Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Muster (Nori) Betrayal of the Spirit collection
ARC Mss 28
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Nori Muster Betrayal of the Spirit collection
Identifier/Call Number: ARC Mss 28
Physical Description:
56 Linear Feet
(37 boxes, 7 oversize flat boxes, 1 tube box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1970-2018
Date (bulk): 1985-2011
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Nori Muster Betrayal of the Spirit collection, ARC Mss 28. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
The collection contains materials largely relating to Nori Muster's experiences with the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness (ISKCON), better known as the Hare Krishnas, her disaffection with the group, and her book Betrayal of the Spirit:
My Life behind the Headlines of the Hare Krishna Movement (University of Illinois Press, 2001).
American Religions Collection, ARC Mss 1. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Cult Awareness Network (CAN) Collection, ARC Mss 19. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jeremiah Gutman Papers, ARC Mss 30. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts from Nori Muster, 2005-2022
Books from the collection have been transferred to general Special Collections.
Biographical