Esalen Institute (mainstream)
California-based human-potential retreat centre founded by Michael Murphy and Dick Price (1962). Pioneering 1960s consciousness-research venue. Mainstream low-control retreat institution.
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BITE breakdown
0 — California human-potential retreat centre; mainstream low-control.
Profile facts
In context
Esalen Institute on California's Big Sur coast is the foundational venue of the human-potential movement. Hosted Maslow, Perls, Rogers, Watts, and innumerable counterculture figures. Mainstream low-control retreat centre with substantial workshop fees.
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Timeline
- 1962Esalen Institute founded
Sources
- Jeffrey J. Kripal, 'Esalen' (2007) search ↗
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