Golf in the Kingdom
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ISBN: 0140195491 / Publisher: Penguin Books, October 1997
The director and co-founder of the Esalen Institute recalls his encounter with the mystical golf pro, Shivas Iron, and explains the philosophical truths to be gained from playing golf
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"...for golf’s soul surfers, Golf in the Kingdom is holy scripture." -- GolfA spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy—John Updike called this unique novel “a golf classic if any exists in our day.”Now for the 50th anniversary, a beautiful new design and an introduction from Michael Murphy himselfPaired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by “true gravity.” A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush’s thirteenth fairway—the one they call Lucifer’s Rug. “A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A fascination . . . Golf in the Kingdom should have a long and prosperous life.” —Joseph Campbell
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