"The Green Maharishi"

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I always wondered why the song title "The Green Manalishi" sounds so familiar in spite the word "Manalishi" seems to be unknown to the world.

These days i remembered that Mick Fleetwood writes in "My Life And Adventures in Fleetwood Mac" about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-scandal (p.70p).

Suddenly i knew why the word "Manalishi" sounds so familiar: it seems to be a variation (or maybe a misspelling) of Maharishi (And the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-scandal fits perfect[ly] to theme of the song too).

But Green is not only a colour and a token but Peters Greens last name too:

Family name: Green told "Guitar" magazine (January 1997): "The Green Manalishi is the wad of notes, the devil is green and he was after me." I wonder if Peter Green realized in that moment that he is Green? So the sentence could be read: The devil is Peter Green - too, not just the "greenbacks".

token
*) to go green with envy
*) green with envy
*) it all comes down to the green

By the way: The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-scandal made John Lennon write "Sexy Sadie": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_Sadie_(song).