<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In the wake of changing political attitudes and cultural values, it's time for a look at what can now be discerned as an equally new development, on the fringes of Western civilization, among what came to be known as "popular culture," during the so-called pre- and post-war eras: a new kind of spiritual teacher or "guru," one more interested in methods, techniques and results than in dogmas, institutions, or - especially - followers.</p><p>James O'Meara examines these "populist gurus" from a wide variety of different perspectives, featuring substantial chapters on well-known figures such as <strong>William Burroughs</strong>, <strong>Aleister Crowley</strong>, <strong>Colin Wilson</strong>, <strong>Alan Watts</strong>, <strong>Neville Goddard</strong>, and <strong>Julius Evola</strong>, as well as such fringe phenomena as <strong>Chaos Magick </strong>and even the origins of the Internet's 'meme magic.'</p><p>Could it be that those who have looked in vain for a revival of traditional spirituality, have been looking in the wrong place? Perhaps it has been here all along, but in a new form, more appropriate for the modern era.<br /> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award-winning author of <em>Occult America</em> and <em>The Miracle Club</em> says that- "Our spirituality has gotten too tame today. James J. O'Meara has a solution: revive the tradition of the not-so-mad guru, the outlaw seeker, and the rebel swami. In this mosaic of profiles and netherworld journeys, you will encounter primal religious thinkers, from Alan Watts to a man called Neville, who seek, above all, to make the spiritual search powerful, practical, slightly dangerous, and bracingly relevant to the individual. Thank God."</p><p>"The book could be seen as being itself an example of the subject of one of its essays, Burroughs' cut-up technique, in which O'Meara slices up some sacred texts - and a few sacred cows as well - and rearranges them to suggest new pathways towards the Transcendent. When O'Meara cuts into the esoteric canon, it's just possible that a bit of the Truth leaks out." --John Morgan, <em>New Dawn Magazine</em></p><br>
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