Tag: religion

Gary Snyder: Heart-Beat – A Diptych

Posted by Scott Hartman | Jun 4, 2017 | Essays

“From a certain point onward there is no turning back. This is the point that must be reached.”...

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Buddhists and Dharma Bums

Posted by Karen Dewar | Jan 23, 2017 | Essays

Sometime in the early 1950s, the Beat Generation helped bring Buddhism to the West, or at least...

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Eating the Beat Menu

Posted by Nick Meador | Jul 3, 2012 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Words by Nick Meador Illustration by Kaliptus (from issue 10, available at Amazon) Jack Kerouac’s...

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Hinduism: A Different Beat

Posted by David S. Wills | Mar 27, 2012 | Beatdom Content, Essays

from Beatdom Issue 10 (buy here) by Geetanjali Joshi Mishra and Ravi Mishra * As a religion,...

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The Weird Cult: How Scientology Shaped the Writing of William S. Burroughs

Posted by David S. Wills | Mar 4, 2012 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Note: This essay inspired the 2013 book, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird...

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