The big bang, the Buddha, and the baby boom
Subtitle: the spiritual experiments of my generation
By: Wes Nisker
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780062517661
Subjects: Baby boom generation; Spiritual biography; Wes Nisker
Description: Chronicles the author's life from his childhood in Nebraska to his adulthood in California, exploring the spiritual and cultural movements surrounding him, including Hippies, the environmental movement, and Buddhism.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Time of Your Life -- ix -- 1; title: Starting Out Confused -- 1 -- 2; title: Generation -- 11 -- 3; title: A Brief History of Our Self -- 17 -- 4; title: The College of Your Choice -- 25 -- 5; title: The Down Beat -- 35 -- 6; title: Flower Children -- 43 -- 7; title: The Whole World is Listening -- 52 -- 8; title: Outward Mobility -- 71 -- 9; title: Inward Mobility -- 93 -- 10; title: The New Age -- 102 -- 11; title: Scientific Mystics -- 119 -- 12; title: Green Consciousness -- 134 -- 13; title: The Last News Show -- 151 -- 14; title: Spiritual Politics -- 167 -- 15; title: Coming Down -- 184; title: Epilogue: Carrying On-- 195.