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Reviewed on March 1, 2007
California's Esalen Institute is a center for alternative and experiential education that teaches that detachment is a universal impossibility. Founded in 1962 as a forum to new ways beyond mainstream academia, it avoids dogmatism of a single idea and instead embraces a wide range of philosophies, religious disciplines, and psychological techniques. In this history of the institute, readers will take a spellbinding journey through art, pop psycholo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More