Michael Barnett was a modern-day wizard, one of those rare human beings who could change the consciousness of those around him simply by the force of his presence.
A charismatic former therapist who was both feared and revered, Barnett could be intensely confrontational and lovingly supportive. He was considered a legend in London’s emerging humanistic psychotherapeutic movement in the early 1970s and was one the founders of People not Psychiatry.
This book explores Michael’s adventurous life, relationships, and profound spiritual and therapeutic impact as shared with the author during two decades of intimate conversations, email exchanges, interviews and transcendental initiations.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter I: The first meeting
- People not Psychiatry
- The place
- The process
- Questions and answers
- Chapter II: The relationship
- The second meeting
- The third meeting
- The fourth meeting
- The fifth and sixth meetings
- Chapter III: The meeting in Schlangenbad Winter Festival
- Chapter IV: The interview about his life and adventures
- The beginning
- Leading groups at Osho’s ashram in Pune, India
- On his time with Osho
- On his relationship with fellow therapists
- On Paul Lowe
- On his relationship with Veeresh
- The understanding about his differences with Osho
- The break-up with Osho
- Layers and levels of awakening
- On being enlightened
- Chapter V: The Summer Festival meeting
- Chapter VI: The second interview
- Epilogue
- The first last meeting
- The second-to-last meeting