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Editor's Note: Steve Gelberg (Subhananda das) was a devotee for 17 years, and most of that time he was a staff writer for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the publishing arm of ISKCON. After leaving ISKCON in 1986, Steve went on to earn his master's degree in comparitive religions at Harvard.
Steven J. Gelberg. Welcome to my personal island in cyberspace. There are words here, but mostly images. Though I enjoy thinking about, and occasionally writing on the topic, the heart of photography (for me) is in the direct, unmediated experience of the image itself.
Born a natural seeker and idealist in post-war suburbia, I evolved into a teenage counterculture rebel, protesting the outer world while exploring the inner. Inspired by folks like Emerson, Thoreau, Allen Ginsberg, R.D. Laing, and Alan Watts, I set my hopes on Enlightenment and Liberation.
About My Work — Steven J. Gelberg. I. For me, the essence of photography is in the pure pleasure of seeing: the experience of opening a more intuitive, patient, contemplative eye to the world. It is about exploring the strange synergy between quiet receptivity and probing curiosity.
Member of Krishna movement, 1970-1987. During and after that period contributed articles, essays to a number of books and journals in both History and Sociology of Religion, on Krishna group...
THE FADING OF UTOPIA: ISKCON IN TRANSITION* STEVEN J. GELBERG (SUBHANANDA DAS) THE DIVINITY SCHOOL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY Much depression of spirit has been felt, and struggling thro' dark and gloomy prospects on account of apostacies, lifelessness and backslidings of unfaithful members, and the scanty ingathering from without.
Steven.J Gelberg. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna: Five distinguished scholars on the Krishna Movement in the West. (New York: Grove Press, 1983.) $7.95. - Volume 21 Issue 2
