Monday Night Class + The Caravan [B2007]

1969/1972 PBs (fourth/second printings), clean with minor wear. Per Wikipedia: "Stephen Gaskin (1935-2014) was an American counterculture Hippie icon best known for his presence in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s and for co-founding 'The Farm', a spiritual commune in 1970. He was a Green Party presidential primary candidate in 2000 on a platform which included campaign finance reform, universal health care, and decriminalization of marijuana. He was the author of over a dozen books, a political activist, a philanthropic organizer and a self-proclaimed professional Hippie."

Monday Night Class-a weekly event in San Francisco conducted by Stephen Gaskin during the heyday of the hippies-attracted over 2,000 people each week. In this collection of transcripts from these historic meetings, Stephen explores the laws that govern the spiritual plane, drawing on sources as varied as the Bible, Zen Buddhism, and the daily newspapers, interpreting the visions of the '60s generation with humor and affection.

The Caravan: In 1970 hippy philosopher-teacher Stephen Gaskin adjourned his open, weekly Monday Night meetings and left San Francisco on a speaking tour of the U.S. He was accompanied by 250 students in a caravan of 50 buses and assorted campers. Together they traveled over 8,000 miles as Stephen spoke at colleges and churches about peace, love and understanding, and the changes that were sweeping the country. Here are the original transcripts of that historic journey.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Monday Night Class : A time capsule of a bygone era. "; "I find some of Stephen's talks in The Caravan to be his best. The details of their journey traveling across the country and encounters with the local authorities is interesting, but is not the meat of this book. I read and reread this book to gain some knowledge of our human existence on this planet."; "If you want to gain an understanding of what it was like to be living in and around the Haight during the height of the hippie movement, then this is a great read. The hippies had a deep spiritual sense about them and this book will shed some light on philosophy of the flower children."; "A gem of a book, meant to be read many times over, contains a wealth of spiritual teachings in the language of the counterculture, every sentence a jewel, a must have book for anyone who was involved in or ever interested in the counterculture movement of the 60's and 70's, and its universal and timeless truths."