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Prem Rawat and Counterculture Professor Ron Geaves (Cardiff University, UK)

Prem Rawat and Counterculture By Professor Ron Geaves (Cardiff University, UK)

Prem Rawat and Counterculture by Professor Ron Geaves (Cardiff University, UK)


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Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities by Professor Ron Geaves (Cardiff University, UK)

Ron Geaves demonstrates how the convergence of Prem Rawat, formerly known as Guru Maharaj Ji, and Glastonbury Fayre in 1971 was a key event in understanding the jigsaw that came to be known as New Age spirituality. The book charts the discovery of Prem Rawat in India in 1969 by a small number of British and North American hippies, and explores how his arrival in Britain in June 1971, as well as his speech from the pyramid stage at the Fayre at just 13 years old, escalated his activities to make him one of the key influencers of 1970s counterculture spirituality. Both Glastonbury and Prem Rawat have gone on to re-emerge in significantly different identities to the ones presented in 1971. The meeting between the two demonstrates how alternative spiritualities were being formed in the 1960s and how some strands went on to develop into the New Age counterculture that eventually permeated mainstream cultures in Britain and the USA.

Prem Rawat and Counterculture Reviews

A fascinating spiritual and countercultural account of the child Guru Maharaj Jis appearance on the Pyramid Stage at the legendary 1971 Glastonbury Fayre, compellingly interwoven with personal memories from someone who really was there, and sharpened by insights from both religious studies and festival culture. This book invites us critically to re-evaluate Glastonburys religious resonance and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Glastonbury Festival. * George McKay, Research Council (AHRC) Leadership Fellow for Connected Communities, University of East Anglia, UK and editor of The Pop Festival (Bloomsbury, 2015) and author of Senseless Acts of Beauty, Glastonbury: A Very English Fair (2000) *

About Professor Ron Geaves (Cardiff University, UK)

Ron Geaves is Visiting Professor in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, UK. His recent publications include Islam and Britain (Bloomsbury, 2013), and The Study of Religion, 2nd edition(Bloomsbury, 2013).

Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Quotations and Spellings List of Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theorizing New Age and Contemporary Spiritualities 3. Easternization: Indian Gurus and the West 4. Prem Rawat and Contextualizing Indian Religions in the West 5. Festivals And Music: Countercultures Religiosity? 6. The Significance of Glastonbury 7. Prem Rawat at Glastonbury: Occulture and Easternization? 8. The Aftermath of Glastonbury Fayre: Prem Rawat and Counterculture 9. Counterculture, Occulture and Easternization Revisited 10. Postscript Notes Bibliography Index

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GOR013838789
9781350265448
1350265446
Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities by Professor Ron Geaves (Cardiff University, UK)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2021-06-17
248
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