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John, Paul, George and Ringo travelled to a transcendental meditation workshop in Bangor, Wales on 25th August, 1967 - at the invitation of \u2018giggling guru\u2019, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.\nThe event changed everything for The Fab Four - influencing their music, their philosophy, and ultimately contributing to the end of the band.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explore whether the experience encouraged them to give up LSD; reveal how Ringo, frankly, never really seemed to be in to it; and uncover the Maharishi\u2019s later plans for a Yogic amusement park...\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 The Beatles in Bangor \u2013 silent news footage (1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuyE3bSnfVo&t=6s\n\u2022 \u2018Lennon was right. The Giggling Guru was a shameless old fraud\u2019 (Daily Mail, 2008): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-512747/Lennon-right-The-Giggling-Guru-shameless-old-fraud.html#:~:text=The%20Giggling%20Guru%20was%20a%20shameless%20old%20fraud,teach%20them%20to%20defy%20gravity%20by%20%22yogic%20flying%22.\n\u2022 Doug Henning\u2019s theme park plans: https://doughenningproject.com/tag/theme-park/\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#60s #Music #White #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices