"The Inner Light: How India Influenced the Beatles"/Susan Shumsky [Episode 94]
b'The spiritual journey of the Beatles is the story of an entire generation of visionaries in the sixties who transformed the world. The Beatles turned Western culture upside down and brought Indian philosophy to the West more effectively than any guru. "The Inner Light" illumines hidden meanings of the Beatles\\u2019 India-influenced lyrics and sounds, decoded by Susan Shumsky\\u2014a rare insider who spent two decades in the ashrams and six years on the personal staff of the Beatles\\u2019 mentor, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
This eye-opening book draws back the curtain on the Beatles\\u2019 experiments with psychedelics, meditation, chanting, and Indian music. Among many shocking revelations never before revealed, we discover who invented "raga rock" (not the Beatles), the real identity of rare Indian instruments and musicians on their tracks, which Beatle was the best meditator (not George), why the Beatles left India in a huff, John and George\\u2019s attempts to return, Maharishi\\u2019s accurate prediction, and who Sexy Sadie, Jojo, Bungalow Bill, Dear Prudence, Blackbird, My Sweet Lord, Hare Krishna, and the Fool on the Hill really were.
Half a century later, the Beatles have sold more records than any other recording artist. A new generation wants to relive the magic of the flower-power era and is now discovering the message of this iconic band and its four superstars. For people of all nations and ages, the Beatles\\u2019 mystique lives on. \\u201cThe Inner Light\\u201d is Susan Shumsky\\u2019s gift to their legacy.
Susan Shumsky holds a Doctor of Divinity degree and has authored twenty books in English. She\\u2019s released thirty-six foreign editions, won forty-one book awards, and done 1,300 media appearances. A rare insider, she was on the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi\\u2019s personal staff for six years and lived in his ashrams for twenty years.
Purchase a copy of "The Inner Light: How India Influenced the Beatles" through Simon & Schuster: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Inner-Light/Susan-Shumsky/9781682619773
Visit Susan Shumsky online at www.divinerevelation.org
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