Description
| Product ID: | 9781783520374 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The No.9 Bus to Utopia |
| Subtitle: | How one man's extraordinary journey led to a quiet revolution |
| Authors: | Author: David Bramwell |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Travel writing, Travel writing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating How one man's extraordinary journey led to a quiet revolution When David Bramwell’s girlfriend left him for someone she described as ''younger, but more mature than you'', he decided he had something to learn about giving. Taking a year off, he journeyed through Europe and America seeking out extraordinary communities that could teach him how to share. He wanted answers to a few troubling questions: Is modern life rubbish? Why do so many of us feel lonely and unfulfilled despite a high standard of living? Are there communities out there who hold the key to happiness? And if so, why do so many of their inhabitants insist on dressing in tie-dye? His quest led him to an anarchist haven in the heart of Copenhagen; some hair-raising experiences in free love communities; an epiphany in a spiritual caravan park in Scotland and an apparent paradise in a Californian community dreamed up by Aldous Huxley. Most impressive of all was Damanhur, a 1000-strong science fiction- style community in the Alps with an underground temple the size of St Paul''s Cathedral, a village of tree houses and a ‘fully-functioning time machine''. Inspired, he returned home with a desire to change. Not just himself but also his neighbourhood and city. Find out how he succeeded in this wry and self-deprecatingly funny spiritual journey that asks some big questions and finds the answers surprisingly simple. |
| Imprint Name: | Unbound Digital |
| Publisher Name: | Unbound |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-06-26 |
