LEADER 04281nam 2200601 450 001 9910792283403321 005 20230803222511.0 010 $a1-60938-261-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000147092 035 $a(EBL)1660359 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001217591 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11687760 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001217591 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11202742 035 $a(PQKB)10996667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1660359 035 $a(OCoLC)878130612 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1660359 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10857628 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000147092 100 $a20131021h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTranscendental meditation in America $ehow a new age movement remade a small town in Iowa /$fJoseph Weber 210 1$aIowa City, IA :$cUniversity of Iowa Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aIowa and the midwest experience 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60938-235-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWho cares about Fairfield, anyway? -- Classic Americana, with a twist -- Going for baroque -- Of God and man -- Unearthly delights -- Power of the ballot -- Higher ed, higher realms -- Death in paradise -- Enlightenment for all ages -- Just business -- The disaffected -- Maharishi Vedic City -- Does TM have a tomorrow? 330 $a"The Indian spiritual entrepreneur Maharishi Mahesh Yogi took the West by storm in the 1960's and '70's, charming Baby Boomers fed up with war and social upheaval with his message of meditation and peace. Heeding his call, two thousand followers moved to tiny Fairfield, Iowa, to set up their own university on the campus of a failed denominational college. Soon, they started a school for prekindergarten through high school, allowing followers to immerse themselves in Transcendental Meditation from toddlerhood through PhD's. Although Fairfield's longtime residents were relieved to see that their new neighbors were clean-cut and respectably dressed--not the wild-haired, drug-using hippies they had feared--the newcomers nevertheless quickly began to remake the town. Stores selling exotic goods popped up, TM followers built odd-looking homes that modeled the guru's rules for peace-inspiring architecture, and the new university knocked down a historic chapel, even as it erected massive golden-domed buildings for meditators. Some newcomers got elected--and others were defeated--when they ran for local and statewide offices. At times, thousands from across the globe visited the small town. Yet Transcendental Meditation did not always achieve its aims of personal and social tranquility. Suicides and a murder unsettled the meditating community over the years, and some followers were fleeced by con men from their own ranks. Some battled a local farmer over land use and one another over doctrine. Notably, the world has not gotten more peaceful. Today the guru is dead. His followers are graying, and few of their children are moving into leadership roles. The movement seems rudderless, its financial muscle withering, despite the efforts of high-profile supporters such as filmmaker David Lynch and media magnate Oprah Winfrey. Can TM reinvent itself? And what will be the future of Fairfield itself? By looking closely at the transformation of this small Iowa town, author Joseph Weber assesses the movement's surprisingly potent effect on Western culture, sketches out its peculiar past, and explores its possible future." -- Publisher's description. 410 0$aIowa and the Midwest experience. 606 $aTranscendental Meditation 606 $aMeditation$zIowa 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$xReligion 607 $aFairfield, Iowa$2gnd 615 0$aTranscendental Meditation. 615 0$aMeditation 676 $a158 700 $aWeber$b Joseph$0402208 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792283403321 996 $aTranscendental meditation in America$93851783 997 $aUNINA