“That was the competition in Maharishi’s camp – who was going to get cosmic first. What I didn’t know was that I was already cosmic”: How John Lennon created a transcendental Beatles classic – with a little help from Donovan, but not from Ringo

“That was the competition in Maharishi’s camp – who was going to get cosmic first. What I didn’t know was that I was already cosmic”: How John Lennon created a transcendental Beatles classic – with a little help from Donovan, but not from Ringo

The song’s structure gradually builds into a massive multi-layered arrangement