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245 00 $aHard to be a saint in the city :$bthe spiritual vision of the Beats /$cedited with an introduction by Robert Inchausti.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aBoulder :$bShambhala,$c2017.
264 4 $c©2017
300 $avi, 195 pages ;$c22 cm
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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520 $a"An exploration of Beat spirituality--seen through excerpts from the writings of the seminal writers of Beat Generation themselves. The Beat writers stand out as prophets who made a valiant effort to speak the truth in the face of the establishment values of the American post-WWII period, and the fact that so much of their work has stood the test of time is testimony to their importance. The Beat movement was at heart, according to Robert Inchausti, a spiritual enterprise, and the writings compiled in this anthology provide convincing evidence for that claim. Using his broad knowledge of Beat literature, he has created this treasury excerpts from the writings of such figures as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, but also of lesser-known Beatniks--arranged in a way that gives a shape and significance to their spiritual quest. Included are Kerouac's dialogues with Ginsberg and Burroughs on writing as a form of religious resistance and revelation, along with accounts of their experiments with psychedelics and visionary practices, which will then include their shared thoughts on meditation and psychedelic experimentation as visionary practices. This is considerably more than a collection of Beat spiritual writings. It's a kind of introduction to Beat spirituality, presented systematically in the Beats' own words"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-195).
505 00 $tMoloch Whose Eyes Are a Thousand Blind Windows: How Do the Beats See the Spirit of Our Age? --$tUniverse Is the Messiah: What is the Beat Response to the Spirit of Our Age --$tAfter Every Civilization Runs Its Course, There Is a Return to Mystery: Who Were the Beats? --$tBuddha Reborn as Shakespeare: Who Was Jack Kerouac? --$tMeditation Looks Inward, Poetry Holds Forth: Is There a Beat Way of Writing? --$tBelief and Technique for Modern Prose: What is Bop Spontaneous Prose? --$tAbsorb All Beautiful Systems to Further Systemlessness: Is There a Beat Way of Knowing? --$tA Warm Idea for the Cool Void: How Do the Beats Conceive of the Divine? --$tListening to the Silence inside the Illusion of the World: Are There Beat Spiritual Practices? --$tSpontaneous Affirmations of the Fellaheen: Where Can We See the New Consciousness? --$tSympathetic Magic of Paleolithic Alters: Why Are the Beats Interested in Prehistory? --$tChronicles of Choiceless Awareness: Is There a Beat Way of Living?.
650 0 $aBeats (Persons)$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aLiterature and spiritualism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM$xAmerican$xGeneral.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBODY, MIND & SPIRIT$xSpiritualism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION$xBuddhism$xZen (see also PHILOSOPHY$xZen)$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLiterature and spiritualism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01000101
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648 7 $a1900-1999$2fast
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700 1 $aInchausti, Robert,$d1952-$eeditor.
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