I have had to read *so much* mystic bollocks for my podcast because every sixties rock star seemed to find his own individual "guru" whose "teachings" informed his work.
The main conclusion I have come to after learning the teachings of Subud, the Maharishi, Scientology, Gurdjieff, the Nation of Islam, Meher Baba, Aleister Crowley, Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Christian Science is that owning a guitar must turn off your brain somehow.
Some of these are 5% useful meditation practices 95% utter bollocks. Others are less useful.
You’ve been very diplomatic. 😂
My role is always to present, not my opinion, but what happened. "Person X followed guru Y whose teachings were Z". I only go further if the guru is Manson or Hubbard, someone who did real evil rather than just spout bollocks at gullible rich kids.
Feb 4, 2026 10:54
