The Resource Greetings from Utopia Park : surviving a transcendent childhood, Claire Hoffman
Greetings from Utopia Park : surviving a transcendent childhood, Claire Hoffman
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- Summary
- "When Claire Hoffman's alcoholic father abandons his family, his struggling wife, Liz, tells five-year-old Claire and her seven-year-old brother, Stacey, that they are going to heaven--Iowa--to live in Maharishi's national headquarters for Heaven on Earth. For Claire's mother, Transcendental Meditation--Maharishi's method of meditation and his approach to living the fullest possible life--promises world peace and Enlightenment just as their family is falling apart. At first this secluded utopia offers warmth and support, and makes these outsiders feel calm, secure, and connected to the world. At the Maharishi School, Claire learns Maharishi's philosophy for living and meditates with her class. With the promise of peace and Enlightenment constantly on the horizon, every day is infused with magic and meaning. But as Claire and Stacey mature, their adolescent skepticism kicks in, drawing them away from the community and into delinquency and drugs. To save herself, Claire moves to California to live with her father, breaking from Maharishi completely. After she works for a decade in journalism and academia, the challenges of adulthood propel her back to Iowa, where she reexamines her spiritual upbringing and tries to reconnect with the magic of her childhood"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 265 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Part one: Believing. Initiation ; The Hoffman curse ; Stranger in a strange land ; Levitation ; Taste of Utopia ; Fortunate are we! ; Utopia Park ; On the program ; 200 percent of life
- Part two: Doubting. Dad comes home ; Your meditation brought down the Great Wall ; The costs of karma ; Ojas ; Townie ; Meth heads and meditators
- Part three: Searching. Adulthood ; A new Utopia ; The flying course
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780062338846
- Label
- Greetings from Utopia Park : surviving a transcendent childhood
- Title
- Greetings from Utopia Park
- Title remainder
- surviving a transcendent childhood
- Statement of responsibility
- Claire Hoffman
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Hoffman, Claire
- Hoffman, Claire
- Journalistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Journalists
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- Autobiographies
- Méditation transcendantale
- Transcendental Meditation
- Transcendental Meditation
- United States
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, Riverside -- Faculty -- Biography
- Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When Claire Hoffman's alcoholic father abandons his family, his struggling wife, Liz, tells five-year-old Claire and her seven-year-old brother, Stacey, that they are going to heaven--Iowa--to live in Maharishi's national headquarters for Heaven on Earth. For Claire's mother, Transcendental Meditation--Maharishi's method of meditation and his approach to living the fullest possible life--promises world peace and Enlightenment just as their family is falling apart. At first this secluded utopia offers warmth and support, and makes these outsiders feel calm, secure, and connected to the world. At the Maharishi School, Claire learns Maharishi's philosophy for living and meditates with her class. With the promise of peace and Enlightenment constantly on the horizon, every day is infused with magic and meaning. But as Claire and Stacey mature, their adolescent skepticism kicks in, drawing them away from the community and into delinquency and drugs. To save herself, Claire moves to California to live with her father, breaking from Maharishi completely. After she works for a decade in journalism and academia, the challenges of adulthood propel her back to Iowa, where she reexamines her spiritual upbringing and tries to reconnect with the magic of her childhood"--Dust jacket flap
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hoffman, Claire
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hoffman, Claire
- University of California, Riverside
- Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- Hoffman, Claire
- Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- University of California, Riverside
- Journalists
- Transcendental Meditation
- Journalistes
- Méditation transcendantale
- Journalists
- Transcendental Meditation
- Universities and colleges
- United States
- Label
- Greetings from Utopia Park : surviving a transcendent childhood, Claire Hoffman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one: Believing. Initiation ; The Hoffman curse ; Stranger in a strange land ; Levitation ; Taste of Utopia ; Fortunate are we! ; Utopia Park ; On the program ; 200 percent of life -- Part two: Doubting. Dad comes home ; Your meditation brought down the Great Wall ; The costs of karma ; Ojas ; Townie ; Meth heads and meditators -- Part three: Searching. Adulthood ; A new Utopia ; The flying course -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 921864773
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 265 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062338846
- Lccn
- 2017301075
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)921864773
- Label
- Greetings from Utopia Park : surviving a transcendent childhood, Claire Hoffman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one: Believing. Initiation ; The Hoffman curse ; Stranger in a strange land ; Levitation ; Taste of Utopia ; Fortunate are we! ; Utopia Park ; On the program ; 200 percent of life -- Part two: Doubting. Dad comes home ; Your meditation brought down the Great Wall ; The costs of karma ; Ojas ; Townie ; Meth heads and meditators -- Part three: Searching. Adulthood ; A new Utopia ; The flying course -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 921864773
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 265 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062338846
- Lccn
- 2017301075
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)921864773
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Hoffman, Claire
- Hoffman, Claire
- Journalistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Journalists
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- Autobiographies
- Méditation transcendantale
- Transcendental Meditation
- Transcendental Meditation
- United States
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, Riverside -- Faculty -- Biography
- Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
- Autobiographies
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