“It’s becoming a problem,” Priya said. “I saw Johnny and Bart (a friend and follower of Johnny’s), soaping car windows yesterday. I went to stop them, but they ran away before I could catch them”. “That’s how it is! They run away before you can catch them,” Al exclaimed as he reached out and grabbed […]
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“Man,” Dobro said, holding his draft notice in one hand and the envelope in the other. “I don’t want to go to war”. He looked different from before he saw the notice. A feeling of loss passed over his face, and the others could sense the loss. “You don’t have to go,” Al said. “We’ll
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Chapter 11: The Family. It was early into the summer of 1967, and still the first year of Ethan’s quest. The household, now collectively referred to as Erwin’s or home, entered the ‘Summer of Love’ by attending the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, and then the Monterey Pop Festival. They all had a
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Terence didn’t hear from Alan Watts until a few days after the renowned Houseboat Summit, held on Watt’s converted ferry a month after the Human Be-In. The Summit included Watts, Allen Ginsburg, Timothy Leary, Gary Snyder and Allen Cohen. It was a moment when the self-appointed fathers of the CounterCulture, assembled to discuss the next
The Human Be-In was the next event Ethan and Erwin attended. It was held a couple of weeks after Ethan arrived at that space and time. Erwin didn’t resist going. Priya told him he was going and he shrugged his shoulders acceptingly and went on with his day. The Be-In was in response to California
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Chapter 08: Two things came out of the picnic with Terence. First, it was discovered Terence casually knew Alan Watts and would see if he could set up a meet and greet with Ethan. “We seem to be on the same journey,” Terence said, “but sometimes I feel we’re going in different directions. He’s worth
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Chapter 7: The Picnic “So now what are we going to do?” Erwin asked. He and Ethan had been admiring the Cork Boards bolted onto Erwin’s living room wall to better organize his newspaper clippings. There were 12 boards in total, evenly spaced, 4 wide by 3 high. There was room for 15 more boards,
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There’s only one thing of Certainty regarding our life on earth as a species. We’re running out of time. We can now model the Future with predictable accuracy, and we know without question, where we are headed. A few years ago, the UN produced Climatic Models based on how much we change our production of
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Don’t take drugs until you do your own research.
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Terence McKenna Please note:This chapter discusses the use of Psychedelics in the 1960’s Counter Culture. The author is not encouraging or advocating the use of Psychedelics. Everyone reacts to hallucinogens differently, and should consider their psychological health before experimenting. It could go horribly wrong. “Why do we have to go to this?” Erwin asked, glancing
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