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Created in 1966 in California, The Brotherhood of Eternal Love had a membership of 750 and was held responsible for widely distributing LSD in the US. The police described it as a "hippie mafia" and the counter-culture talked softly of a secretive, mystical band whose motives were idealistic. Eventually, The Brotherhood came to symbolize the rise of LSD,the growth of the psychedelic movement and the heady, optimistic, revolutionary, energized days of the 1960s. When this book was first released in 1984, it became a bestseller, and later on, a much sought after cult classic changing hands for hundred of dollars . Now updated and containing new chapters, "The Brotherhood of Eternal Love" tells the story of a group of idealists fascinated by the potential of LSD to improve the quality of man's life. In doing so, we go back to a time in which Youth seemed about to conquer the world with rock n' roll for its battle hymns and slogans for a manifesto.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Alex Veysey
Format:Paperback
This is a well written and factual insight on a piece of modern history which has at it's core a little known but fascinating story from the 60's countercultre. Well researched and written in a engaging style this is a book that is a cut above other books on this subject. A great story and a great book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By PG
Format:Paperback
A very impressive journalistic undertaking which delivers the near-unbelievable facts of the BEL in easily-assimilable chunks which form a compelling narrative. This allows for such well-known characters as Leary and Kesey to enter the story without derailing it.
The authors are certainly not overwhelmed by the dizzying info strands + the panoply of characters - what a great movie there is to be made about Ron Stark alone, though 'Farmer John' is pretty hard to beat.
I'm guessing Stark may have been among the models for the Ben character in Lost. The Lost team were obviously influenced by the tales of Leary, utopian communities, Merry Pranksters etc and in particular Aldous Huxley's Island, but I hadn't realised how the multiple personalities, scene and temporal shifting (such as BEL's travels between Afghanistan, Switzerland and Laguna Beach), hallucinatory episodes and engagement with special ops, crime etc came from BEL - and there are events and people in this book to parallel the hyper-real sensibilities of that series.
Thoroughly recommended.
The authors are certainly not overwhelmed by the dizzying info strands + the panoply of characters - what a great movie there is to be made about Ron Stark alone, though 'Farmer John' is pretty hard to beat.
I'm guessing Stark may have been among the models for the Ben character in Lost. The Lost team were obviously influenced by the tales of Leary, utopian communities, Merry Pranksters etc and in particular Aldous Huxley's Island, but I hadn't realised how the multiple personalities, scene and temporal shifting (such as BEL's travels between Afghanistan, Switzerland and Laguna Beach), hallucinatory episodes and engagement with special ops, crime etc came from BEL - and there are events and people in this book to parallel the hyper-real sensibilities of that series.
Thoroughly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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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. It doesn't tell the whole story, and gets some facts wrong, but it's a brave attempt and adds substantially to the background of the last period when the world seemed about to change. It didn't but there you go!
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Really Good Book
I really enjoyed the book, it's very informative and anyone who is looking to know better about the LSD history should read it
Published 1 month ago by zelbm
1.0 out of 5 stars
A work of fiction
Good story, unfortunately it's 90% fiction. For example the Marsh Chapel experiment had nothing to do with LSD and none of the participants thought they were a fish or wondered... Read more
Published on 1 July 2007 by S. Sette
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Amazing
Truly a fascinating and illuminating read...highly recommended for anyone interested in the hidden side of the 60s
Published on 7 Sep 2006 by Gooseberry
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