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Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison de Gary Tillery

Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison

Autor Gary Tillery
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2011

Observăm în această biografie spirituală, publicată de Quest Books (IL), o perspectivă umană și onestă asupra vieții lui George Harrison, dincolo de eticheta de „Beatle-ul tăcut”. Descoperim aici parcursul fascinant al unui tânăr electrician ucenic din Liverpool care, în ciuda succesului global, a ales să își dedice viața căutării adevărului interior și practicilor spirituale orientale. Gary Tillery evită tonul lingușitor specific biografiilor rock, preferând să exploreze cu maturitate modul în care Harrison a renunțat la experimentele psihedelice în favoarea unui angajament profund față de yoga, meditație și studiul sitarului alături de Ravi Shankar.

Experiența lecturii este una intimă, subliniind dualitatea dintre viața publică și cea privată. Apreciem modul în care Working Class Mystic ilustrează empatia lui Harrison, cel care a transformat celebritatea într-un instrument de ajutorare prin inițierea primelor mari concerte caritabile. Ca și Here Comes The Sun de Joshua M. Greene, această lucrare pune în valoare dimensiunea mistică a artistului, dar cu un accent pe rădăcinile sale de „clasa muncitoare” și pe refuzul constant de a lăsa ego-ul să îi domine existența.

În contextul operei autorului Gary Tillery, acest volum se simte ca o continuare firească a studiului început în The Seeker King. Dacă acolo analiza gândirea lui Elvis, aici Tillery rafinează portretul „căutătorului sincer”, oferind o narațiune caldă despre un om care se simțea la fel de confortabil discutând despre Bhagavad Gita cu înțelepți, precum se simțea purtând salopetă și lucrând pământul pe proprietatea sa.

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ISBN-13: 9780835609005
ISBN-10: 0835609006
Pagini: 201
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Quest.
Editura: Quest Books (IL)

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Recomandăm această carte oricărui meloman care dorește să înțeleagă profunzimea din spatele muzicii lui George Harrison. Cititorul va descoperi nu doar un muzician de geniu, ci un model de integritate care a reușit să rămână ancorat în realitate în timp ce explora cele mai înalte culmi ale spiritualității. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care caută echilibrul între succesul material și liniștea interioară.

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John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a shop assistant, for the first six years of his life he lived in a house with no indoor bathroom. This book gives an honest, in-depth view of his personal journey from his blue-collar childhood to his role as a world-famous spiritual icon.

Author Gary Tillery’s approach is warmly human, free of the fawning but insolent tone of most rock biographers. He frankly discusses the role of drugs in leading Harrison to mystical insight but emphasizes that he soon renounced psychedelics as a means to the spiritual path. It was with conscious commitment that Harrison journeyed to India, studied sitar with Ravi Shankar, practiced yoga, learned meditation from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and became a devotee of Hinduism. George worked hard to subdue his own ego and to understand the truth beyond appearances. He preferred to keep a low profile, but his empathy for suffering people led him to spearhead the first rock-and-roll super event for charity. And despite his wealth and fame, he was always delighted to slip on overalls and join in manual labor on his grounds. At ease with holy men discussing the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, he was ever the bloke from Liverpool whose father drove a bus, whose brothers were tradesmen, and who had worked himself as an apprentice electrician until the day destiny called.

Tillery’s engaging narrative depicts Harrison as a sincere seeker who acted out of genuine care for humanity and used his celebrity to be of service in the world. Fans of all generations will treasure this book for the inspiring portrayal it gives of their beloved “quiet” Beatle.

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Having first known him back in the days when he was called only 'the quiet Beatle,' it thrills me no end that George's inner journey has now been so splendidly chronicled.
--Victor Spinetti

From the early days I noticed George had an inner talent he hadn’t seemed able to unlock. I actually encouraged him to begin writing again after he seemed blocked by the song-writing success of Lennon & McCartney. I saw how he became the member of the Beatles most stretched by his friends, his philosophy and his search for meaning....a meaning which he eventually discovered. Gary Tillery has captured George’s spiritual odyssey in his latest work, which enables us to take the journey with him to unlock the secrets, move aside the veil and gain a remarkable insight. It provides an invaluable companion to his recent work on John Lennon The Cynical Idealist.
--Bill Harry, Founder of Mersey Beat

Often referred to as the “Quiet One,” George Harrison is given full voice in Gary Tillery’s compact, yet highly enlightening Working Class Mystic. Tillery nicely summarizes Harrison’s life and music, framing the ex-Beatle’s life in terms of his life-long spiritual quest. One result of Harrison’s search, which manifested itself as the seminal benefit rock concert known as the Concert for Bangladesh, is perhaps Harrison’s greatest legacy. The sad ending of Harrison’s life at such a young age and the life-threatening experience he and his wife Olivia faced at their home by a crazed intruder are leavened with the peace Harrison felt, even in the face of death. The music, Harrison’s sense of humor and his commitment to living in the spiritual world make this book ultimately uplifting and a great read.
--Steve Matteo, author of Let it Be and Dylan and editor of Pulse magazine

In Working Class Mystic we see George Harrison not as a self-indulgent super-celebrity, but as an idealist who retained his humanity through it all, and who set an example for all of us by sharing his blessings with others. This exceptionally well-researched book shows that even with all the struggles and pitfalls Harrison had to deal with, and then find ways to overcome, he never gave up his daily search for developing his own purity of spirit. With the publication of Working Class Mystic, Gary Tillery and Quest Books have done a real service to the legacy of George Harrison as an artist of enduring value and man whose ideals remain timeless.
--David Amram, composer and author of Offbeat: Collaborating with Kerouac

One of the more fascinating Beatles biographies, Working Class Mystic is neither hagiography nor rushed cash-in, but a richly informative account, understanding and empathetic, thankfully without much of the dourness that tarnished Harrison's later recordings. A worthy companion to Tillery's earlier book on Lennon, it is an insightful portrait of one of music's more complex characters, and should be devoured by Harrison's devout disciples.
--Joe Goodden, The Beatles Bible

In this often troubled and desensitized world of stone, Gary Tillery's elegantly written account of Harrison's musical and spiritual life arrives to us as if on the wings of angels.
--Anthony Pomes, Beatles expert, advisory board member of The John Lennon Center for Music & Technology

Most rewarding, I spotted a book called Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison by Gary Tillery. And if you know anything about my alley, you know this is right up it.
--Levi Asher, Literary Kicks