102. Cross, Beatles-Discography.com, 175.
103. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 178.
104. Kane, Ticket to Ride, 122.
105. Saltzman, The Beatles in Rishikesh.
106. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 281.
107. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 284.
108. “Ringo Starr Leaves India.”
109. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 281.
110. Badman, Beatles, off the Record, 343.
111. Giuliano, Revolver, 118-119.
112. Blakely, The Secret of the Mantras, 192.
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113. Love, Good Vibrations, 188.
114. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 193.
115. Love, Good Vibrations, 189-190.
116. Love, Good Vibrations, 238.
117. Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi’s Himalayas, 178.
118. Badman, Beatles, off the Record, 340.
119. Badman, Beatles, off the Record, 340.
120. Blakely, The Secret of the Mantras, 177-179.
121. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 222.
122. Badman, Beatles, off the Record, 340.
123. Buskin, Days in the Life, 160-161.
124. Norman, Shout!, 323.
125. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 198.
126. Bruns, Dear Prudence, 213-214.
127. Cooke de Herrera, All You Need Is Love, 214.
128. Boyd, Wonderful Tonight, 117.
129. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 171.
130. Coleman, Lennon, 339-340.
131. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 163.
132. Cooke de Herrera, All You Need Is Love, 207.
133. Miles, Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Chapter 10.
134. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 151.
135. Pillai, “Remains of Yesterday.”
136. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 152.
137. Sheff, All We Are Saying, 199.
138. Kipp, “2. Dear Prudence.”
139. Blakely, The Secret of the Mantras, 217-218.
140. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 159.
141. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 283.
142. Badman, Beatles, off the Record, 281.
143. Sheff, All We Are Saying, 190.
144. “The Beatles in India.”
145. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 282-283.
146. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 208.
147. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 155.
148. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 208.
149. Sheff, All We Are Saying, 199.
150. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 9.
151. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 149.
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152. Norman, Shout!, 323.
153. Cooke de Herrera, All You Need Is Love, 208.
154. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
155. Cooke de Herrera, All You Need Is Love, 211.
156. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 258.
157. Kane, Lennon Revealed, 60-61.
158. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 219.
159. Brown, The Love You Make, 188.
160. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
161. Brown, The Love You Make, 247.
162. Cross, Beatles-Discography.com, 176.
163. Dolan, “Midnight in the Oasis.”
164. Blakely, The Secret of the Mantras, 242.
165. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
166. Dolan, “Midnight in the Oasis.”
167. Mardas, Statement to New York Times.
168. Mardas, Statement to New York Times.
169. Turner, A Hard Day’s Write, 167.
170. Brown, The Love You Make, 288.
171. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 174.
172. Wenner, “John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
173. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 174.
174. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 286.
175. Cross, Beatles-Discography.com, 177.
176. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 285.
177. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 286.
178. Wenner, Lennon Remembers, 28.
179. Wenner, Lennon Remembers, 28.
180. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 176.
181. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 176.
182. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 176-177.
183. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
184. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 237-238.
185. Shotton, John Lennon: In My Life, 162.
186. https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/sexy-sadie.
187. https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/sexy-sadie.
188. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 286.
189. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 263.
190. Miles, Dancing Ledge.
191. Wenner, “John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
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192. Miller, Maharishi, TM, Mallory & Me, Chapter 49.
193. Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad Gita, 2:45, 126.
194. Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad Gita, 2:48, 135.
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195. Susan Shumsky’s handwritten lecture notes.
196. “Rgvedasamhita, Mandala 9.”
197. Susan Shumsky’s handwritten lecture notes.
198. Susan Shumsky’s handwritten lecture notes.
199. “Stories about Maharishi.”
200. Mitra, “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Successful Meditation.”
201. Susan Shumsky’s handwritten lecture notes.
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202. Susan Shumsky’s handwritten lecture notes.
203. Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad Gita, 2:47, 133.
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204. “When Maharishi Threw Beatles Out.”
205. Rooney, “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to Beatles, dies.”
206. “Beatles are angels on earth, said Maharishi.”
207. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
208. Brown, The Love You Make, 250.
209. Wenner, Lennon Remembers, 24.
210. Richardson, “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Beatles Urban Legend.”
211. Brown, The Love You Make, 260.
212. Sheff, All We Are Saying, 204.
213. Cott, “John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
214. Tillery, The Cynical Idealist, 83.
215. Tillery, The Cynical Idealist, 80.
216. Lennon, A Twist of Lennon, 171.
217. Beatles, Beatles Anthology, 285.
218. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
219. Morse, “McCartney Breaks His Silence with a Rock ‘N’ Roll Album.”
220. Miles, Paul McCartney, Chapter 10.
221. Duke, “Surviving Beatles Unite to Promote Meditation.”
222. Thompson, “Celebrities Who Meditate.”
223. Shankar, “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to pop celebrities, dies at 91.”
224. Bruns, Dear Prudence, 172.
225. Bruns, Dear Prudence, 189.
226. Bruns, Dear Prudence, 203-205.
227. Bruns, Dear Prudence, 209-210.
228. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 181-182.
229. Farrow, What Falls Away, 128-129.
230. “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Transcendental Meditation - Biography.”
231. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 91-92.
232. Love, Good Vibrations, Chapter 10, 179.
233. Zehme, “Lost in the Funhouse” website.
234. Zehme, Lost in the Funhouse, Chapter 12, 394.
235. Zehme, Lost in the Funhouse, Chapter 12, 394.
236. “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Transcendental Meditation - Biography.”
237. Chopra, “First Meeting Maharishi.”
238. Hamblin, “The Seduction of ‘Wellness Real Estate.’”
239. Knapp, “Deepak Chopra Interview.”
240. Chopra, “The Maharishi Years - The Untold Stor
y.”
241. Knapp, “Deepak Chopra Interview.”
242. Hoffman, “David Lynch Is Back.”
243. Knapp, “Deepak Chopra Interview.”
244. Knapp, “Deepak Chopra Interview.”
245. Chopra, “The Maharishi Years - The Untold Story.”
246. Knapp, “Deepak Chopra Interview.”
247. Forsthoefel and Hume, Gurus in America, 54.
248. Forsthoefel and Hume, Gurus in America, 54.
249. Chopra, “The Maharishi Years - The Untold Story.”
250. Chopra, “The Maharishi Years - The Untold Story.”
251. Chopra, “The Maharishi Years - The Untold Story.”
252. Knapp, “Deepak Chopra Interview.”
253. Lutes, “Memoirs of Charlie Lutes,” Chapter 4.
254. “Stories about Maharishi.”
255. Susan Shumsky’s handwritten lecture notes.
256. Cooke de Herrera, All You Need Is Love, 100-101.
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257. Naughton, “Head for the Hills, Disciples!”
258. Orme-Johnson, “Societal Effects.”
259. Hedegaard, “The Ballad of Mike Love.”
260. Mason, The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India, 269.
261. Sieveking, David Wants to Fly.
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262. Maass, “Welcome to Silicorn Valley.”
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263. Atmananada, “Words of Sri Anandamayi Ma.”
264. Vivekananda, Raja-Yoga, Introductory.
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265. Tweedie, The Chasm of Fire, 65-66.
266. Holy Bible, Matthew 7:7.
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267. “Om Namo Narayani Om Hari Durga Ma.”
268. Atmananada, “Words of Sri Anandamayi Ma.”
269. Knapp, “Letter from David Kaplan.”
270. “From Linda Kaplan,” Fairfield Life.
271. Knapp, “Earl Kaplan’s Letter.”
272. “Maharishi, Maharishi Not,” Leaving the Art of Living.
273. “Swami Kriyananda: In Memoriam.”
274. Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, 118.
275. Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, 119.
276. Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, 119.
277. Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, 119.
278. Nikhilananda, Vivekananda A Biography.
279. Tweedie, Chasm of Fire, 7.
280. Tweedie, Chasm of Fire, 105.
281. “Nityananda,” Sages, Saints, and Avatars.
282. Knapp, “Earl Kaplan’s Letter.”
283. Batchelder, Ram Das, Rising in Love, 7.
284. Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad Gita, 2:54, 106.
285. Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad Gita, 2:55-57, 107-113.
286. Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, 121.
287. Cooke de Herrera, All You Need Is Love, 18.
288. Blakely, The Secret of the Mantras, 180.
289. Midal, Recalling Chögyam Trungpa, x.
290. Blakely, The Secret of the Mantras, 3.
291. Tweedie, Chasm of Fire, 78.
292. Fiske, “Stalking Personal Power and Peace.”
293. Sieveking, David Wants to Fly.
294. Tweedie, Chasm of Fire, 169.
295. Tweedie, Chasm of Fire, 169.
EPILOGUE AND EPITAPH
296. “Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Transcendental Meditation - Biography.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am grateful to supporters who contributed their love and energy to this book: Curt DeGroat, Jared Stoltz, Fred Den Ouden, Casey Coleman, Rob Gordon-McCutchan, Billy Clayton, Mark Landau, Pamela Reeve, Judith Bourque, Susan Seifert, Connie Fisher, Carl Roles, George Fitzgerald, PJ Worley, Linda Hayden, and Robert Quicksilver. Thank you to the staff at Skyhorse Publishing, especially Mike Lewis, Julie Ganz, Rain Saukas, Jessica L. Moss, and Margaret Grumeretz. Thank you, Julie, for clarifying the manuscript with your illuminating suggestions, and for your calm, steady patience when faced with many delays and obstacles.
For your patience and generosity in granting photo licenses, thank you to Christopher Peglar: Sri Sri Ma Anandamayi Ashram, Vincent Daczynski, Paul Mason, Paul Saltzman, Ronald Pledge: Contact Press Images, Lisa Roper: Alamy, Matthew Lutts: Associated Press, Verity Manning: BBC, Shannon Marano: Getty Images, Andrew Howick: MPTV, Cameron Warnick: Newscom, Tom McShane: RexFeatures, Peter: Ringier AG, Paul Keene: Avico, Frank Seltier: Photo Office, Marvin Lichtner and Cris Piquinela: Saturday Evening Post.
Foremost, I am grateful to Jeff and Deborah Herman and Paul De Angelis, without whom this book would never have gotten published. Thank you Jeff, my anchor, for believing in this project for the past twenty years, and for your constant and continual friendship and support. Thank you, Paul, for being an awesome mentor in the writing process.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan Shumsky, DD has dedicated her life to helping people take command of their lives in highly effective, powerful, positive ways. She is the bestselling, award-winning author of thirteen books, published by Simon & Schuster, Random House, New Page, and Skyhorse Publishing.
A pioneer in the human potential field, she has spent fifty years teaching thousands of people meditation, prayer, affirmation, and intuition. Her book titles include Divine Revelation, Miracle Prayer, Exploring Meditation, Exploring Auras, Exploring Chakras, How to Hear the Voice of God, Ascension, Instant Healing, The Power of Auras, The Power of Chakras, Awaken Your Third Eye, Awaken Your Divine Intuition, and Color Your Chakras.
Shumsky is a highly respected spiritual teacher and founder of Divine Revelation®—a unique field-proven technology for contacting the divine presence, hearing and testing the inner voice, and receiving clear divine guidance. For twenty-two years, her mentor was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru of the Beatles and guru of Deepak Chopra. Shumsky served on Maharishi’s personal staff for six years.
Her websites are www.drsusan.org and www.divinetravels.com.
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