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Garbage and the Goddess: The last miracles and final spiritual instructions of Bubba Free John

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While I question much of Free John's intentions and consider him to be something of a self-aggrandizing narcissist, this book is well worth reading. It's an account of several months in 1974 when the Guru engaged his community in a series of outrageous sexual and ecstatic practices perhaps intended to open his devotees to the immanent divine. Was Da really just doing this to gratify himself, was he serving his devotees in this wild way, or both? In any case, it's a potent vision of spiritual practice that is all-inclusive. In this half-dead age, the presence of such a spiritual wildman, even a (quite possibly)crazed one, is a phenomenon worthy of deep consideration.