Congress
BF637.T68 W43 2014eb, LD3141, LD3141.M69 W43 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35349224M
Internet Archive
transcendentalme0000webe
ISBN 10
1609382617, 1609382358
ISBN 13
9781609382612, 9781609382353
OCLC/WorldCat
878130612, 877363086

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
December 8, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
June 18, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
October 23, 2021 Created by ImportBot import new book