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Turn Off Your Mind:

The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius
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Red Wheel Weiser, Jun 1, 2003 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 430 pages

How did a decade of love and peace end in Altamont and the Manson Family bloodbath? Gary Lachman explores the sinister dalliance of rock’s high rollers and a new wave of occultists, tying together John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Mick Jagger, Brian Wilson, Charles Manson, Anton LaVey, Jim Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard and many more American cultural icons.

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Review: Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties & the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius

User Review  - Mike Lester - Goodreads

Turn Off Your Mind. When I first saw this title on the shelves my immediate thought was that it was a play on Leary's famous "turn on, tune in, drop out" quote. And yes, it is a play on that 60's ... Read full review

Review: Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties & the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius

User Review  - Reade - Goodreads

Very interesting book but king of badly written. The author goes on irrelevant tangents and does not make concise points overall. This was great to read for all of its bizarre little stories. The correlations between many of the cults is pretty interesting (Manson/Process/Scientology.) Read full review

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About the author (2003)

Gary Lachman was a founder member of Blondie and wrote the group’s early hits. Born in New Jersey and a long-time resident of both New York and Los Angeles, he now lives in London.

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TitleTurn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius
AuthorGary Lachman
PublisherRed Wheel Weiser, 2003
ISBN1934708658, 9781934708651
Length430 pages
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Body, Mind & Spirit / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
  
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