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<html> <head> <title>Esalen</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Esalen GROUP Visitor at the Esalen Institute, an ultra-exclusive spiritualist massage retreat for rich hippies located in Big Sur, California. Founded in 1962 by devotees to the <a href="/people/262/000059085/">Aldous Huxley</a>-inspired "human potential movement". "Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/West philosophies, its experiential/didactic workshops, the steady influx of philosophers, psychologists, artists, and religious thinkers, and its breaktaking grounds blessed with natural hot springs." - Esalen Institute website. Official Website: <a href="http://www.esalen.org/">http://www.esalen.org/</a> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000025158/">Ansel Adams</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1984</tt></td> <td>Yosemite photographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/832/000058658/">Jeff Ament</a></td> <td><center>Bassist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pearl Jam</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000022494/">Joan Baez</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Diamonds and Rust</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000026329/">Robert Bly</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iron John: A Book About Men</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000024495/">John Cage</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1992</tt></td> <td>Experimental composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/048/000086787/">Joseph Campbell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1987</tt></td> <td>The Power of Myth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000024008/">Judy Collins</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Folk singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000026162/">Jennifer Connelly</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Betty Ross in The Hulk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/077/000023008/">Donovan</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mad about saffron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/820/000166322/">Bruce Eckel</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Thinking in Java</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/584/000026506/">Richard Feynman</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1988</tt></td> <td>Surely he's joking</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000033883/">Flea</a></td> <td><center>Bassist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000029144/">Fred Frith</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Avant garde rock guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000022121/">R. Buckminster Fuller</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1983</tt></td> <td>Futurist, invented the geodesic dome</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000026589/">Jerry Garcia</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1995</tt></td> <td>Grateful Dead</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000022658/">Art Garfunkel</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Simon and Garfunkel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000031798/">Allen Ginsberg</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1997</tt></td> <td>Howl!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/291/000024219/">Spalding Gray</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-2004</tt></td> <td>Swimming to Cambodia monologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/361/000025286/">Matt Groening</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Creator of The Simpsons</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/559/000022493/">Arlo Guthrie</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Alice's Restaurant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/661/000024589/">George Harrison</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-2001</tt></td> <td>Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000059085/">Aldous Huxley</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1963</tt></td> <td>Brave New World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000048700/">Christopher Isherwood</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1986</tt></td> <td>The Berlin Stories</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/059/000031963/">Jack Kerouac</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1969</tt></td> <td>On The Road</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/695/000173176/">John C. Lilly</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-2001</tt></td> <td>Human-dolphin communication</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000094534/">Terence McKenna</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-2000</tt></td> <td>Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000044844/">Jim Messina</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Loggins and Messina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000057011/">Henry Miller</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1980</tt></td> <td>Tropic of Cancer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/503/000024431/">Joni Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Big Yellow Taxi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000084644/">Robert Rauschenberg</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-2008</tt></td> <td>American modern sculptor and painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000022781/">Ravi Shankar</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-2012</tt></td> <td>World-renowned composer, performer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/167/000023098/">Paul Simon</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Simon and Garfunkel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000023052/">Grace Slick</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Jefferson Airplane and Starship</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000023002/">Ringo Starr</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/575/000022509/">Stephen Stills</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Crosby, Stills, and Nash</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000022246/">Hunter S. 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