Esalen

Esalen - America and the Religion of No Religion

by Jeffrey J. Kripal

Jeffrey Kripal here recounts the spectacular history of Esalen, the institute that has long been a world leader in alternative and experiential education and stand today at the center of the human potential movement.

"Kripal has produce the first all-encompassing history of Esalen: its intellectual, social, personal, literary and spiritual passages."

Publisher's Weekly

"Kripal is able to pull off what few historians would attempt - the creation of a highly personal account that is also a superb historiographical exercise."

Playboy