Feet of Clay: Saints, Sinners, and Madmen : a Study of Gurus

Anthony Storr

Feet of Clay: Saints, Sinners, and Madmen : a Study of Gurus
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Country
United States
Published
19 August 1997
Pages
276
ISBN
9780684834955

Feet of Clay: Saints, Sinners, and Madmen : a Study of Gurus

Anthony Storr

How do gurus get their power? Gurus are extraordinary individuals who attract fanatical followers and wield incredible and at times destructive control over them. In this remarkable study, Anthony Storr, the acclaimed author of Solitude and Music and the Mind, examines why we are so enthralled with these dogmatic figures who satisfy our need for certainty.

Taking as his examples such diverse figures as Jesus, Sigmund Freud, Ignatius Loyola, and David Koresh, Storr traces the typical patterns–often involving psychotic illness–that shape the guru’s development, and reveals how certain gurus become monsters while others become spiritual beacons.

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