Golf in the Kingdom (An Esalen Book)
by Michael Murphy
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Author: Michael MurphyEdition: Paperback
Published: 1997-10-01
ISBN: 0140195491
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: On the Fence
Summary: 5 Stars
True golfers will find passages here that resonate...even those of us who, to put it mildly, dispute the existence, let alone the presence, of the supernatural on, of all things, a golf course. But if you have persevered thru the hot/bugs/expense golf stage, you may just have experienced a brief period most of us call, shrugging it off, "The Zone."
Why else would anyone put up with all the, hot/bugs, etc., etc.?
Should we be shrugging it (The Zone) off? Michael Murphy would say, well, hell no.
Take your zone experience and multiply it by eight or nine...just within the believability range, mind you. What if Murphy really did spend that day at Burningbush [fictional name] in the Kingdom of Fife? Really. And what if he really did meet someone similar to Shivas Irons? It makes sense he would have played a round...and many, if not most of us, have met golf gurus who seemed at least a bit mysterious.
Indeed, if you have never considered golf at all mysterious, disregard this book! If you have, just a little, wondered...make the investment.
If it appeals, buy "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" next.
Fore!
JMD
Summary of Golf in the Kingdom (An Esalen Book)
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, Golf in the Kingdom is an altogether unique confluence of fiction, philosophy, myth, mysticism, enchantment, and golf instruction. The central character is a wily Scotsman named Shivas Irons, a golf professional by vocation and a shaman by design, whom Murphy, as participant in his own novel, meets in 1956 on the links of Burningbush, in Fife. The story of their round of golf together culminates in a wild night of whiskey and wisdom where, as Shivas demonstrates how the swing reflects the soul, their golf quite literally takes on a metaphysical glow. The events alter not only Murphy's game, but they also radically alter his mind and inner vision; it's truly unforgettable. For a golfer, Murphy's masterpiece is as essential as a set of clubs.The perennially bestselling golf title, Golf in the Kingdom, hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as the "masterpiece on the mysticism of golf," is a wonderfully told romp through the Scottish links, the most beautiful and challenging golf courses in the world where, truly, anything is possible. This audio discusses the essential deep truths about the game of golf and also expands on some new and extremely unique approaches to golf instruction.
John Hannah, an accomplished stage actor, has appeared on television and in the films Madagascar Skin, The Final Cut and Four Weddings and a Funeral.??He has performed the audio production of Michael Murphy's The Kingdom of Shivas Irons, also available from BDD Audio.
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