Philosophical Writings

Learning to Flow with the Tao is Nori's own version of the ancient Taoist oracle, iChing. Written in 1993, and put online in 1999, thousands of visitors have used the iChing at Surrealist.org to make sense of their situation in the eternal now. Consult the iChing for free online readings at Surrealist.org using this manuscript.

Dreaming Peace: Your Thoughts Can Change the World written in response to 9/11, is a guidebook for learning the lessons of 9/11 in a future of peace. Buy the paperback! - click here. This is a book for happy clappy liberals or people who think they have a happy clappy liberal inside.





   

Books on Cults

Betrayal of the Spirit: My Life behind the Headlines of the Hare Krishna Movement, by Nori J. Muster, University of Illinois Press, 1997.
"A delightfully written narrative tapestry." - Dr. Larry Shinn
Read reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Yoga Journal, and others; buy it now from Amazon.com; buy it from the publisher: University of Illinois Press.

Cult Survivors Handbook: How to Live in the Material World Again, by Nori Muster. Self-help book for people recovering from cult involvement or family of origin issues. Buy the paperback! - click here.





       

Chapters in Anthologies
Click the book covers to read chapters by Nori Muster.

The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant by Edwin Bryant, Ph.D., and Maria Ekstrand, Ph.D., eds. Columbia University Press, 2004. Life as a Woman on Watseka Avenue, by Nori, is Chapter 18 in this book. The book is $50 and available through Amazon.com. Read reviews at the Columbia University Press site. Click the book cover to read Nori's chapter.

Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich and Madeleine Tobias, Bay Tree Publishing, Berkeley, California, 2006. My Study of Child Abuse in Cults, by Nori, is Chapter 17 in this book. at Surrealist.org. See the listing at Amazon.com; visit the publisher's site: BayTreePublish.com. Click the book cover to read Nori's chapter.

The Phenomenon of Cults from a Scientific Perspective, edited by Piotr T. Nowakowski, published by Dom Wydawniczy Rafael, Cracow, Poland, 2007, ISBN: 978-83-7569-025-5. Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON, by Nori, is Chapter 16 in this book. It was first published in the ICSA publication, Cultic Studies Review (Volume 3, Number 1, 2004). More info. Click the book cover to read Nori's chapter.

Go to Surrealist.org for more essays and other cult research.







Juvenile Delinquency

Nori studied juvenile delinquency and family therapy at Western Oregon State College, now known as Western Oregon University, and earned a master's of science degree in 1991. Her research is presented here, including her master's thesis, which has been replicated and studied by other graduate students and researchers. Read graduate work on juvenile delinquency - click here.







Autobiographical Materials

Eichler Article In a simpler time, Nori's family lived in an Eichler home, purchased new for $23,000. The subdivision magazine published an article about the house, including photos of the family. Now online.

My Daughter Dresses Funny An article by Nori's mother, published in the Arizona Republic Sunday magazine December 6, 1970, details one woman's quest to understand why kids dress the way they do.

Bill Muster 1926 - 1989 A few pages about Nori's father, including the SATW, Capitol Records, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, and the Bill Muster Foundation.



Capitol Records History Interviews with Nori's parents about their years at Capitol Records in the 1950s.



Delta Queen History A Legislative and Corporate History from the Files of Bill N. Muster and Richard C. Simonton. Click here for Nori's writings on steamboats, including the Delta Queen.





Go to Surrealist.org for short writing by Nori: fiction, poetry, interviews, movie reviews, etc.