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Among the first books ever posted to objectively review the life and work of Franklin Jones, also called Bubba Free John, Da Free John, Adi Da, an infamous cult innovator who seduced both devotees and detractors. Contains original articles by Professor Scott Lowe (University or college of Wisconsin) and Professor David Street (Mt. San Antonio College). Review by Professor Robert S. Ellwood, formerl Bashford Professor of Oriental Studies, USC, writing in NOVA RELIGIO, "This brief book is probably the hardly any important studies of 1 of the most interesting and outrageous sixties-generation American gurus. This book involves two essays, both modified variants of articles that appeared in Lane's Exposing Cults: Once the Skeptical Mind Confronts the Mystical (New York: Garland, 1994). The first is a hard-headed but fair-minded analysis of the way in which spiritual tutorials can deliver coaching that is morally and mystically enhanced, yet which seems to help others more than the tutorials themselves, producing the occurrence of crazy adepts and sane disciples. If this is an accurate description of Da Free John, he definately not alone, and this article ought to be beneficial to generalists in the study of new religions. Scott Lowe's piece, basically a merchant account of his own brief youthful stay with Jones' group in 1974, suits Lane's article with firsthand information of the actual group was like in its early years. Both of these well-written essays make a substantive contribution to your knowledge of the dynamics of the disciple-guru marriage in new religious movements."
