CHAPTER 1

1. Intro, issue 1, September 1967, p. 7.

2. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years Around the World, vol. 1, p. 244.

3. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 257.

4. Rameshwar Tiwari, The Whole Thing - The Real Thing, p. 12.

5. ibid., p. 22.

6. ibid., p. 33.

7. ibid., p. 34.

8. ibid., p. 42.

9. Swami Rama, Living with the Himalayan Masters, pp. 257-8.

10. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, pp. 39-40.

11. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of Being and Art of Living, p. 181.

12. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, p. 61.

13. MIU World, vol. 1, no. 2, 1991.

14. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 184.

15. ibid.

16. International Times, 15 December 1967.

CHAPTER 2

17. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to the Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 259.

18. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 185.

19. Swami Rama, Living with the Himalayan Masters, p. 260.

20. Rameshwar Tiwari, The Whole Thing, p. 68.

21. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to the Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 238.

22. Herbert Tichy, Himalaya, p. 50.

23. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to the Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 261.

24. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Love and God, p. 10.

25. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to the Maharishi's Himalayas, pp. 261-2.

26. ibid., p. 262.

27. Rameshwar Tiwari, The Whole Thing, p. 73.

28. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 186.

29. Helena Olson, Hermit in the House, p. 67.

30. Robert Hollings, Transcendental Meditation, p. 83.

31. ibid.

32. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 189.

CHAPTER 3

33. Jack Forem, Transcendental Meditation, p. 209.

34. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beacon Light of the Himalayas, p. 43.

35. ibid., p. 46.

36. ibid., p. 62.

37. ibid.

38. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 40.

39. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beacon Light, p. 66.

40. ibid.

41. ibid., p. 76.

42. ibid., introduction.

43. ibid., p. 77.

44. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 208.

45. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad-Gita, p. 9.

46. International Times, 15 December 1967.

47. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 211.

48. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 40.

49. ibid.

50. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 213.

51. ibid., pp. 217ff.

52. ibid., p. 223.

53. ibid., p. 227.

54. ibid., p. 229.

55. ibid.

56. International Times, 15 December 1967.

CHAPTER 4

57. ibid.

58. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 242.

59. ibid., p. 243.

60. Helena Olson, Hermit in the House, pp. 21-2.

61. ibid., p. 33.

62. ibid., p. 43.

63. ibid., p. 44.

64. ibid.

65. ibid., p. 50.

66. ibid., p. 51.

67. ibid., p. 53.

68. ibid., p. 79.

69. ibid., p. 160.

70. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Deep Meditation.

71. Helena Olson, Hermit in the House, p. 104.

72. ibid., p. 148.

73. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 252.

74. Helena Olson, Hermit in the House, pp. 160-1.

75. ibid., p. 165.

76. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 264.

77. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

78. ibid.

79. Josh McDowell, Understanding the Cults, p. 107.

CHAPTER 5

80. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 301.

81. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Deep Meditation.

82. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 314.

83. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, pp. 43-4.

84. ibid., p. 44.

85. ibid., p. 351.

86. ibid., p. 352.

87. ibid., p. 354.

88. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Love and God, p. 50.

89. A Six Month Course in Yoga Asanas, p. 3.

90. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, p. 143.

91. ibid., p. 185.

92. ibid., p. 123.

CHAPTER 6

93. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of Being, revised edition, p. xv.

94. Science of Being, first edition, p. xviii.

95. Science of Being, revised edition, p. 97-8.

96. ibid., p. 271.

97. ibid., p. 272.

98. ibid., p. 238.

99. ibid.

100. ibid., p. 259.

101. ibid., p. 240.

102. ibid., p. 300.

103. Rameshwar Tiwari, The Whole Thing, p. 65.

104. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (gramophone record).

105. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 542.

106. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi et at., The Maharishi and the Abbot.

107. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 45.

108. ibid., p. 46.

CHAPTER 7

109. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 572.

110. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, pp 13ff.

111. ibid., p. 15.

112. ibid., pp. 17-18.

113. ibid., p. 32.

114. ibid., p. 50.

115. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of Being, pp. 98-9.

116. Etsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 259.

117. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, p. 64.

118. ibid., pp. 110-11.

119. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad-Gita, p. 8.

120. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, pp. 187-8.

CHAPTER 8

121. ibid., p. 134.

122. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Love and God, pp. 7-8.

123. ibid., p. 6.

124. Atdous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, pp. 16-17.

125. ibid., p. 18.

126. John Densmore, Riders on the Storm, p. 32.

127. ibid., p. 33.

128. ibid.

129. ibid.

130. Ved Mehta, Portrait of India, p. 94.

131. ibid., pp. 95-6.

132. ibid., p. 96.

133. ibid., p. 97.

134. Nancy Cooke de Herrara, Beyond Gurus, p. 165.

135. ibid., p. 175.

136. Paul Horn, A Special Edition.

137. Paul Horn, Paul Horn in India.

138. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Seven States of Consciousness.

139. Author's transcript from recording.

140. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad-Gita, p. 8.

141. ibid., p. 184.

142. ibid.

143. ibid., p. 185.

144. ibid., p. 340.

145. ibid., p. 342.

146. ibid., p. 88.

147. ibid., p. 169.

148. ibid., pp. 139-40.

149. ibid., p. 93.

150. ibid., p. 144.

151. ibid.

152. ibid., p. 94.

CHAPTER 10

153. Observer, 26 November 1967.

154. ibid.

155. ibid.

156. International Times, 13 May 1967.

157. Intro, issue 1, September 1967.

158. Peter Shotton and Nicholas Schaffer, John Lennon - In My Life, pp. 137-8.

159. ibid., p. 138.

160. ibid., p. 139.

161. Albert Goldman, The Lives of John Lennon, pp. 324-5.

162. Daily Express, 27 August 1967.

163. Author's transcript from radio broadcast.

164. Daily Express, 27 August 1967.

165. Derek Taylor, Thirty Years Ago Today, p. 132.

166. Intro, issue 1, September 1967.

167. ibid.

168. Author's transcript from recording.

169. ibid.

170. ibid.

171. The quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from the broadcast.

172. Author's transcript from recording.

CHAPTER 11

173. The quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from the broadcast.

174. Richard Neville, Playpower, p. 79.

175. Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, The Love You Make, p. 249.

176. Peter Shotton and Nicholas Schaffer, John Lennon - In My Life, p. 161.

177. ibid.

178. ibid.

179. Steven Gaines, Heroes and Villains, pp. 238-9.

180. ibid., p. 239.

181. International Times, 26 February 1968.

182. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, p. 32.

CHAPTER 12

183. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, pp. 169ff.

184. Author's transcript from recording.

185. Albert Goldman, The Lives of John Lennon, p. 351.

186. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 170.

187. Denny and Kathleen Somach, Ticket to Ride, p. 122.

188. Cynthia Lennon, Twist of Lennon, pp. 154-5.

189. Author's transcript from recording.

190. Rave, May 1968.

191. Elsa Dragemark, The Way to Maharishi's Himalayas, p. 170.

192. ibid., p. 178.

193. The Beatles Book, issue 58, May 1968.

194. Paul Horn, Special Edition.

195. Cynthia Lennon, Twist of Lennon, pp. 156-7.

196. ibid., p. 160.

197. Philip Norman, Shout, p. 320.

198. Jonathon Greene, Days in the Life, pp. 160-1.

199. Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, The Love You Make, p. 253.

200. ibid.

201. ibid.

202. Cynthia Lennon, Twist of Lennon, pp. 159-60.

203. Jan Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 56.

204. ibid.

205. Cynthia Lennon, Twist of Lennon, p. 161.

206. ibid.

207. Peter Shotton and Nicholas Schaffer, John Lennon - In My Life, p. 162.

CHAPTER 13

208. Nancy Cooke de Herrara, Beyond Gurus, p. 281.

209. ibid., p. 282.

210. Peter McCabe and Robert D. Schonfield, Apple to the Core, p. 95.

211. Steven Gaines, Heroes and Villains, p. 243.

212. ibid., p. 244.

213. Rameshwar Tiwari, The Whole Thing, p. 48.

214. ibid., p. 46.

215. ibid., pp. 46-7.

216. ibid., p. 47.

217. Author's transcript from recording.

218. Nancy Cooke de Herrara, Beyond Gurus, p. 298.

219. ibid., p. 299.

CHAPTER 14

220. Alistair Shearer and Peter Russell, The Upanishads, p. 65.

221. ibid., p. 33.

222. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Love and God, p. 10.

223. Author's transcript from recording.

224. ibid.

225. Jean Le Mee and Ingbert Gruttner, Hymns from the Riq-Veda, RV. IX. 112. 1-4.

226. Vedic Hymns and Prayers, RV. I. 2. 15.

227. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

CHAPTER 15

228. International Times, 15 December 1967.

229. Lyall Watson, Supernature, pp. 178-9.

230. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

CHAPTER 16

231. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

CHAPTER 17

232. Author's transcript from a recording.

233. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meditations, p. 95.

234. This and the quotations that follow are transcript from a recording.

235. International Times, 15 December 1967.

236. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

CHAPTER 18

237. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

238. Swami Sivananda, Triple Yoga, p. 3.

239. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

240. International Times, 15 December 1967.

241. This and the quotations that follow are taken from the author's transcript from a recording.

CHAPTER 19

242. International Times, 29 August 1969.

243. ibid.

244. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of Being, revised edition, p. 155.

245. Author's transcript from recording.

246. ibid.

247. Shankaracharya Shantanand, Good Company, p. 128.

248. ibid., pp. 129-30.

249. Author's transcript from a recording.

250. ibid.

251. ibid.

252. Shankaracharya Shantanand, Good Company, p. 43.

253. Swami Sivananda, The Bhagavad Gita, p. 80.

254. Author's transcript from a recording.

255. Wendy Doniger and Brian K. Smith, The Laws of Manu, p. 87.

256. ibid., p. xxiii.

257. Author's transcript from a recording.

258. ibid.

CHAPTER 20

259. Jan Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 55.

260. ibid.

261. Jack Forem, Transcendental Meditation, p. 108.

262. ibid.

263. ibid., p. 15.

264. Harold Bloomfield et al., TM*, p. 224.

265. Peter Russell, The TM Technique, p. 171.

266. Photocopied and circulated transcript.

267. ibid.

268. Robert Hollings, Transcendental Meditation, p. 57.

269. Harold Bloomfield et al., TM*, p. 162.

270. ibid., p. 165.

271. ibid., p. 166.

272. ibid., pp. 183-4.

273. ibid., p. 184.

274. ibid., p. 228.

CHAPTER 21

275. Peter Russell, The TM Technique, p. 85.

276. ibid., p. 85.

277. Richard Tames, William Morris - Lifelines 3, p. 11.

278. Inauguration of the Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, p. 23.

279. ibid.

280. ibid., p. 25.

281. ibid.

282. ibid., p. 27.

283. ibid., p. 47.

284. Creating an Ideal Society: A Global Undertaking, p. 96.

285. ibid., p. 109.

286. Enlightenment and Invincibility to Every Individual and to Every Nation, p. 254.

287. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Deep Meditation.

288. ibid.

289. Shree Purohit Swami and W.B. Yeats, Aphorisms of Yoga Bhagwan Shree Patanjali, p. 48.

290. Nancy Cooke de Herrara, Beyond Gurus, p. 432.

291. Creating an Ideal Society, p. 5.

CHAPTER 22

292. United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Civil Action No. 76-341, quoted in Josh McDowell and Don Stewart, Understanding the Cults, p. 108.

293. Enlightenment and Invincibility, p. 51.

294. ibid., p. 59.

295. ibid., p. 51.

296. Nancy Cooke de Herrara, Beyond Gurus, p. 432.

297. ibid., p. 438.

298. ibid.

299. ibid., pp. 452-3

300. ibid., p. 456

301. Enlightenment and Invincibility, p. 141.

302. Shankaracharya Shantanand, Good Company, p. 88.

303. Gita Mehta, Karma Cola, pp. 110-11.

304. ibid., p. 112.

305. ibid., p. 113.

306. ibid.

307. ibid., pp. 113-14.

308. Peter Russell, The Awakening Earth, p. 148.

309. Enlightenment and Invincibility, p. 386.

310. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beacon Light of the Himalayas, p. 65.

311. ibid., p. 75.

312. ibid., p. 76.

313. ibid.

314. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years, p. 194.

315. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad-Gita, pp. 213-14.

316. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi et al. The Maharishi and the Abbot.

CHAPTER 23

317. Intro, issue 1, September 1967.

318. Albert Goldman, The Lives of John Lennon, p. 351.

319. Deepak Chopra, Return of the Rishi, p. 123.

320. ibid., p. 127.

321. ibid., p. 139.

322. ibid., pp. 139-40.

323. Life Supported by Natural Law, p. 35.

324. ibid., p. 36.

325. ibid.

326. ibid., p. 165.

327. ibid., p. 182.

328. Maharishi's Programme to Create World Peace, p. 2.

CHAPTER 24

329. Deepak Chopra, Return of the Rishi, p. 183.

330. Maharishi's Programme to Create World Peace, p. vii.

331. ibid., p. 4.

332. ibid., p. 8.

333. ibid.

334. ibid., p. 33.

335. ibid., p. 37.

336. ibid., p. 301.

337. Deepak Chopra, Return of the Rishi, p. 185.

338. Displayed at the London centre, 1993.

339. ibid.

340. World Government News, issue 11, November/December 1978, January 1979.

341. Maharishi's Programme to Create Heaven on Earth, p. 39.

342. Bill Stevens and Jim Anderson, Feel Great with TM, p. 7.

343. Maharishi's Programme to Create Heaven on Earth, p. 5.

344. ibid.

345. Nancy Cooke de Herrara, Beyond Gurus, p. 111.

346. Benjamin Creme, Maitreya's Mission, vol. 2, p. 79.

347. ibid.

348. Author's transcript from a recording.

349. ibid.

350. ibid.

351. ibid.

352. ibid.

353. ibid.

CHAPTER 25

354. Maharishi's Programme to Create Heaven on Earth, p. 126.

355. ibid., p. 46.

356. Deepak Chopra, Quantum Healing, p. 3.

357. ibid., p. 4.

358. Maharishi's Programme to Create Heaven on Earth, p. 52.

359. Rachel Storm, In Search of Heaven on Earth, p. 111.

360. Maharishi's Programme to Create Heaven on Earth, p. 54.

361. ibid., p. 56.

362. James Randi, psychic Investigator, p. 32.

363. Press release.

364. ibid.

365. Independent, 4 April 1992.

366. ibid.

367. Author's transcript from radio broadcast.

368. Independent, 4 April 1992.

369. ibid.

370. MIU World, vol. 1, no. 2, 1991, p. 19.

371. Author's transcript from a recording.

372. ibid.

373. ibid.

374. ibid.

375. ibid.

376. Maharishi European Sidhaland News, December 1993.

377. Author's transcript from recording.

378. MIU World, vol. 1, no. 2, 1991, p. 18.

379. Tourist Guide to Dehradun-Mussoorie (Haridwar-Rishikesh), p. 21.

380. International Times, 15 December 1967.