Behind the Wall of Illusion - The Religious, Esoteric and Occult Worlds of the Beatles (MacLeod Sean)(Paperback / softback)

The Beatles brought color, joy, freedom, and love to a grey, postwar world. But the most successful group in popular music history also harbored hidden, sometimes darker worlds and influences that are often downplayed by their biographers. In their career, the Fab Four crossed paths with many spiritual movements, religious groups, esoteric philosophies, and mystical teachings. Inevitably, their thinking was affected by the ideas they encountered. These ideas in turn helped shape their music and--given their vast popularity--public consciousness. The book also examines the spiritual inspirations that the Beatles brought to the changing cultural landscape of the 1960s. From the popularization of the new religion of rock 'n' roll, Beatlemania (the "new Cult of Dionysus") and John Lennon's explosive statement that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus," Sean MacLeod takes us on a
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