Riders of the Cosmic Circuit

by Tal Brooke

Overview

To the ordinary mind, enlightenment is like a black hole in deep space where the event horizon descends into unknowable darkness. How do you judge one who claims to be as above ordinary consciousness as human consciousness towers above that of the ant? It is a mystical conundrum. Riders of the Cosmic Circuit pursues this question, examining three of the most famous Riders of our era, Sai Baba, Muktananda, and Rajneesh, at work magnetizing followers and capturing lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595093151
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.53(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Tal Brooke is the President/Chairman of Spiritual Counterfeits Project (SCP, Inc.), a Berkeley-based research organization. He has authored nine books and his work has been recognized in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Contemporary Authors (Vol. 93-96), and The International Who’s Who of Authors. He received an EPA first place award in the critical review category. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Princeton, Tal Brooke has spoken at Cambridge [7 times], Oxford [4 times], Princeton, Sorbonne, U.C. Berkeley, the University of Virginia, and the University of Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Part I	The Explosion Perspective One
	Sai Baba
1	India's Only Avatar	11
2	Turning the Earth into the Sky	24
3	The Inner Baba and Cosmic Mind Camps	30
	Muktananda
4	Hitting the Power Line	39
5	Explosion	48
6	Riding the Cosmic Circuit	50
7	Shiva-Shakti	55
8	Cosmic Training Camps	61
9	Spitting Lightning	64
10	Kundalini at Midnight	69
	Rajneesh
11	The Amber City of the Gods	74
12	The Rajneesh Ashram of Poona	79
13	Koregeon Park Live	86
14	Reconnaissance at the Golden Dragon	98
15	An Anarchy of Mind	107
16	The Final Disappearing Act	115
17	The Emerging Vedic Superman	121
18	Zorba the Buddha Cafe	124
19	The Orange Lizard	131
20	Space-Raiders and Pac-Man in the Kundalini Arcade	140
21	Bringing Enlightenment to Cowboy Country	155
Part II	The Explosion Perspective Two
22	The Gate of Initiation	165
23	The Voice Wired to the Other Side of the Universe	174
24	An Encounter of the Highest Order of Magnitude	186
25	Unmasking the Horned God	199