free love and complete openness. In the film What About Bob? (1991), Bill Murray's character mentions that he hasn't felt this good since Esalen, upon his arrival at his psychiatrist's vacation home. Literature In Edward St Aubyn's comic novel On the Edge (1998), Esalen features prominently. In Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice (2009) and Paul Thomas Anderson's eponymous 2014 film adaptation, the Chryskylodon Institute is modeled after Esalen. In Norman Rush's novel Mating (1992), Esalen is referred to as a "twit factory." Television The BBC television series, The Century of the Self (2002), is critical of the Human Potentials Movement and includes video segments recorded at Esalen. The Mad Men show finale, "Person to Person" (airdate May 17, 2015), features Don and Stephanie staying at an Esalen-like coastline retreat in the year 1970. In True Detective season 2, the Panticapaeum Institute is largely based on the Esalen Institute. In You season 1, Beck's friends tell Joe that Peach had gone to "Esalen" and Beck to a writers' retreat. In season 2 of the show, it is mentioned that the character Love's parents met “in the baths at Esalen” Music On July 10, 1968 The Beatles guitarist George Harrison was given sitar lessons at Esalen by Ravi Shankar for the movie Raga (film). References Notes Bibliography Further reading External links Esalen Institute website Notes on Gestalt Practice "In Murphy's Kingdom" article by Jackie Krentzman "Totally on Fire: The Experience of Founding Esalen" from Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion by Jeff Kripal 1962 establishments in California Gestalt therapy Hot springs of California Human Potential Movement Buildings and structures in Monterey County, California Personal development Tourist attractions in Monterey County, California Big Sur New Age organizations