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Holy Appliantologist batman. Who you jivin' with that cosmik debris...
Erhard parroted the jargon effectively (whether Heidegger, zen, L-Ron, or Dale Carnegie) but he had little or no formal training or eduction. And some new-age holism: he sounded like a drill sergeant most of the time. Alan Watts, a defrocked episcopalian priest turned zen buddhist was a bit more believable (tho....Watts sold some cozmic debris at times as well...Kerouac mocked him a bit in some book)
Erhard parroted the jargon effectively (whether Heidegger, zen, L-Ron, or Dale Carnegie) but he had little or no formal training or eduction. And some new-age holism: he sounded like a drill sergeant most of the time. Alan Watts, a defrocked episcopalian priest turned zen buddhist was a bit more believable (tho....Watts sold some cozmic debris at times as well...Kerouac mocked him a bit in some book)
Alan Watts: Arthur Wayne in Big Sur, and Alex Aums in Desolation Angels.
When I lived in Cali I'd regularly run into people who'd relate their EST and Forum experiences, after they'd heard I was reading Heidegger. Their general consensus was that they'd been fleeced - convinced to volunteer to do a bunch of work to benefit others. They were usually still paranoid too, "Don't tell anyone, I told you this."
I'm amused that Werner was born John Paul Rosenberg. I guess Werner Hans Erhard sounds more authentic, or something.
He said, for a nominal service charge,
I could reach nirvana t'nite
When I lived in Cali I'd regularly run into people who'd relate their EST and Forum experiences, after they'd heard I was reading Heidegger. Their general consensus was that they'd been fleeced - convinced to volunteer to do a bunch of work to benefit others. They were usually still paranoid too, "Don't tell anyone, I told you this."
I'm amused that Werner was born John Paul Rosenberg. I guess Werner Hans Erhard sounds more authentic, or something.
He said, for a nominal service charge,
I could reach nirvana t'nite
Alan Watts: Arthur Wayne in Big Sur, and Alex Aums in Desolation Angels.
Yes I vaguely recall Arthur Wayne in Big Sur, JK's desultory beat nightmare. Kerouac did not seem too fond of Wayne/Watts, the Englishman turned guru. Kerouac may have associated with the beat-buddhists at times, but in his heart he was a traditional catholic. His last marriage to the greek lady (Stampos?) looks fairly ...traditional as well, and he was (as you probably are aware) hangin' with the likes of WF Buckley near the end of his mad life. That said, JK was Authentic with a capital A, tho' generally his authenticity enhanced with cheap whisky and meth--as Big Sur shows. Fairly depressing book really.
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Yes I vaguely recall Arthur Wayne in Big Sur, JK's desultory beat nightmare. Kerouac did not seem too fond of Wayne/Watts, the Englishman turned guru. Kerouac may have associated with the beat-buddhists at times, but in his heart he was a traditional catholic. His last marriage to the greek lady (Stampos?) looks fairly ...traditional as well, and he was (as you probably are aware) hangin' with the likes of WF Buckley near the end of his mad life. That said, JK was Authentic with a capital A, tho' generally his authenticity enhanced with cheap whisky and meth--as Big Sur shows. Fairly depressing book really.
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