Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188008 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
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.

Customer Reviews

A fascinating read....
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.

Amazing
Truly a fascinating and illuminating read...highly recommended for anyone interested in the hidden side of the 60s

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 into the streets of Boston believing they were Christ as the book claims (nor did the experiment take place in 1963), this fabrication is based loosely on the well publicised Marsh Chapel psilocybin experiment of 1962 but all the facts have been changed to fit author's fictional account of the history of LSD. It's like a collection of the worst tabloid style stories only loosely based on fact collated into one book. Read it as a work of fiction but please do not be mistaken into thinking that anything presented in this book actually happened as described. For a more accurate cultural history of psychedelic drugs see Andy Letcher's Shroom.