The Spiritual TouristThis is a narrative recounting a spiritual voyage taking the author around the world in a quest for the divine. A trail of chance, synchronicity, divine providence and the occasional railway and airline schedule, leads Brown from the extraordinary figure of the 19th-century occult adventuress Madame Blavatsky, via the philosopher Krishnamurti, to the genial Scottish clairvoyant who claims that the Christ of the age is alive and well and living in London. In India, he encounters the miracle-working Sai Baba, and discusses reincarnation with the world's most revered spiritual figure, the Dalai Lama. In Germany, he joins the pilgrims who kneel at the feet of the young Indian Woman, Mother Meera, believing she is divine. In a tiny backwoods church in Tennessee, he examines the "Crosses of Light" which are held as evidence of Christ's imminent return to Earth.;Mick Brown is the author of "Richard Branson, The Inside Story" and "American Heartbeat: Travels from Woodstock to San Jose by Song Title". |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | |
GOOD EVENING MR CREME | |
THE MIRACLE IN NORTH LONDON | |
THE TRAIN TO DHARMAVARAM | |
IN THE HOUSE OF | |
THE BOY LAMA | |
MOTHER MOTHER | |
HER MASTERS VOICE | |
A TALL MAN IN THE MOSQUE | |
THE CROSSES OF LIGHT | |
AN AUDIENCE WITH THE GURU | |
SAMMY DOESNT LIVE HERE | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | |
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR BY THE SAME AUTHOR COPYRIGHT PAGE | |
Other editions - View all
The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Belief Mick Brown Limited preview - 1999 |
The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Belief Mick Brown No preview available - 1998 |
The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Belief Mick Brown No preview available - 1998 |
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