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"Narrated with the psychological subtlety and drama of a good novel, Enlightenment Blues is a precise, profound dissection of the guru-devotee relationship."_John Horgan, author of Rational MysticismEnlightenment Blues is Andre van der Braak_s compelling account of his relationship with a prominent spiritual teacher. It chronicles both the author_s spiritual journey and disenchantment as well the development of a missionary and controversial community around the teacher. It powerfully exposes the problems and necessities of disentanglement from a spiritual path.Andre van der Braak lived in Andrew Cohen_s spiritual community for eleven years, and was an editor for its magazine What Is Enlightenment? Currently, he lives in Amsterdam, where he teaches philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and at Luzac College in Alkmaar.
Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru FROM THE PUBLISHER
Enlightenment Blues is Andre van der Braak's compelling account of his relationship with a prominent spiritual teacher. It chronicles the author's spiritual journey and disenchantment, as well as the development of a missionary and controversial community around the teacher. It powerfully exposes the problems and necessities of disentanglement from a spiritual path.
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