03468nam a2200553Ki 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040002700111020003500138020003200173020001500205020001800220020001500238020001800253035002100271035001800292043001200310050002700322072002500349082001800374049000900392100004100401245013600442264005200578264001100630300005900641336002600700337002600726338003600752504006900788520070800857520076701565588004702332610005302379600004102432650004502473650002502518650004502543655002202588776012602610856010502736938002802841910001602869994001202885999001702897ocn869735761OCoLC20200709060053.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu140203s1997    ilua    ob   s001 0deng d  aN$TbengerdaepncN$T  a9780252094996 (electronic bk.)  a0252094999 (electronic bk.)  z0252022637  z9780252022630  z0252065662  z9780252065668  a(OCoLC)869735761  a691610b(N$T)  an-us--- 4aBL1285.84b.M87 1997eb 7aRELx0170002bisacsh04a294.5/512222  aN$TA1 aMuster, Nori J.q(Nori Jean),d1956-10aBetrayal of the spirit :bmy life behind the headlines of the Hare Krishna movement /cNori J. Muster ; foreword by Larry D. Shinn. 1aUrbana :bUniversity of Illinois Press,c[1997] 4c©1997  a1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) :billustrations.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [197]-206) and index.  aCombining 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.8 aHer 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.  aDescription based on print version record.20aInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness.10aMuster, Nori J.q(Nori Jean),d1956- 0aHare KrishnaszUnited StatesvBiography.07aErlebnisbericht2swd 7aRELIGION / Comparative Religion2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aMuster, Nori J. (Nori Jean), 1956-tBetrayal of the spiritz0252022637w(DLC)   96004451w(OCoLC)34077011403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=691610  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn691610  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c54480d54480