Isis Aquarian,Erik Davis,Electricity Aquarian
It was 1972, time of the cult-occult-commune explosion.Â By day, the Source Family dressed in colorful robes and served organic cuisine to John Lennon, Julie Chistie, Frank Zappa, and many other celebrities at the famed Source restaurant. By night, in their mansion in the Hollywood Hills,Â they explored the cosmos with their spiritual leader, Father Yod.Â ,Yod was an outlandish figure who had 14 wives, drove a Rolls-Royce, and fronted his ownÂ psychedelic rock band, Ya Ho Wa 13, now considered one of the most singular psychedelicÂ bands of all time. He surprised many by suddenly morphing from health food restaurateur intoÂ mystical leader of what many considered a cult: a group of young people who lived strictlyÂ devoted to his esoteric teachings, unusual sexual practices, and philosophies of natural livingÂ and dying.Â ,Still, as controversial as he was to outsiders, Father Yod was, by inside accounts, a deeply loving andÂ spiritually powerful magus who taught his Family to recognize their divinity within and theirÂ innate connectedness to all of creation.Â ,The Source Familyâ€™s astonishing and moving true storyâ€”kept secret for over 30 years afterÂ Fatherâ€™s hang-gliding accident and death in 1975â€”is revealed here for the first time by the FamilyÂ members themselves, offering readers an insiderâ€™s perspective into this vital utopianÂ social experiment.,Illustrated with over 200 color and black and white period photographs, this book contains a bonus CD of never-before-heard Source Family music, interviews and changes, including an extremely rare recording of Ya Ho Wa 13 performing live at Beverly Hills High School in 1973.
Music,Nonfiction,Religion,Cults,History,Biography,Religion,Reference,Research,Classics,Cult Classics,Philosophy
The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, YaHoWha 13, and The Source Family