03468nam a2200553Ki 4500 ocn869735761 OCoLC 20200709060053.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140203s1997 ilua ob s001 0deng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780252094996 (electronic bk.) 0252094999 (electronic bk.) 0252022637 9780252022630 0252065662 9780252065668 (OCoLC)869735761 691610 (N$T) n-us--- BL1285.84 .M87 1997eb REL 017000 bisacsh 294.5/512 22 N$TA Muster, Nori J. (Nori Jean), 1956- Betrayal of the spirit : my life behind the headlines of the Hare Krishna movement / Nori J. Muster ; foreword by Larry D. Shinn. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997] ©1997 1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-206) and index. Combining behind-the-scenes views of an often besieged religious group with a personal account of the author's struggle to find meaning in it, Betrayal of the Spirit takes the reader closer than any other source so far to the reality of life in the Hare Krishna movement. Nori J. Muster, a California native, joined the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) - the Hare Krishnas - in 1977, shortly after the death of the movement's spiritual master, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. She lived in the Krishnas' western world headquarters in Los Angeles and worked for ten years as a public relations secretary and editor of the organization's newspaper, the ISKON World Review. Her story of the Hare Krishnas' decline is a gripping presentation of facts gleaned from personal reminiscences, published articles, and internal documents. Betrayal of the Spirit details drug dealing, weapons stockpiling, deceptive fund-raising, child abuse, and murder within ISKON, as well as the dynamics of schisms that forced some 95 percent of the group's original members to leave. Although the movement fell into disarray after the death of its founder, the author's story is one of a continual search for truth and religious meaning as an ISKON member. Muster's account of the scandal-plagued decade following Swami Prabhupada's death ends in 1988 when, disillusioned over the continuing internal strife and scandals, she left her job and the movement. Description based on print version record. International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Muster, Nori J. (Nori Jean), 1956- Hare Krishnas United States Biography. Erlebnisbericht swd RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Muster, Nori J. (Nori Jean), 1956- Betrayal of the spirit 0252022637 (DLC) 96004451 (OCoLC)34077011 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=691610 EBSCOhost EBSC 691610 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54480 54480