Lot Essay
On August 25th, 1967 The Beatles and their wives and girlfriends travelled to Bangor in North Wales for a weekend seminar on meditation held by the Maharishi. On August 27th, 1967 while the Beatles were away, Brian Epstein was found dead in his flat in Belgravia, London.
John and Cynthia Lennon, George and Pattie Harrison, Paul and his fiancée Jane Asher and Ringo and his wife Maureen Starr attended an extensive course of meditation with the Maharishi at his academy at Rishikesh in India, between February and April, 1968. Lennon apparently took meditation very seriously ...He and George believed in its calming powers far more than the others in the party. For eight hours a day John would meditate and for the rest of the time during the eight weeks spent at the academy he wrote fifteen songs... The Beatles however became increasingly disenchanted with the Maharishi's behaviour and personality and left the academy two weeks ahead of schedule. Lennon also publically denounced the Maharishi when he appeared with Paul on the Tonight show on American Television on May 15th, 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps.
Kieran Kilroy the cameraman of these films was a disciple of the Maharishi who worked for Irish television in the 1960s. He had intended to make a 20 minute documentary on The Beatles and their relationship with The Maharishi. Sadly his early death at the age of thirty-one prevented him from achieving this ambition and the film was never made.
John and Cynthia Lennon, George and Pattie Harrison, Paul and his fiancée Jane Asher and Ringo and his wife Maureen Starr attended an extensive course of meditation with the Maharishi at his academy at Rishikesh in India, between February and April, 1968. Lennon apparently took meditation very seriously ...He and George believed in its calming powers far more than the others in the party. For eight hours a day John would meditate and for the rest of the time during the eight weeks spent at the academy he wrote fifteen songs... The Beatles however became increasingly disenchanted with the Maharishi's behaviour and personality and left the academy two weeks ahead of schedule. Lennon also publically denounced the Maharishi when he appeared with Paul on the Tonight show on American Television on May 15th, 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps.
Kieran Kilroy the cameraman of these films was a disciple of the Maharishi who worked for Irish television in the 1960s. He had intended to make a 20 minute documentary on The Beatles and their relationship with The Maharishi. Sadly his early death at the age of thirty-one prevented him from achieving this ambition and the film was never made.