Transcendental meditation in America
how a new age movement remade a small town in Iowa
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2014 - University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA, Iowa
Language
English
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- Internet Archivetranscendentalme0000webe
- ISBN-101609382617
- ISBN-101609382358
- ISBN-139781609382612
- ISBN-139781609382353
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- OCLC Control Number878130612
- OCLC Control Number877363086
- Better World Books9781609382612
- Open LibraryOL35349224M
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- DDC158
- LCCBF637.T68 W43 2014eb
- LCCLD3141
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- LCCLD3141.M69 W43 2014
Description
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.
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- Iowa and the midwest experience
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