Having read this and orange sunshine by nick schou. They produced and distributed drugs in hopes of starting a psychedelic revolution in the united states. The brotherhood of eternal love and its quest to spread peace, love, and acid to the world by nicholas schou. With orange sunshine, schou has crafted a definitive history of the dark side of the 1960s. Orange sunshine the brotherhood of eternal love and its quest to spread peace, love, and acid to the world 1st ed. A guide to the psychedelic experience by two of the original founding members of the brotherhood of eternal love, a group of spiritual hippies that began in the 60s. The brotherhood of eternal love was an organization of drug users and distributors that operated from the mid1960s through the late 1970s in orange county, california. David solomon drug book author, and founder of british lsd group. Tendler, may the brotherhood of eternal love panther, 1984 social history of lsd. The brotherhood of eternal love is the classic untold story of the psychedelic underground and an enthralling read. Few stories in the annals of american counterculture are as intriguing or dramatic as that of the brotherhood of eternal love. Michael and carol randall integrate sources of ancient and modern sages, their long time friend timothy leary, and their own experiences to provide practical guidance. The lsd cult that transformed america the brotherhood of eternal love emerged from the hippie culture of 60s california but their ambitions were global.
His book is a rollercoaster ride through many of the brotherhoods biggest smuggling adventures, and also provides hilarious details into daily life in dodge city. The brotherhood of eternal love was an organization of drug users and distributors that. This book is more background and over view of the sixties. Most important, schou finally dispels the myth tim leary was the leader of the brotherhood of eternal love. The saga of the brotherhood of eternal love is a bizarre melange of evangelical, starryeyed hippie dealers, mystic alchemists, and fastmoney bankers. Drug dealers with delusions of grandeur populate this colorful but overwrought history of the brotherhood of eternal love, a 1960sera narcotics ringcumhippie church.
A beautiful vision brotherhood founder john griggs dr. The brotherhood of eternal love a psychedelic guide by. The brotherhood of eternal love are one of the great names of the psychedelic 60s and 70s but relatively little was known about them until this book. If anything, the story of the brotherhood of eternal love is a story of how a small group of pacifists, mostly vegetarians and idealists, thought they would make the world a better place with their organization, and instead became a magnet for unscrupulous people with no morals. The brotherhood of eternal love was left to rest in peace. In the beginning, lsd was little more than a promising psychiatric tool which might at the same time also become a potent new weapon in the hands of generals and spymasters. Felix dennis, owner of maxim and the week back to library. First released in 1984, this book became an instant. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. In 2010, nicholas schou published a book called orange sunshine on the brotherhood. Buy the brotherhood of eternal love a psychedelic guide by michael and carol randall paperback online at lulu.
Brotherhoods bible was learys psychedelic prayers, his idiosyncratic translation of the tibetan book of. Orange sunshine film, bel books, and leary archives. The brotherhood of eternal love was one part of a much greater movement. The brotherhood of eternal love was one part of a much greater movement fascinated by the potential of lsd to improve the quality of mans life. It doesnt tell the whole story, and gets some facts wrong, but its a brave attempt and adds substantially to the background of the last period when the world seemed about to change.
Timothy leary in the brotherhood of eternal love religious belief systems and psychedelics are you experienced in the discovery of your infinite self. How the brotherhood of eternal love became ocs hippie mafia. Tendler, may the brotherhood of eternal love panther. A psychedelic revolution of love, peace and spiritual discovery. Dubbed the hippie mafia, the brotherhood began in the mid1960s as a small.
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