Golf in the Kingdom"...for golf’s soul surfers, Golf in the Kingdom is holy scripture." -- Golf A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy—John Updike called this unique novel “a golf classic if any exists in our day.” Now for the 50th anniversary, a beautiful new design and an introduction from Michael Murphy himself Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by “true gravity.” A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush’s thirteenth fairway—the one they call Lucifer’s Rug. “A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A fascination . . . Golf in the Kingdom should have a long and prosperous life.” —Joseph Campbell |
Contents
SHIVAS IRONS | 3 |
GOLF IN THE KINGDOM | 13 |
SINGING THE PRAISES OF GOLF | 36 |
SEAMUS MACDUFFS BAFFING SPOON | 72 |
WE ARE ALL KITES IN THAT WIND | 96 |
EPILOGUE | 121 |
THE GAMES HIDDEN | 133 |
THE INNER BODY | 144 |
THE RULES OF THE GAME AND | 168 |
THE PLEASURES OF PRACTICE | 174 |
The Game Is Meant for Walkin | 186 |
SHIVAS IRONS HISTORY OF THE WESTERN | 190 |
RELATIVITY AND THE FERTILE VOID | 198 |
HIS IDEAL | 207 |
SPRING 1997 THE SUBLIME | 214 |
A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR | 221 |
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