"West of Jesus" by Steven Cottler
Advance praise for ~West of Jesus:
Steven Kotler's West of Jesus is a fascinating and enlightening journey, like a global surfing safari with the coolest professor you never had. A perfect companion for anyone's endless summer." -John Albert, author of Wrecking Crew
"A wonderful and engaging bookWest of Jesus provides a unique window into the neuroscience of belief. Woven into an enthralling surf narrative, Kotler's quest will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the connection between science, sport, and spirituality."-Dr. Andrew Newberg, director of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Why God Won't Go Away
"Laying to rest the myth of the illiterate beach boy, Kotler's absorbing book speaks to the kind of surfer/reader I've always known: intelligent, complex, curious, spiritually inclined, extraordinary. An unexpectedly moving treat, West of Jesus is just phttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.giflain wonderful."-Joy Nicholson, author of The Tribes of Palos Verdes and The Road to Esmeralda
Steven Kotler's struggle with Lyme disease leads him on a journey, on a surf trip of sorts, where stories of a Conductor, who can control the weather and the waves, lead inexorably to a place where physics and metaphysics converge. Here is a strangely exciting tale of coincidence and serendipity sub-populated with shamans, Tibetan White Buddhists, and Kahunas at the intersection of Stoke and Karma. The Surf Quest, for Kotler, is experienced as a disturbingly real search for the Holy Grail.
--Drew Kampion, author of The Way of the Surfer and The Lost Co
FROM STEVEN'S MY SPACE.
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Note; I have it on order but from what I'm told besides the main content there's episodes of Bonzers, Campbells, and Jim White.
There's a certain mystical unifier, I believe, between the ones mentioned.
