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Few arenas in the field of contemporary spirituality create as much challenge, confusion, and provocation as that of spiritual authority. The student-teacher relationship is full of landmines and goldmines, with extraordinary potentials and hazards along the way. Mariana Caplan responds to the challenge of spiritual authority by suggesting the principle and practice of 'conscious discipleship', a model that places the power and responsibility back into the hands and heart of the spiritual student
Caplan's compelling narrative of her own outrageous encounters with Central American shamans, Hindu gurus and every kind of witch, healer and magician in between, serves as a guiding thread to illuminate the challenging principles involved in creating a working model of the student teacher-relationship in western culture. Each chapter includes previously unpublished interviews on the subjects with leading scholars and long-term practitioners including: Ram Dass, Jai Uttal, Georg Feuerstein, Vimala Thakar, John Welwood, Krishna Das, Arnaud Desjardins, Ma Sati Jaya Bhagavati, George Leonard, and more...
Topics include:
· The nature of spiritual scandals
· The need for a teacher
· Guru games, money, sex and power
· Imperfections in the teacher
· Conscious discipleship and the glory of love
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