Holy Madness

Spirituality, Crazy-Wise Teachers, and Enlightenment

This book traces the shadowy tradition of “holy madness/crazy wisdom” from the Holy Fools of early Christianity, through the great adepts of India and Tibet, up to the controversial gurus of today. In our day, when even the Dalai Lama has warned Western seekers to choose their teachers carefully, Feuerstein provides an intelligent and cautionary guidebook to the guru-disciple relationship, plus a comprehensive analysis of the principles of authentic spirituality.

Georg Feuerstein is a preeminent living authority on Yoga in the West. He has written over thirty books, including The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy. His works in progress include Yoga Morality and Aha! Reflections on the Meaning of Everything. He offers distance-learning courses on Yoga philosophy and history through Traditional Yoga Studies (www.traditionalyogastudies.com)