COMMUNAL SPIRITS.

There is a lot to learn from community living of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the largest communes of its day was located in a small town in Western Massachusetts. Brotherhood of the Spirit (renamed Renaissance) was started by Michael Metelica and birthed the band — Spirit of the Flesh.
The most inspiring story is [...]

Do Your Own Thing.

Free Store.

The Diggers were one of the legendary groups in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury. The Diggers took their name from the original English Diggers who had promulgated a vision of society free from private property, and all forms of buying and selling. The [...]

AMERICAN CRAFTS.

American Crafts, 1970s. via Life

HIPPIE DESERT SPIRITS.

This is a place I would like to be. 1972 El Paso Desert. via Cold Splinters via Hippies Mystics, and…

HARE KRISHNA 1967, SF.

Stills from this Hare Krishna video.

KALIFLOWER POWERS.

Mind officially blown care of A.H. findings. Kaliflower magazine was created by the Kaliflower commune of SF in the late 60’s. Kaliflower, inspired by the Diggers of England believed in shared property, labor and the liberation of culture from commercialism.
Sampling of article titles from the first issue, April 24, 1969 : People Get Ready for [...]

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