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Transcendental Meditation and the Remaking of an Iowa Farm Town

Transcendental Meditation and the Remaking of an Iowa Farm Town <p>The Transcendental Meditation movement bought a bankrupt Presbyterian college in Fairfield, Iowa, in the 1970s and established its own university and settled a community of about two thousand followers there. The movement transformed the town’s culture, politics, and social life. Followers, however, have grayed, and the movement’s numbers nationwide have dwindled. Transcendental Meditation leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died in 2008. Now, like many other Utopian communities before it, the Fairfield group faces possible extinction. I look at the impact the community has had and ponder its likely future.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Utopian Studies Penn State University Press

Transcendental Meditation and the Remaking of an Iowa Farm Town

Weber, Joseph.
Utopian Studies , Volume 25 (2) – Oct 14, 2014
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<p>The Transcendental Meditation movement bought a bankrupt Presbyterian college in Fairfield, Iowa, in the 1970s and established its own university and settled a community of about two thousand followers there. The movement transformed the town’s culture, politics, and social life. Followers, however, have grayed, and the movement’s numbers nationwide have dwindled. Transcendental Meditation leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died in 2008. Now, like many other Utopian communities before it, the Fairfield group faces possible extinction. I look at the impact the community has had and ponder its likely future.</p>

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Utopian Studies – Penn State University Press

Published: Oct 14, 2014

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