Armed with a generous heart, subtle mind, and a PhD in comparative religion from Columbia, Lex Hixon, as host for WBAI’s “In the Spirit “was able to interview and skillfully probe the leading spiritual lights of the seventies and beyond. Twenty-five of those interviews, finely edited, appear here for the first time in print. Includes short bio’s and photos. Interviewees include Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Daniel Berrigan, Swami Muktananda, Kalu Rinpoche, Stephen and Ina May Gaskin.Lex Hixon was an accomplished spiritual practitioner, scholar and author who explored extensively the great religious traditions. He published nine books and spent seventeen years hosting the radio program, “In the Spirit.”