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Golf in the Kingdom Paperback - 1997
by Michael Murphy
Featuring further reflections by the author, this classic--and bestselling--tale of golf and mysticism reveals the possibilities for transcendence that reside in the human soul.
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Since its first publication, Golf in the Kingdom has been recognized as a classic work on the deeper mysteries of golfa gospel of those who suspect, or know, that golf is more than a mere pastime. A young man en route to India stops in Scotland to play at the legendary Burningbush golf club and in twenty-four hours, his life is transformed. Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, he is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a a backswing governed by true gravity. A night of adventure and revelation follow, and lead to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush's thirteenth fairwayone they call Lucifer's Rug. Murphy's account reveals the possibilities for transcendence that resides in the human soul, and through mystic-philosopher Shivas Irons, the reader, like Murphy, becomes drawn into new worlds by this ancient and haunting game.
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When a young man en route to India stops in Scotland to play at the legendary Burningbush golf club, his life is transformed. Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, he is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by "true gravity". A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush's thirteenth fairway - the one they call Lucifer's Rug.
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- Title Golf in the Kingdom
- Author Michael Murphy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 25th Anniversary
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1997-10-01
- ISBN 9780140195491 / 0140195491
- Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.24 x 0.65 in (19.76 x 13.31 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Occult fiction, Golfers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97202854
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.54
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Citations
- Library Journal, 10/01/1998, Page 141
- Publishers Weekly, 08/25/1997, Page 0
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