Welcoming billin dinges. [applause] doctor dinges ok, thank you. Good evening, everyone. , anddelighted to be here im delighted you are here on muggy, welcome, to washington, d. C. In august evening. I am going to start this with this image. Up anoriginally conjured image of rough water everson. Ralph waldo emerson. I doctored it with long hair and beads and a headband. I looked at it a while and came to the conclusion this would probably verge on sacrilege. Thisad, i am starting with particular image in the title. Woodstock, pond to the transcendental and roots transcendentalist roots of the 1960s counterculture. I am going to share with you some thoughts this evening and some ideas about a mid19th century american religious, philosophical, and Literary Movement known as transcendentalism. And, its connections with socially,ture that culturally, politically generation gap. The age of aquarius, make love, not war, times they are a changing. Turn on, tune, in, drop out. Sex, drugs, rock
to book passage. thank you for not only supporting an afternoon event which is not very common. but for supporting local, your local independent bookstore. i m paula i ll be your host. as always, you re welcome to take photos of today s vent and share with friends and family about how wonderful book passage is. but please remember to silence your phones. if you haven t bought the book today s featured book, feel free to do so either now or right afterwards because both of the authors will be happy to sign your books. and with that we can get started in 1971 timmy leery ex-harvard professor dubbed high priest of lsd run for governor against ronald reagan. escaped from prison and a set off a dynamic chain of events involving groups such as the weather underground and black panther an president nixon there was almost too wild to belief. but true they were in its all chronicled in today s featured book the most dangerous man in america. authors bill minatalglio combined resea
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there are moments in american history that divide our story into a clear before and after. from lexington and concorde to pearl harbor, those moments are most often defined by conflict. but in 1967, it was defined by a lack of sexual inhibition a steady supply of hallucinogenic drugs and a new thing called acid rock. that june a tidal wave of humanity packed san franciso s haight-ashbury district for what came to be known as the summer of love. it was the watershed moment for a movement that had been slowly building fueled by main stream press attention at events like the human be-in at golden gate park and timed perfectly to the end of the university school year. the nation was at a turning point. events in places watts, dallas and vietnam were unfolding. the baby boom was over. and it seemed like everyone had long hair. as spring semesters came to a close around the nation, young people couldn t wait to follow tim leary s advice to turn on, tune in, and drop out.