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starring: Mystic's Journey
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781885538758
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1885538758
Label: Wellspring Media
Manufacturer: Wellspring Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Wellspring Media
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sales Rank: 40478
Studio: Wellspring Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Christianity all have their place in India, and also in this colorful documentary, which attempts to explain 'the bewildering chaos' that forms this vibrant country. Religious philosopher- historian Huston Smith's first-person narration turns the 29-minute film into an essay on the fantastic blending of faiths, ably illustrated by filmmaker Elda Hartley's footage of gurus talking to their followers, aesthetics on beds of nails, the faithful turning a rock into a flower-encrusted altar. While Smith speaks of the country's paradoxes, Hartley illustrates them: from ox carts to Air India, from simple landscapes of lily pads to ornate temples. While not identifying them onscreen, the footage encompasses locales from Kashmir to Benares, Bombay to Bangalore. Made in the late 1970s, it is dated in some respects (e.g., the country's once-companionable relationship of Hindus and Muslims), but the intimate footage and Smith's insider information makes its depiction of India's complex beauty timeless. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Excellent intro and overview
As a Westerner, a yoga meditation practitioner and a frequent visiter to this incredible land, I find this video excellently done. It helps one, in a way any non-Indian can comprehend, get a glimpse of the Real India. It does this while including much of the beauty, history and everyday life of this magical, eternal Country. I thank the producer and writer.
Rating: - Very Well Done!
This movie , in my opinion, very accurately portrayed the approach to religion, culture, and social structure, of my native country. Highly recommended!
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