Esalen was a part of the transformation of how modern culture understands religion the subtitle of the book is america and the religion of no religion the religion of no religion is the modern religion now the popular term in social media is spiritual not religious kripal writes about very heady stuff but i found it easy to read and easy to understand ive also read kripals the serpents gift and found it really enlightening i resonate with his idea of a gnosticism that comes . Set against the heady backdrop of california during the revolutionary 1960s esalen recounts in fascinating detail how these two maverick thinkers sought to fuse the spiritual revelations of the east with the scientific revolutions of the west or to combine the very best elements of zen buddhism western psychology and indian yoga into a decidedly utopian vision that rejected the dogmas of conventional religion in their religion of no religion the natural world was just as crucial as the . esalen america and the religion of no religion by kripal jeffrey john author apr 2007 hardcover kripal jeffrey john isbn 8601423034683 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. This history of the esalen institute describes how the big sur hot springs became a crucible for a brand of secular metaphysics known at the religion of no religion founded in the early 1960s esalen drew eccentrics and artists like aldous huxley timothy leary henry miller and joan baez and soon became a sort of sybaritic commune where life consisted according to kripal of sodomy in the baths glossolalia in the lodge fistfights in the parking lot folk music in the cabins