Abstract The hippie movement was a youth subculture that was witnessed initially in the United State and this was during the mid-1960s. This movement would then spread all over the world. It is important to note that the term hippie is derived from the word hipster and this word was used to refer to people who created their own communities and also listened to the psychedelic rock. This kind of people also was involved in sexual revolution and was using some hard drugs in their bid to explore other forms of consciousness. This paper will look at the hippie movement ranging from its history to the modern day hippie subculture. Background At the beginning of the year 1967, there was a festival known as the Summer of Love in San Francisco at the Human Be-In located at the Golden Gate Park. This festival was deemed to popularize the hippie culture on the West Coast of the United States of America. Another festival would follow in 1969 which is known as the Woodstock Festival which was also deemed to popularize the Hippie culture on the East Coast of United States of America. Outside the United States there were other festivals which were also organized and promoted hippie subculture. One of the notables was the formation of the La Onda Chicana by the hippies of Mexico at a festival held at Avandaro. Nomadic house truckers in New Zealand started practicing other types of lifestyles and they also promoted the use of sustainable energy and this was at a festival held in Nambasa (MacFarlane, 2007). In other countries, hippie movement was noted and one of these countries was the United Kingdom whereby New Age Travelers were engaged in mobile peace convoys where they made pilgrimages during the summer for free music shows which were held in Stonehenge. In Australia, the movement was marked by the hippies gathering in the Aquarius festival held at Nimbin in the year 1973 and were advocating for the Cannabis law Reform Rally which was held every year. In Chile, there was the Festival Piedra Roja which was precipitated by the success of the Woodstock festival. This marked the most major hippie festival in the country (Partridge, 1973). The hippie movement had adverse effects on the fashions and values of the culture and this was noted in such things as the popular music, film, television, arts and literature. Since its inception in the 1960s the main stream culture has incorporated many of the hippie subculture elements in the main stream culture. The cultural diversity of the subculture and the religious aspect of the subculture have been accepted by many societies and their Eastern philosophy and their spiritual concepts have also had a wide range of followers and audience. The hippie movement can be determined in the current culture in myriad forms which include such things as the eating of healthy food, engaging in music festivities and the current sexual mores and it has of late even been advocated for in the cyberspace. History of the Hippie Movement An article in the Time Magazine in the year 1967 cited that the origin of the hippie movement can be dated back to counterculture witnessed in Ancient Greece and was championed by such philosophers as Diogenes of Sinope