Donovan, singer of such fantastic 60s tunes as “Mellow Yellow” and “Sunshine Superman” is opening his own Donovan University in Scotland where students will all practice transcendental meditation. He’s working on the idea with his surrealist film director pal David Lynch. From the Associated Press:
“The Maharishi told me during that 1968 visit that I should build a university in Edinburgh. I went to my room and drew a beautiful dome-shaped place of learning,” he said Friday…
Donovan and Lynch, Oscar-nominated director of “Blue Velvet,” “Mullholland Dr.” and “The Elephant Man,” are part of a tour to promote transcendental meditation as a means of reducing violence, crime and stress in schools and colleges…
“For a country the size of Scotland it would take only 250 students meditating to protect Scotland from its enemies and to bring peace, to stop violence and drug abuse,” Lynch said. “That is just a byproduct of the students meditating together.”
Link (Thanks, Jess Hemerly!)