Posts tagged #Richard Gull

Remembering Karl Pohrt

By Richard Gull

Karl Pohrt died in Ann Arbor in July of 2013. He was a special presence in our small, Midwestern university city. In some towns and cities, it is a businessman, banker, publisher, university president or a famous author or scientist who is the de facto leader of the community. In Ann Arbor, it was Karl Pohrt. 

Posted on January 10, 2014 and filed under Karl Pohrt.

Esalen at 50: A Memoir about America's Spiritual Reformation

By Richard Gull

Fifty years ago the human potential movement started at Esalen. That same year, 1962, The Port Huron Statement of Students for a Democratic Society appeared, a political manifesto challenging a new generation to live authentic lives in a participatory democracy. I attended both 50th anniversary celebrations in October 2012. I had taken a class on memoir writing at Esalen two years earlier, in 2010, six months after my wife, Sara, died of cancer.

Posted on January 1, 2014 and filed under Spirituality, Esalen at 50, Winter 2014 Issue.