{"id":67,"date":"2013-06-22T07:36:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T07:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2013-08-20T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T21:31:48","slug":"selections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67","title":{"rendered":"Selections from “The Guru Papers”"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The Guru Papers<\/span>
<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Masks of Authoritarian Power<\/span>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/span>by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Selections<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>– download pdfs below<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"Guru<\/a>
Table of Contents<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0pdf<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Introductions to the Book<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWhy Focus on Authoritarianism<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cReligion and Morality\u201d & \u201cReexamining the Sacred\u201d

<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Part 1: \u00a0Personal Masks<\/span> <\/strong>\u00a0(on the guru\/disciple relationship)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe Assault on Reason<\/a>\u201d \u00a0(complete chapter)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“Gurus & Sexual Manipulation<\/a>”\u00a0<\/span>– includes “Betrayal of Trust<\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cSpiritual Hedonism<\/a>\u201d <\/span>– end of “Gurus & Sexual Manipulation”<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 “The Traps of Being a Guru<\/a>”\u00a0<\/span>– includes “Deceit & Corruption<\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“Healing Crippled Self-Trust<\/a>” <\/span>\u00a0(end of Part 1)<\/span>

<\/p>\r\n

Part 2: \u00a0Ideological Masks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

“The Morals Wars”<\/a>\u00a0– Introduction to Part 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s at Stake<\/a>\u201d <\/span>\u00a0(end of chapter on fundamentalism vs modernization)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Dark Side of Monotheism<\/a>\u201d –\u00a0<\/span>end of “Satanism & the Worship of the Forbidden: Why It Feels Good to Be Bad<\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\r\n

“Oneness, Enlightenment & the Mystical Experience<\/a>” \u00a0(complete chapter)<\/span>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – Key chapter critiquing the Oneness ideology & contrasting it with mystical experience<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cSymbol Systems & Power<\/a>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0– from the last chapter:\u00a0“The Power of Abstraction”<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>








<\/p>\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Guru Papers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Masks of Authoritarian Power\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSelections from "The Guru Papers" - Joel & Diana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Selections from "The Guru Papers" - Joel & Diana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Guru Papers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Masks of Authoritarian Power\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Joel & Diana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-08-20T21:31:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/guru_cover.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67\",\"name\":\"Selections from \\\"The Guru Papers\\\" - Joel & Diana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/guru_cover-200x300.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-22T07:36:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-08-20T21:31:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/guru_cover.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/guru_cover.jpeg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":2700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=67#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Guru Papers\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?page_id=8\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Selections from “The Guru Papers”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Joel & Diana\",\"description\":\"our books and teachings\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.joeldiana.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Selections from \"The Guru Papers\" - Joel & Diana","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Selections from \"The Guru Papers\" - Joel & Diana","og_description":"The Guru Papers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Masks of Authoritarian Power\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67","og_site_name":"Joel & Diana","article_modified_time":"2013-08-20T21:31:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":2700,"url":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/guru_cover.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67","url":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67","name":"Selections from \"The Guru Papers\" - Joel & Diana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/guru_cover-200x300.jpeg","datePublished":"2013-06-22T07:36:17+00:00","dateModified":"2013-08-20T21:31:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/guru_cover.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/guru_cover.jpeg","width":1800,"height":2700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=67#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Guru Papers","item":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?page_id=8"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Selections from “The Guru Papers”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/","name":"Joel & Diana","description":"our books and teachings","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/2272"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeldiana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}