The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments

“By all means follow The 99th Monkey down the road apiece that passeth understanding. It looks like big fun.” –Wavy Gravy, author, “Something Good for a Change”

“This book made me happier than most of the spiritual books I read these days. Enjoy.” –Wes Scoop’ Nisker, Buddhist meditation teacher, author, and performer

“Sobel’s humor and self-deprecating manner make this journey a fun one. . . . In the end, Sobel is really like anyone else on this earth, which is why the book is so endearing and encouraging.” –“Rain Taxi”

“By all means follow The 99th Monkey down the road apiece that passeth understanding. It looks like big fun.” –Wavy Gravy, author, “Something Good for a Change”

“This book made me happier than most of the spiritual books I read these days. Enjoy.” –Wes Scoop’ Nisker, Buddhist meditation teacher, author, and performer

“Sobel’s utter failure to get enlightened is chronicled with laughter, irreverence, insight and raw truth.” –Gabrielle Roth, dancer, director, and author, “Connections”

“A generous contribution to countercultural history.” –Paul Krassner, author, “One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Satirist”

“An extraordinary and challenging journey through the contemporary worlds of spiritual exploration and the human potential movement.” –Rabbi David A. Cooper, author, “Ecstatic Kabbalah” and “God is a Verb”

“Funny, beautifully written, and often extremely moving and thought-provoking.” –Colin Wilson, author, “A Criminal History of Mankind”

” A generous contribution to countercultural history.” — Paul Krassner, author, “One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Satirist”

” An extraordinary and challenging journey through the contemporary worlds of spiritual exploration and the human potential movement.” — Rabbi David A. Cooper, author, “Ecstatic Kabbalah” and “God is a Verb”

” Funny, beautifully written, and often extremely moving and thought-provoking.” — Colin Wilson, author, “A Criminal History of Mankind”

Eliezer Sobel has led intensive creativity workshops and retreats at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, the Open Center in New York City, the Lama Foundation in New Mexico, and similar venues around the United States. He was also the editor in chief of The New Sun magazine in the late 1970s, the publisher of Wild Heart Journal, and his articles, short stories, and poetry have appeared in the Village Voice, Yoga Journal, Tikkun, Quest, New Age Journal, and many others. Sobel was awarded the prestigious Peter Taylor Award for his novel, Minyan: Ten Jewish Men in a World That Is Heartbroken. He is also the author of Wild Heart Dancing. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.