99th Monkey

by Eliezer Sobel

Suffused with a unique brand of irreverent humor, this account recalls the autobiographical explorations of the most significant alternative communities, ashrams, gurus, shamans, and consciousness-raising seminars of the past 40 years. Serving as a human guinea pig for many of the most popular cutting-edge New Age, human potential, and spiritual experiments, Eliezer Sobel recounts intercontinental adventures in India, Israel, Brazil, and Haiti. From Primal Therapy to the Dalai Lama, this perceptively witty analysis includes brushes with cults, wild experiments with sex and psychedelics, and encounters with visionary gurus and contemporary madmen.

314 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Eliezer Sobel was the Editor-in-Chief of The New Sun Magazine in the '70s, and the Wild Heart Journal more recently. He is the author of a memoir, The 99th Monkey, a novel, Minyan, (winner of the Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel), Wild Heart Dancing and the Manual of Good Luck. HIs short story, Mordecai's Book, won the New Millennium Prize for Fiction, and his short stories and articles have appeared in TIKKUN Magazine, Yoga Journal, The New Age Journal, Quest Magazine, and numerous others. For many years Sobel led intensive creativity workshops and retreats at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California and similar venues in the US. He lives in Richmond, Va. with his wife, Shari Cordon, and three cats. See also http://www.the99thmonkey.com and

http://www.eliezersobel.com

and his "Mostly Silent Blog" at

www.the99thmonkey.wordpress.com.

Reviews

[Bob Porter · Rating 3 out of 5]

At first I was loving this book & expected to give it 5 stars. I eventually got tired of the repetition of the theme of "I tried another Guru or method & I was disappointed ". Still, some good tales to tell, and he has some good insights.

[Susanne Meyer-Fitzsimmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of fun for all those seekers, so relevant.