TURN OFF YOUR MIND - THE MYSTIC SIXTIES (ROCKS), DARK SIDE - AGE OF AQUARIUS ILLUS

The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius author Gary Lachman explores the sinister dalliance of rock's high rollers and a new wave of occultists, tying together John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Mick Jagger, Brian Wilson, Charles Manson, Anton LaVey, Jim Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard and many more American cultural icons. The 1960s were a time of revolution — political, social, psychedelic. 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. It was a magical revolution. Previously rejected and ridiculed beliefs took centre stage, reaching the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, saturating the hippies and flower power, hitting the big screen with Rosemary's Baby and the bookshelves with Lord of the Rings, the Tarot, I Ching and The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Astrology, the Kabbalah, yogis,  UFOs, Aleister Crowley and the Yin Yang now became the common currency they are today. But the vibes went bad, the auras darkened. Did that darker undercurrent win out? Gary Lachman here charts this explosion, its rise and fall, and its enduring legacy.

Black and white photos of Woodstock, Stones, Altamont, Mick Jagger

Softback Sedgewick & Jackson 430 pages including notes, bibliography, index, well-binded clean pages.