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  • Beat Spirit

  • The Way of the Beat Writers as a Living Experience
  • By: Mel Ash
  • Narrated by: Nicholas Tecosky
  • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Beat Spirit

By: Mel Ash
Narrated by: Nicholas Tecosky
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Beat Spirit exposes the truth that life doesn't have to feel standardized, patented, predictable, interminable or robotic for today's new Beats. Listeners will howl with Ginsberg and take off on the road with Kerouac, as they discover new frontiers of thought and spirit with Beat Spirit. It kick-starts the rebellious, non-conformist and fiercely independent streak that lives within everyone.

©1997 Mel Ash (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History
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Zen teacher Mel Ash's immersive, step-by-step instructional guide on how to incorporate the core tenets of the heavily Eastern-influenced Beat philosophy into everyday life is written with the passionate zeal of a Kerouac novel.

Nicholas Tecosky's buoyant, soulful performance enlivens the prose as well as the unique, distinctly Beat exercises Ash encourages the listeners to take part in, including "getting naked" and conducting genealogical research.

Those more interested in practical applications of the Beat philosophy rather than the history of its founders will find this to be an enriching listen.

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The Beat Goes On

A guide to the Counter Culture that is also a history of its beginnings and the masters of BEAT. Throughly enjoyable with practices to discover “Who Am I?”

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