The Upstart Spring: Esalen and the Human Potential Movement: The First Twenty Years - Walter Truett Anderson

\nThe first responsible account of an important, uniquely American happening - worthwhile reading for anyone who wants to piece together the social undercurrents of the '60s \n --Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor \n\n \nA charming, gossipy multiple biography of the curious gurus who spawned Esalen . . . a complex story, but a sequential one nonetheless, with feuds and psychic shoot-outs, games of capture the flag and smell the roses. \n --Arthur Hough, San Francisco Chronicle\n \nUpstart Spring tells Esalen's riveting, unfinished story - even-handedly, entertainingly, with sympathy, and yet holding little back. \n --David Toolan, Commonwealth\n \nAn absolute delight: brimming with juicy gossip, and as carefully crafted as a page-turner novel. And it has substance, the gift of a therapist who also happens to be a cultural historian with a good eye for the telling meta-detail. \n --Sandy McDonald, New Age Journal\n \nWalt Anderson has the requisite experience, humor, and affection (if not detachment, since Esalen teaches, indeed proves, that detachment is a universal impossibility) to carry off a wonderful account. \n --Stewart Brand, Co-Evolution Quarterly\n \nA wonderful read, consistently entertaining on several levels. \n --Michael Rossman, Associate for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter\n \nA superb wrap-up of a notable influence on our popular culture. --Rita Fink, Pacific Sun\n