Golf in the Kingdom (An Esalen Book)
by Michael Murphy
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Author: Michael MurphyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-03-01
ISBN: 0140194509
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: Not Your Grandfather's Golf Book! ***** star
Summary: 4 Stars
There are few golf books available that do not take as their premise that you want technical advice on how-to improve your score. Here is a book that uses golf as its storytelling foundation but moves on to much greater dimensions. With the help of one of the most fascinating characters in literature, golf-pro Shivas Irons, you will be taken on the ride of your life as you follow a round of Golf at St. Andrews (er, I mean, Burning Bush as the real name is hidden in the book), have dinner with the most interesting characters and end up back at St. Andrews at Midnight with your Mashie and an old leather ball. Prepare yourself to think about Golf in ways that you rarely have and to be impacted so much that you will not be able to go on your next round of golf without thinking of Shivas!!! This book only rates an eight because the main plot ends about 3/4 of the way through the book and contains a few chapters taken from Shivas' notebooks at the end. These chapters, while interesting in themselves, cannot match the intensity of the story. This book is not for everyone but if you are fascinated by the Eastern philosophy, by the feeling of being "in the zone", like to read books like Ishmael by Dan Quinn and The River Why by David james Duncan you will love this book
Summary of Golf in the Kingdom (An Esalen Book)
While on his way to India, Michael Murphy, founder of the Esalen Institute, stopped in Scotland to play a round of golf at the famous Burningbush course. There he met Shivas Irons, golf pro and mystic, and in a single day and night he had his life -- and his game -- transformed. In the two decades since it was first published, Golf in the Kingdom has been recognized as a classic on the deeper mysteries of golf, a gospel for those who suspect, or know, that golf is more than a mere pastime.Esalen Institute founder Michael Murphy's divine meditation on the royal and ancient game defied categorization when it was first published in 1972, and it still does. Instantly hailed as a classic, it is part novel, part philosophy, part myth, part mysticism, part enchantment, part golf instructional, and is altogether unique. This confluence of sports and the supernatural looks at both life and golf from the inside out. The book's central character is a wily Scotsman named Shivas Irons, a golf professional by vocation, and a shaman by design, who Murphy, as participant in his own novel, meets on the links of Burningbush, in 1956 Fife. The story of their round of golf together culminates in a wild night of whiskey and wisdom where their golf quite literally takes on a metaphysical glow as Shivas explains how the swing reflects the soul. It alters not only Murphy's game, it also radically alters his mind and inner vision--and it's truly unforgettable. For a golfer, Golf in the Kingdom is as essential as a set of clubs.
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