Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius
The Sixties were a time of revolution—political, social, psychedelic, sexual. But there was another revolution that many historians forget: the rise of a powerful current that permeated pop culture and has been a central influence on it ever since—the revival of the occult. Beliefs that were previously ridiculed took center stage—in the music of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, in films like “Rosemary’s Baby,” and on the bookshelves, withLord of the Rings, The Tarot,and theTibetan Book of the Deadbecoming best–sellers. Astrology, kabala, hippies, yogis, witchcraft, Satanism, drugs, UFOs—they all became the common currency they are today. But when Sixties liberationism met the occult—as it did with the Manson murders—it was often with sordid consequences. InTurn Off Your Mind,Gary Lachman delves deep into the dark heart of the mystical Sixties. The author, as Gary Valentine, was a founding member of the hit music group Blondie. He’s now a writer and literary critic for publications that includeMOJO, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTandTHE LITERARY REVIEW.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.