He inspired a zany American
political party and a decent
Beatles song, managed to keep the Beach Boys' mercurial Mike Love in some sort of
spiritual calm, and was all-around an interesting character in one of the late 20th century's more interesting stories: the increasing number of religious and spiritual options and technologies available in the cornucopian West. Transcendental Meditation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi finally
transcended the physical world.
