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Overview

Since its first publication, Golf in the Kingdom has been recognized as a classic work on the deeper mysteries of golf—a gospel of those who suspect, or know, that golf is more than a mere pastime. A young man en route to India stops in Scotland to play at the legendary Burningbush golf club and in twenty-four hours, his life is transformed. Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, he is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a a backswing governed by true gravity. A night of adventure and revelation follow, and lead to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush's thirteenth fairway—one they call Lucifer's Rug. Murphy's account reveals the possibilities for transcendence that resides in the human soul, and through mystic-philosopher Shivas Irons, the reader, like Murphy, becomes drawn into new worlds by this ancient and haunting game.

With wit and wisdom, the founder of the Esalen Institute explores the transcendental experience using the metaphor of golf. Originally published in 1973, this "masterpiece on the mysticism of golf" (San Francisco Chronicle) is now back in print for a new generation of readers. (Arkana)

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This book offers a view of golf in a more philosophical and even mystical light. This 25th-anniversary edition includes additional reflections by Murphy. Though golf is definitely a fanatic's game, half of this is written for laughs.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780140195491
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/28/1997
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Edition number: 25
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 128,451
  • Series: Compass Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.24 (w) x 7.76 (h) x 0.65 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael Murphy began his quest into the nature of human potential in the late 1950s while a psychology major at Stanford University. After a year of graduate school, he spent 18 months in India, at the ashram of Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry. Aurobindo started him thinking about the relationship between the evolution of consciousness and the physical body.

In 1961, shortly after his return to the United States, Murphy met Richard Price, another Standford Psychology major, and in 1962 they founded the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. The Esalen Institute, the leading growth center in the world, has hosted thousands of human potential workshops and conferences led by such notables as Abraham Maslow, Joseph Campbell, Rollo May, Fritz Perls, Aldous Huxley, Carl Rogers, Ida Rolf, Joan Halifax, Stanislov Grof, Joan Borysenko, Allen Ginsberg, and Linus Pauling, to name a few.

In 1980, he helped create the Esalen Institute’s Soviet American Exchange program which, among other things, initiated the first live television space bridges and hosted Boris Yeltsin during his first visit to the United States.

Michael Murphy is the author of The Future of the Body, Gold in the Kingdom (released by Penguin Books/Arkana), Jacob Atabet, and End to Ordinary History, and co-author of The Psychic Side of Sports. He lives in San Rafael, California.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 14, 2009

    Worked for me!

    I happen to be a student of the game and enjoy golf on every level (athletic - mental). I was given the suggestion to read this book by a mentor of mine and finally did so with a bit of skepticism at first. I was immediately drawn into this book and, well... I became one with it. I had to re-read a couple of spots because of the phonetic style of writing for some of the characters... it was still worth every moment I spent with it. I feel this book was very relevant for me. If a person can remain open minded about the game and how it relates to thier life they will be able to find how the mystic nature of golf and this book intersect. One will need to remember (Without hinderance) the moments and feelings they have experienced while playing the game, if they cannot, then maybe this book (Or the game for that matter) is not really meant for them.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 17, 2007

    Take what works

    If you can make it through the abstract analyses and follow the main character's path of learning, you will find the true value of this book: the Zen in your golf game. It's the centering, the balance, that you must feel and project all the way through your stroke and the flight of the ball. It's something I learned from Shivas Irons that is with me every time I hit the ball. It's a great read. It changed my whole game!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2007

    Golf in the Kingdom

    the first part was ok but the last part lost me and i was just trying to get through it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2007

    Golf in the Kingdom

    the firs part was ok but the last part just compeatly lost me and i was just trying to get through it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 23, 2000

    Mystical Golf Book

    The first two thirds of this book read extremely easily. The story of Murphy and Shivas grabs you right from the start. The last third where the author delves into the secrets of 'true gravity' kind of lost my attention. Clearly well worth reading!

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