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The Brotherhood of Eternal Love: From Flower Power to Hippie Mafia: The Story of the LSD Counterculture - Softcover
First released in 1984, this book became an instant bestseller, and later on, a cult classic. Now updated and containing new material, it tells a brilliantly researched story of a group of idealists fascinated by the potential of LSD to improve the quality of life. Called a hippie mafia by police, The Brotherhood of Eternal Love came to symbolize the rise of LSD, the growth of the psychedelic movement, and the heady, optimistic, revolutionary days of the 1960s.
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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 an instant bestseller, and later on, a cult classic. 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 enter into a decade in which Youth seemed about to conquer the world with rock n' roll for its battle hymns and slogans for a manifesto.This new edition of a cult classic - includes a new preface and afterword chapters. It is a brilliantly researched, highly readable book about the 1960s counterculture movement.
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Stewart Tendler is the crime reporter for the Sunday Times. David May was previously a journalist and is now working for the BBC in corporate communications.
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- PublisherMarshall Cavendish
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1905736339
- ISBN 13 9781905736331
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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