His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: A Living Saint for the New Millennium: Stories of His First Visit to the USA
Helena and Roland Olson first encountered the Maharishi Mahesh  Yogi in 1959 during his first visit to the United States. He  resided at their Los Angeles home for more than three months,  making it his base of operations. The present book is a  commemorative reprint of the Olson's 1967 original, with a new  preface and eight appendixes added by Theresa Olson, their  youngest daughter, who was ten years old when she met the  Maharishi in 1959. The Maharishi not only temporarily took over  their home but changed their lives completely for the better.  The Olsons, who write in a pleasant, straightforward style, are  unabashedly effusive (not to say cloying) in their adulation of  this "living saint." Some readers will find their approach  refreshingly heartwarming; skeptics will see the Maharishi as  highly charismatic and controlling and the Olsons as easily  manipulated. Even so, this book gives valuable insight into  American's interest in Indian faiths. Recommended for public and  academic libraries, especially those with substantial religion  collections. James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.