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...feeling good is a religion, its cathedral is Esalen. The nerve center of the counterculture, the cradle of Gestalt therapy, the inspiration for a thousand adult-education courses (with the emphasis often on adult), the Esalen Institute, perched on the windswept cliffs of Big Sur, Calif., along one of the loveliest stretches of unreal estate in the world, has long been the Platonic model of an Aquarian think tank. From Buenos Aires to Berlin, it has also become a symbol for the beauty, and something of the folly, of the peculiarly American belief that perfection is just a day away...
Wanda: Nowadays we speak of intimacy, pair bonding, working at relationships. In sexuality, quality is more important than quantity. There's a big reaction against the trivialization of sex. George Leonard, who used to be a guru at Esalen, has written a new book called The End of Sex, and it talks about the ideal of "high monogamy." Anything wrong with that, curmudgeon of mine...
...though declining) United Methodist Church, which began in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement, want clergy who are "open, accepting, self-critical, patient, participatory and exemplary." All are qualities involved with psychological jargon, interpersonal relationships and group dynamics. John Wesley, meet Dale Carnegie or Michael Murphy of Esalen...
Mazursky's 1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was a sharply sketched comment on sexuality in the Esalen age. In the years since, his work has gone soft; with An Unmarried Woman, he finally arrived at his present state, where he sentimentalizes the mildly eccentric, celebrates sweet-spirited rebelliousness and generally goofs off on promising themes. The result has been a series of truly enervating movies, of which Willie and Phil is but the most spineless. Its three leading players do what they can with the material, but their task is quite hopeless...
...trying to run a pig for President. As one of the Chicago Seven defendants, he was convicted of in citing the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention; the conviction was over turned on appeal. In the '70s he ran the gauntlet of self-help exercises: Esalen to est, yoga to bioenergetics. Admits Rubin: "I'm very good at predicting trends...