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Corrina Laughlin

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Transcendental meditation's tipping point: the allure of celebrity on the American spiritual marketplace

May 3, 2023 Corrina Laughlin 1 citation

Since 2005, the film director David Lynch has been the most visible and vocal proponent for the spread of Transcendental Meditation (TM), a practice brought to the United States by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the late 1950s. This paper analyzes the public-facing operations: website, books, and celebrity benefit concerts, through which the David Lynch Foundation interacts with its American audience...