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| 197 Index 1965 Immigration Act, 9, 56 Academy of Asian Studies, 28, 30, 149 Adams, Ansel, 54 affinities for spiritual experience. See religious /spiritual affinities Alfassa, Mirra (Sweet Mother), 29–30 Allen, Woody, 143 Alpert, Richard (Ram Dass), 54 altered breathing, 173, 175–176 alternative masculinity, 136–138; and difference , 136; and equality, 138 alternative spirituality/religions, 10–11, 13, 56, 63, 79, 81, 83, 148, 159; at Esalen, 5, 6, 8, 16, 59, 162, 163; commitments to, 95; funding of, 141–147; outside the U.S., 9; and personal fulfillment, 158, 44; social networks, 18–19, 83; spread of, 1, 2, 86, 99 American Association for Humanistic Psychology, 6–7 American Psychological Association, and humanistic psychology, 153, 154–155 Anderson, Walter Truett, 19; and the Walter Truett Anderson Collection, 181–183 archetypes, 134–135 Arica, 64 Art Barn, 20 Asian religions/spiritualities, 13, 58, 118 Association for Humanistic Psychology, 6–7, 152, 157 Atman, 27 Aurobindo, Sri: and community, 28; evolutionary human potential, 29, 31–32, 98, 150; and group activities, 29; integral philosophy, 27–29, 33–34, 39, 43, 47, 147, 149, 175; and personal growth, 29, 31–32; and sparks of divinity, 103, 108; and spiritual diversity, 26; synthesis of Eastern and Western philosophy, 28 Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry, 22; doctrines, 29, 31–32 authenticity: emotional, 110, 112; personal, 26, 34, 35, 40, 115, 118; spiritual, 46, 112 baby boomers: and resources, 11; and spirituality , 11, 44, 52, 55, 60, 68, 89, 99 Baez, Joan, 140–142 Bagwan Shree Rajneesh, 64, 128 Baker-Roshi, Richard, 144–146, 147; and human potential, 146; and spiritual privilege, 145 Beats/Beatniks, 25, 123 behavioral psychotherapy/behaviorism, 57 Bergen, Candice, 129 Berzon, Betty, 124 Big House, 53, 61, 87; renovation, 87–88 Big Sur, 2, 48–49, 55, 71, 80, 85, 166, 174 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (motion picture ), 129 bodywork/bodyworkers, 7, 14, 15, 49, 52, 57, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 79, 81, 82, 86, 89, 105 bohemians, 49–51, 85, 123; and personal growth, 50; and resources, 50, 77 Bordieu, Pierre, 77 Brahmin, 27 Brandeis University, 37, 140, 156, 178 bricolage/bricoleur, 8, 10 Brown, George, 60 Brown, Jerry, 143, 146 Buddhism, 9, 35, 69, 73–74, 105, 148, 156 198 | Index California Academy of Asian Studies, 149 California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), 143, 147–151, 154, 158, 162; and alternative spirituality, 150; and Esalen, 149–150; and evolving human potential, 150; funding, 147–150; and inclusive spirituality, 150 Campbell, Joseph, 134, 135; anti-Semitism, 134; archetypes, 134–135; gender relations , 134; spiritual privilege, 134 Cannon, Dyan, 13 Canyon Ranch Spa, 10 Center for Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, 140 Center for the Whole Person, 5 Center for Theory and Research at Esalen (CTR), 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 38, 40, 42, 52, 69, 71, 81, 83, 92, 99, 105, 168; bohemian connections, 50; conferences, 33, 43, 44, 45, 86–88, 87, 106, 120, 145; contemporary changes, 43, 45, 50, 68; cultural capital, 89; emphasis on theory and research, 38, 79; and evolutionary human potential, 71, 79, 82; exclusivity, 89–90, 169; gender differentiation, 14–15, 83–84, 121, 122, 138; inner circle, 51; masculinity , 135; Psychology Council, 106; social networks, 85, 108, 167; spiritual privilege, 80–90 Chaudhuri, Harridas, 30, 149 Chinmayananda, Swami, 108 chocolate appreciation, 176 Chopra, Deepak, 46 class. See social class Cleese, John, 13 Clinton, Hillary, 11–12 Columbia University, 65, 140 Confluent Education Program, the University of Santa Barbara, 6–7, 45, 60 conscious eating, 68, 176 continuing education units (CEUs), 65, 168; and social networks, 168 Cottle, Dulce Wilmott, 98 counterculture, 60, 94 Coyote, Peter, 146 creation narrative for Esalen, 51–56, 59, 121, 169–170 Crestone Mountain Zen Center, 146, 147 cultural capital/cultural resources, 23, 77, 79, 89, 90, 106, 131 Cultural Integration Fellowship, 149 Cunningham, Imogen, 54 Dalai Lama, His Holiness the, 46 dance, ecstatic, 39, 64, 116, 117, 167; and gender, 83; human potential, 84 death and the afterlife, 23, 42–44, 168 Didion, Joan, 17 diversification/religious commitment, 22 divine sparks, 3, 8, 11, 21, 23, 25, 32, 71, 93, 103, 113, 143, 148, 162, 167, 170, 175–176; accessibility, 3, 74, 79, 84, 155, 174; and the afterlife, 42, 44; in broad religious system, 31, 42; and class, 4, 81–82, differing explanations, 12; and the authentic self, 34, 47; and spiritual privilege, 8–9, 46; and Sri Aurobindo, 103, 108; and Swami Chinmayananda, 108; and Swami Muktananda, 103, 108 Dobermans, Night...

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