Writings, CDs, & Audio

Writings, CDs & MP3s
By & on Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad

BOOKS:
The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad (1993) $19.95
     North Atlantic Books www.northatlanticbooks.com 800-337-2665 (also in German and Russian)
Download a description of the Guru Papers: new overview
Download the Guru Paper's Table of Contents: click here for .pdf
Download quotes and reviews of the Guru Papers: click here for .pdf

The Passionate Mind: A Manual for Living Creatively with One's Self by Joel Kramer (1974) $10.95
     North Atlantic Books – see above (chapters on Belief, Pleasure, Freedom, Fear, Death, Time, Meditation, & Evolution)

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness by Erich Schiffmann (1996) $14.00
     Pocket Books (combines Joel’s approach to physical yoga & Erich’s to meditation)
Read Erich's article on Joel's influence: click here for .pdf
Visit Erich's website: www.movingintostillness.com

Spirituality for Atheists   (on an evolutionary foundation for values)
          (tentative title of Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad’s current book-in-progress)

ARTICLES & PAPERS:
RECENT:
   A Yoga Legend Returns: Joel Kramer & the Yoga of Mind by Julie Deife
       Yogi Times Interview, July/August 2006 click here for .pdf
   Sitting Down with Radical Yogi Joel Kramer – He’s Back! by Ted McDonald
       LA Yoga Interview, March/April 2006 click here for .pdf
Moving Past the Knots: The Yoga of Relationships by Diana Alstad
      LA Yoga, July/Aug 2006 add article

Foundational Yoga Journal articles from '70s & '80s:
     Yoga as Self-Transformation by Joel Kramer     click here for .pdf
     A New Look at Yoga: Playing the Edge of Mind & Body by Joel Kramer click here for .pdf
     Exploring Relationships: Interpersonal Yoga by Diana Alstad click here for .pdf
     The Third Perspective & Yoga: Bringing East & West Together by Joel Kramer click here for .pdf
     Mind in Asana – Interview with Joel Kramer by Jeanne Cameron click here for .pdf

Political papers on protecting democracy & abortion:
     A Winning Strategy for Progressives: Securing the Vote & Church/State Separation by D Alstad & J Kramer click here for pdf
     Abortion & the Morality Wars: Taking the Moral Offensive by Diana Alstad & Joel Kramer at www.rit.org in Editorials
     Teen Abortion: Requiring Parental Consent Makes No Sense by Diana Alstad click here for pdf
     Abortion as a Moral Act by Diana Alstad & Joel Kramer click here for pdf
     Comments on "Abortion & the Morality Wars" by Sarah Epstein and other responses (Gloria Steinem, Ira Glasser, Kate Millet...)
     click here for pdf

Articles & Chapters at www.whitelotus.org in Library: (White Lotus Foundation—plus Yoga Journal articles without photos)
     Transforming Sexuality: Changing the Context of Conquest–Dialogue between Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad
          New Age Journal, 1978
     Playing the Edges by Ian Jackson (on Joel Kramer’s yoga seminar, in his book Yoga & the Athlete, 1975)
     On Yoga & Evolution (from Oracles of the New Age, Yoga Journal) by Joel Kramer
     Epilogue to The Guru Papers by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad

CDs & MP3s OF INTERVIEWS:

MP3 download of interview on THE GURU PAPERS now only $1.99
Roping the Sacred Cows: Learning to Question Authority   Interview on The Guru Papers by Michael Toms
              with Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad   (1995, 1 hour)   #2549
              New Dimensions Radio 800-935-8273    www.newdimensions.org     info@newdimensions.org
          (All New Dimensions previous $12 CDs are now $1.99 MP3s instead)

The Guru Papers: The Mechanics of Control, Cults & Hidden Authority   Interview by Faustin Bray
              with Diana Alstad   (1993, 90 minutes)   #A1044-93 audiotape $9; CD $15.99
        Sound Photosynthesis 415-383-6712     WWW.SOUND.PHOTOSYNTHESIS.COM