Behind the Wall of Illusion

SEAN MACLEOD is a musician, songwriter and author from Dublin, Ireland. Sean has been writing songs, recording and performing for over 30 years. He has a keen interest in popular music and has written three books on its influence on modern culture. Sean also has a deep interest in philosophy and the work of Rudolf Steiner in particular, and has attempted to marry his interest in music, literature and the work of Steiner in both his writing and his music. Sean teaches film, music and media studies at the Limerick College of Further Education in Ireland and is currently finishing an Arts Practice PhD in Music at the University of Limerick. His PhD employs Steiner’s phenomenological methods as a major research tool.

• Chapter 1, In the Beginning...: The Birth of the Beatles – Chapter 2, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues: The New Religion of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Chapter 3, Yeah Yeah Yeah: Beatlemania and the Cult of Dionysus – Chapter 4, Nothing Is Real: Esoteric Beatles – Chapter 5, Christ You Know it Ain’t Easy: Bigger than Jesus – Chapter 6, I’d Love to Turn You On: LSD and the Mystic Tradition – Chapter 7, Here’s Another Clue for You All: Album Covers, Films and Videos – Chapter 8, He Blew His Mind Out in a Car: Paul is Dead – Chapter 9, Ja Guru Deva: India and Spiritual Regeneration – Chapter 10, The Dream Is Over: Assassinations, Murder and Mind Control – Conclusion, And in the End... The Beatles Legacy – Notes – Bibliography