Transcendental meditation in America
how a new age movement remade a small town in Iowa
by Joseph Weber
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The Indian spiritual entrepreneur Maharishi Mahesh Yogi took the West by storm in the 1960s and '70s, charming Baby Boomers fed up with war and social upheaval with his message of meditation and peace. Heeding his call, two thousand followers moved to tiny Fairfield, Iowa, to set up their own university on the campus of a failed denominational college. Soon, they started a school for prekindergarten through high school, allowing followers to immerse themselves in Transcendental Meditation from toddlerhood through PhDs. Although Fairfield's longtime residents were relieved to see.
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Transcendental Meditation, Meditation, PSYCHOLOGY, Applied Psychology, SELF-HELP, Personal Growth, General, Happiness, Success, RELIGION, Meditations, Transzendentale Meditation, Transcendental meditation, United states, religion, History, Maharishi University of ManagementPlaces
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Transcendental meditation in America: how a new age movement remade a small town in Iowa
2014, University of Iowa Press
in English
1609382617 9781609382612
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