Books

Forthcoming Titles in the Integral Subculture Series:

Oi! Svaha!
A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Skinheads
Bill McCourt

Buddha was a rebel, and the original skinhead. His practice was subversive; his message seditious, just like skinhead culture. His enlightened point of view went against the norms of his day – in his words, “against the stream”. His teachings changed the world, and now they can change you too.

Presenting the basics of Buddhism with personal anecdotes, exercises, and guided meditations, bestselling author Bill McCourt guides the reader along a spiritual path that has led to freedom from suffering and has saved lives for 2,500 years.

McCourt should know. Buddhist meditation saved him from a life of addiction and crime. He went on to counsel and teach countless others the Buddhist way to freedom, and here he shares those life-changing lessons with you. Read and awaken to a new and better life.

Bill McCourt is a Buddhist teacher and founder of Original Dharma Skins Sangha UK. He teaches meditation classes and plays the bass in 4-monks and Dharma Rejects.
Bill currently resides in north London, UK.

Oi! Svaha!
A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Skinheads
by Bill McCourt
$29.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 228 pages
Available June 2013

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Zen and the City.
Chicken Soup for Spiritual Chicks
Hillary Hilton

Hillary Hilton is a practitioner and junior teacher in The Central Park West Sangha. She began meditating as a teenager and soon deepened her commitment to the Dharma to a point where she actually shaved her head for several weeks.

When Hillary left for college she received two heirlooms from her parents. From her father, a mala which he had purchased in Nepal. From her mother, her father’s old bong. She utilized both greatly in the four years ahead. During that time Hillary also became a Zen student of Jundo Roshi in New York City, and established Zendo House, an eighteen person dorm at Bryn Mawr College, which hosts a large meditation room. Soon afterwards, she released the popular dokusan-on-the-go app.

After leaving college, Hillary was recruited to the position of  Executive Director of the Central Park West Sangha. She also began leading numerous workshops at meditation centers and college campuses throughout the United States. Hillary also practiced with Tutteji Wachtmeister and became a licensed The Big Bucks Process™ instructor, in addition to founding her own non-profit, an authentic spiritual leadership training and job placement organization.

Her popular column, What Would Yasodharā Do, appears regularly on the Huffington Post, and her writing has appeared in Shape Magazine, Tricycle Magazine, the Shambhala Sun, BuddhaDharma, and Vogue.

Zen and the City. Chicken Soup for Spiritual Chicks is her first book.

Zen and the City.
Chicken Soup for Spiritual Chicks
by Hillary Hilton
$29.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 228 pages
Available June 2013

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Zen and the City 2.
More Practical Advice on Spiritual Shopping and Soulful Dating by a Contemporary Zen Master
Hillary Hilton

Are you trying to bridge your spiritual practice and your worldly life? Then the teaching of Hillary Hilton is for you

Advance praise for Hillary Hilton’s Zen and the City books:

“The two volume-set of Zen and the City is an absolute must for those who are spiritual but not religious, who are disillusioned by the state of the world, who are sick of their jobs (and just started last Tuesday), who like like to alter their states of consciousness and having sex and hate being preached at, who are striving to deepen their social interactions beyond the digital realms of Twitter and Facebook. This is Buddhism presented to a generation leaving the safe growth spurts of college and entering a turbulent and uncertain work force.” — Sumeru Sun

A young, New York-based Buddhist teacher, Hilton is able to take a relaxed, colloquial approach to the spiritual life and its many benefits because she’s so well-versed in the timeless practice of mindfulness — Spiritual Booklist

“Don’t let Hilton’s youthful exuberance fool you. This girl knows her stuff.”—Dharma Illustrated

“The devoted shopper’s Buddhist.”—Yana, Yana Magazine

“Hilton’s voice is approachable and funny and absolutely credible to all of the young professionals who seem to have it all but who are beginning to wonder if they are missing something really, really big.”— belief.com

Zen and the City 2.
More Practical Advice on Spiritual Shopping and Soulful Dating by a Contemporary Zen Master
by Hillary Hilton
$29.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 228 pages
Available June 2013

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The Ploy. Penetrating the Secret Society of Sexually Successfull Spiritual Masters
by Vajran Welch

After leaving Tricycle Magazine in 2011 to ghostwrite Gumpo Roshi’s memoirs, Vajran Welch joined a sub-culture of pick-up artists cum spiritual masters known as the Seduction Yogis, publishing an article in Tantra Journal about his experiences in 2012.

Now comes his book  The Ploy: Penetrating the Secret Society of Sexually Successfull Spiritual Masters, dealing with his own transformation into a prominent actor on the spiritual seduction scene. In addition to documenting his experiences with famous pickup roshis and rinpoches,this shockingly seductive account also describes the author’s interactions with spiritual celebrities, including Madonna and Sting.

The Ploy has already received considerable attention, and recently reached a #2 position on Amazon’s pre-order list. During this summer, Vajran will appear on various TV shows and participate in book signings across the USA. The Ploy has also been optioned to be made into a film by Spyglass Entertainment.

The Ploy. Penetrating the Secret Society of Sexually Successfull Spiritual Masters
by Vajran Welch
$29.95 (recommended price)
Hardback, 228 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

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The Secret Path of the Pickup Yogi
The New and Improved Art of Spiritual Seduction
by Vajran Welch

Let an accomplished spiritual teacher and pickup yogi guide you past the challenges and pitfalls of spiritual seduction. Learn the simple practices and tricks that will get you laid like a Zen master.

Do you want a hot, juicy sex life? Are you a great lover? Do you know how to get the sex you want, or are you secretly envying the sexual exploits of your spiritual teacher?

Vajran Welch will help you turn up the heat in your sex life. A long-time disciple of Tutteji Wachtmeister and a certified Erotic Affirmation™ Coach, Vajran talks about spiritual men’s sexual issues in his uniquely educational and entertaining way. You’ll learn how to create passion, uncover your consort’s sexual fantasies, get as many one-night stands as you desire, enhance your erections and last longer, how to get the chicks at the zendo away from the cushion and into bed, and much, much more.

Read advice from from leading North American roshis and senseis. Learn their advanced seduction techniques. The Secret Path of the Pickup Yogi will give you an uncensored, straight scoop about your spiritual sex life that you can’t get anywhere else.

The Secret Path of the Pickup Yogi
The New and Improved Art of Spiritual Seduction
by Vajran Welch
$19.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 198 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

THE INTEGRAL SUBCULTURE SERIES

Integral Publications is happy to announce a new series of hard-hitting, spiritual books for counter-cultural Dharma dorks. The Integral Subculture Series introduces some of the most hardcore Dharma teachers active on the cutting edge of post-hipster culture. First out are two titles by Dick Divine and Chuck Enkaku Johnzen Roshi. Order your own copies today.

Leather Dharma. A Memoir
Dick Divine

This is the deeply moving story of a middle-aged man and his generation. Once they were youths who rebelled against their parents and the unfulfilled promise of the sixties. Now they’re the avant-garde of Buddhist Geeks and Dharma Dorks. 

As with many self-destructive kids, Dick Divine’s search for meaning led him first to the leather scene, dungeons, drugs, and dissatisfaction. But the search didn’t end there. Having clearly seen the potential of kinky sex, drugs, and violence, Dick looked for positive ways to channel his rebellion against what he saw as the impotence of Boomer spirituality.

Fueled by his anger and so much injustice and suffering, Divine now uses the energy of bdsm, tattoos, and the practice of Buddhism to awaken his natural wisdom and compassion.

Dick Divine is a Buddhist teacher, author and counselor. He is trained to teach by Alex Portnoy of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He teaches meditation classes, workshops and retreats nationally as well as leading groups in dungeons and prisons. Dick holds a masters degree in counseling psychology from Integral College in Boulder, Co. He has studied with many prominent teachers in several Buddhist traditions.

Dick currently lives in San Francisco, CA.

Leather Dharma. A Memoir
by Dick Divine
$14.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 228 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

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Biker Zen. A Trip Through Death, Sex, Drugs, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the American Dream
Chuck Genkaku Johnzen Roshi

How does a real-life Zen master help others through hard times when he’s dealing with pain of his own? How does he meditate when the world is crumbling around him? Is meditation a valid response or just another form of escapism? These are some of the questions Chuck Enkaku Johnzen Roshi, transmitted Soto Zen Master and former President of the Motorcycle club Pissed off Bastards of Boulder, contemplates in Biker Zen.

During a year that Genkaku spent giving talks and leading motorcycle retreats across the Southwest, his Harley was stolen, his Dharma Transmission was revoked, and he was kicked out from the American Zen Teachers Association. In writing about how he applied the Buddha’s teachings to his own real-life suffering, Genkaku Roshi shatters expectations, revealing that genuine Zen isn’t some esoteric pie-in-the-sky ultimate solution but an exceptionally practical way of dealing with whatever life dishes out.

Biker Zen. A Trip Through Death, Sex, Drugs, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the American Dream
by Chuck Genkaku Johnzen Roshi
$14.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 228 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

Later this year, Integral Publishing will publish two more books by Chuck Genkaku Johnzen Roshi. Read more about them here.

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One Smell
The Journals of Tutteji Wachtmeister

As the founder of The Big Bucks Process™ and many other cutting edge integral forms of spiritual practice, Tutte Wachtmeister naturally arouses the curiosity of his readers. People wonder about his meditation practice, his schedule of writing and teaching, and assorted details of his most intimate habits. In response to this curiosity, this diary of a year in the life of Tutteji offers an unprecedented entrée into his private world – as well as further explorations into his essential thought on the integration of Spirit and Market. These intimate writings include:

• day-to-day personal experiences (including graphic descriptions of his most advanced tantric practices)
• details of Tutteji’s own spiritual practice, plus his recommendations for others
• never before published material from his interactions with other prominent spiritual teachers (including many racy behind-the-scenes snapshots)
• critical observations on popular spiritual movements

From the Introduction

Being something of a hermit , I’ve never been seeking the limelight. In fact, I have strenously resisted going public (I can’t tell you how many times I refused to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, for example). Nonetheless, as a response to many questions and requests from my students and readers, it seemed appropriate to share some details about my private life in the form of a journal intime.

Still, these journals are not primarily meant to be a record of my personal life, which is really pretty dull, at least in comparison with some of my friends’. (Deepak, Eckhart, and  Genpo come to mind, and this journal contains many entries dealing with the antics of this spiritual Brat Pack).

This book is really a collection of the teachings which I was given by some of the greatest spiritual Masters of the East. I have made some modifications and improvements of my own, in order to make these prizeless gifts accessible to contemporary seekers of the Way. Hopefully readers will find this Spirituality 2.0 inspiring and profitable enough that they sign up for one of my workshops and start practicing my teachings in their everyday lives.

If there is a theme to this journal, and to my teachings, it is that Body, Mind, and Market are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are One. The free, global market which is beginning to manifest on the cutting edge of human evolution, is a perfect reflection of your own, True Self. And that Self, is nothing but a manifestation of this luminous free Market. There is only One Smell in the entire Cosmos, and that is the divine smell of this eternal Body and Mind as Market.

I urge you, dear reder, to Wake Up and Smell the Market!

Read Ken Dillinger’s review.

One Smell
The Journals of Tutteji Wachtmeister
by Tutteji Wachtmeister edited by Bob Horney
$45.95 (recommended price)
Hardback, 782 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

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The Integral Escort
Jade Foxx

The Integral Escort is the compusively readable, juicy and fast-paced story of how Jade Foxx went from living in a comfortable Connecticut suburb to founding a lucrative, spiritually informed escort service. A well-bred Wasp-girl, Jade began her career in the erotic service business at the age of twenty. After a few years as a freelancer, her natural knack for marketing and managing a business led her to open her first brothel. Soon afterwards, the police shut her down however, and Jade was forced to change direction.

Court-ordered to attend a Mindful Management™ workshop arranged by Tutteji Wachtmeister, she would go on to become the first certified Erotic Affirmation™ instructor, and opened the hugely successfull Integral Eros Institute, a fully legal, practice-oriented franchising business integrating Spirit and Eros.

Jade Foxx describes both the challenges and the economic advantages of integrating spirit and flesh. From clients’ outrageous and often hilarious fetishes to the deep satisfaction of engaging body and mind in selfless service. She refuses to shy away from the difficulties of being an erotic integral entrepeneur in a bigoted environment, but also explains how the approaches developed by Tutteji have not only revolutionised the sex industry but also regulated the erotic service business by ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency.

The Integral Escort
by Jade Foxx
$14.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 228 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

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The Mindful Marine
The Path of a Spiritual Warrior
Mark Knucklebone

In this moving and inspiring memoir, warrant officer Mark “Biff” Knucklebone describes his service in Iraq, his subsequent emotional collapse, and his remarkable healing and journey toward spiritual mastery. The Mindful Marine is not only a gripping coming-of-age story but a spiritual travelogue from the horrors of doubt and anxiety to his meeting with Tutteji Wachtmeister and discovery of inner peace and purposeful action. A journey that inspired Knucklebone to become a high-ranking Spiritual Warrior, teaching Mindful Management™ and Mindfully Enhanced Interrogation™ techniques in war zones all over the world. 

“Everyone can become a spiritual warrior”, Knucklebone writes. “The simple, integral techniques offered by Tutteji can transform a spineless wimp into a fearless soldier in a matter of weeks.” With simplicity and power, this book offers timeless teachings on how we can all find our place in the contemporary world, and it presents practical guidance on how Mindful Management™ techniques can transform our lives and careers.

The Mindful Marine
The Path of a Spiritual Warrior
by Mark Knucklebone
$14.95 (recommended price)
Paperback, 298 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

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Three Augurs, One Smile
Three Feareless Pioneers Riding the High Crest of Evolutionary Spirituality
Deepak Chopra
Eckhart Tolle
Tutte Wachtmeister

Join these three world-class philosophers and visionaries as they freely offer their insights into the many facets of the 21st Century renaissance already occuring all around the world in fields as diverse as spirituality, sexuality, psychology, ecology, art, business, leadership, politics, and so much more.

Many of the most significant leaps in human development have been achieved by those rare individuals—creative men and women—who have dared to step beyond the confines of the status quo to create something novel, uplifting, and extraordinary. Less renowned, perhaps, are the evolutionary advances that have been achieved by a creative trio —a powerful troika of individuals working together, comrades and colleagues, who are driven by a shared passion to change the world for the better.

Three Augurs, One Smile
Three Feareless Pioneers Riding the High Crest of Evolutionary Spirituality
by Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, and Tutteji Wachtmeister
$24.95 (recommended prize)
Hardback, 428 pages
Available in fine bookstores everywhere

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