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Religious views of the Beatles
The religious views of the English rock band the Beatles evolved over time and differed among members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Although all four Beatles were raised either Protestant (Lennon and Starr) or Roman Catholic (Harrison and McCartney), a 1964 interview with band publicist Derek Taylor implied they had all abandoned their religious upbringings. In 1965, while filming for Help! in the Bahamas, guru Vishnudevananda Saraswati approached the group and gave each member a copy of his book The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga. This incident is widely seen as the beginning of the band's connection to Indian religion, although authors such as Ajoy Bose have expressed doubts that the Beatles "paid [Saraswati] much attention." But by 1966, Harrison and Lennon's experiences with LSD had sparked an interest in philosophy and spiritualism. This interest would manifest in songs such as "Tomorrow Never Knows," "Within You Without You" and "The Inner Light...
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