Holy Madness: The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools and Rascal Gurus

georg feuerstein roger walsh

Naked Fools for Christ roam the countryside and eccentric Zen masters baffle students with beatings and belly laughs. When is holy madness an authentic expression of enlightenment rather than psychotic aberration? The author tackles this question and others as he takes an unbiased look at the challenges of spiritual quest and modern gurus—from Gurdjieff to Bhagwan Rajneesh.

Genres spiritualityphilosophynonfictionreligionpsychologybuddhismmysticismhistory20th century

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 1,1991

This edition

Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Published: October 1, 1992 by Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780140193701
ASIN: 0140193707
Language: English

About the author

georg feuerstein

Georg A. Feuerstein was an Indologist and, according to his associate Ken Wilber, among the foremost Westerns scholar-practitioners of yoga. After doing his postgraduate research at Durham University in England, he moved to the United States, eventually settling in Canada with his wife and sometime co-author Brenda.