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050	0	4	_aBL1285 _b.B487 1997
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100	1		_aMuster, Nori J. _q(Nori Jean), _d1956- _e1
245	1	0	_aBetrayal of the spirit : _bmy life behind the headlines of the Hare Krishna movement / _cNori J. Muster ; foreword by Larry D. Shinn.
260			_aUrbana : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c(c)1997.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) : _billustrations.
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520	0		_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.
520	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.
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610	2	0	_aInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness.
600	1	0	_aMuster, Nori J. _q(Nori Jean), _d1956-
650		0	_aHare Krishnas _zUnited States _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=691610&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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