Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion

The history of the world-leading institute of alternative and experiential education that stands at the center of the human potential movement.

Forged in the literary and mythical leanings of the Beat Generation, inspired in the lecture halls of Stanford by radical scholars of comparative religion, Esalen was the remarkable brainchild of Michael Murphy and Richard Price. Set against the heady backdrop of California during the revolutionary 1960s, religious scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal's Esalen ...