A Death on Diamond Mountain : A True Story of Obsession, Madness, and the Path to Enlightenment

from claudiaannett

Again, an Early Reader selection takes me outside of my usual reading material to offer something interesting and different which I would have never found on my own! Great story of how an intelligent young man can flirt with harmless mysticism, like so many do, but get pulled into what is really ...

from seasonsoflove

This was another book with a really interesting take on what happens when a human being takes their belief system to the extreme. In this nonfiction read, Carney weaves the history of Buddhism and meditation through the tragic tale of a group who went so far beyond it ended in the preventable dea...

from dhelmen

This is a fascinating exploration of the shadowy and mysterious world of Gurus who set themselves up as teachers of Tibetan Buddhists Tantra in the U.S. Well researched, and well written, Carney provides enough background detail and Buddhist information for the lay reader to understand and enough...

from AlanaB

The book was well-researched and provided a lot of background information which was important to understanding what ultimately happened in the cave with Ian Thorson and Christie McNally. The material was dense since it was a lot of new information (at least for me) and I had to read it in chunks ...

from eachurch

A fascinating exploration of the lengths individuals will go to fulfill their spiritual hunger. Although it is about a breakaway Tibetan Buddhist sect, it is a universal story about what happens when individuals hand over their moral authority to another individual and when they are willing to un...