Chapter 01
From New York to Amsterdam: A Movement Crosses the Atlantic
How a mission begun in New York reached Dam Square and the Concertgebouw.
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Short previews with videos of the chapters of The Amsterdam Adventure book.
Chapter 02
From a High-Rise Flat to a Hidden Temple
From a Bijlmermeer high-rise to Bethaniënstraat 39, 1970–1972.
Chapter 03
Rain, Newspaper Headlines and a Letter to the Queen
Winter kirtan, national headlines and a letter meant for a queen.
Chapter 04
The Young Temple President Who Wrote to a Queen
Aksoja, the hidden Deities and the invitation to Queen Juliana.
Chapter 06
Midnight Preparations and a Last-Minute Altar Crisis
Behind the curtain at Bethaniënstraat 39 on installation day.
Chapter 07
Living with the Lord of the Universe
Daily worship, new faces and the first enterprises, 1972–1973.
Chapter 08
From a Garage to an Amsterdam Canal-Side Sanctuary
From a bicycle garage to a seventeenth-century canal house, 1975.
Closing chapters
A Golden Age, a Great Loss and the Move to Belgium
Herengracht at its height, the loss of 1977 and the move to Radhadesh, 1975–1979.