Post by billyen on Sept 28, 2009 5:14:49 GMT -5
I have just published a new, highly critical book about my former teacher Andrew Cohen.
The title is American Guru; A Story of Love, Betrayal and Healing
by William Yenner and contributors
The book details both the early promises and the eventual demise of a dream of spiritual fulfillment, and will be helpful to anyone searching for a true spiritual teacher.
The book website can be found here: www.americanguru.net
There is a book review by Professor David Lane posted on Integral World: www.integralworld.net/lane9.html
From the book jacket:
“William Yenner’s true, uncensored—and finally ungagged—moving personal story, in combination with the powerful reflections, recollections and contributions of other former community members, makes American Guru an essential source document for the study and understanding of authoritarian spiritual sects.”
—Hal Blacker, former editor of EnlightenNext magazine
“Authoritarian religion is one of the greatest dangers facing humankind in our world today. Whether that authoritarianism be Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist makes no difference. In each case, an elite group claims absolute authority on the basis of a text or a mystical revelation, then seeks to impose that authority on others as the only way to achieve personal and collective salvation.”
From the Foreword by Stephen Batchelor
The title is American Guru; A Story of Love, Betrayal and Healing
by William Yenner and contributors
The book details both the early promises and the eventual demise of a dream of spiritual fulfillment, and will be helpful to anyone searching for a true spiritual teacher.
The book website can be found here: www.americanguru.net
There is a book review by Professor David Lane posted on Integral World: www.integralworld.net/lane9.html
From the book jacket:
“William Yenner’s true, uncensored—and finally ungagged—moving personal story, in combination with the powerful reflections, recollections and contributions of other former community members, makes American Guru an essential source document for the study and understanding of authoritarian spiritual sects.”
—Hal Blacker, former editor of EnlightenNext magazine
“Authoritarian religion is one of the greatest dangers facing humankind in our world today. Whether that authoritarianism be Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist makes no difference. In each case, an elite group claims absolute authority on the basis of a text or a mystical revelation, then seeks to impose that authority on others as the only way to achieve personal and collective salvation.”
From the Foreword by Stephen Batchelor