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#3cccJournal2TwittBook SPRING 1971: Dear Friend, Sometimes I have deep yearnings to be there with you and all our old friends, riding 0001

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..the natural high that togetherness after a long separation breeds. There were five of us here by the ocean 0002

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..for awhile. Myself, Kristine and Amy (almost 4) have weathered many changes over the past 8 and a half 0003

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..months; then there was Adon, whom I met at the commune I started last summer, along with Kristine and Amy. And 0004

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..for a few weeks there was Janie and Jodie from Oregon, who joined us in response to a letter I wrote in Mother 0005

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Earth News No. 8 (or 7) contact section. Since last summer Kris and Amy and I nearly started a Nut Butter 0006

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..business, a natural foods restaurant, and a candle making business. Kris has been making sandals for 3 years, 0007

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..so I rebuilt the interior of her van to accommodate her sandal craft business. I’ve been making homemade 0008

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..natural food candies and we’ve been going around to all crafts and natural foods stores selling our sandals 0009

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and natural candies. We’re packing again, sewing a full-size tipi (on an old Singer treadle sewing machine!) 0010

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and converting our van into a camper – we’ve had enough of this rent business so we’re turning gypsy! We 0011

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..believe in active minds and hands so we’re learning to forage for much of our food and will sell driftwood as 0012

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..well as sandals and homemade natural food candies. Here is a recipe for some out-a-sight uncooked carob fudge. 0013

#3cccJournal2TwittBook It’s inexpensive when you consider your health is your most valuable possession! MIX THOROUGLY: 3 Cups unsalted 0014

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..soy lecithin spread; 6 Cups creamed or crystallized honey (you can use regular honey but the candy is not as 0015

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..firm); 3 teaspoons pure almond extract; GRADUALLY MIX IN: 6 Cups carob (toasted or raw – raw is healthier but 0016

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..toasted gives a fudgier taste – I compromise using half and half);    6 Cups shredded unsweetened coconut. Let 0017

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..mixture sit in the refrigerator for a few days to mellow out and then roll into balls and serve. If you’re 0018

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..interested I can send other recipes, including ones for fruit & veggie salads, uncooked breads, pies, cakes, 0019

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..soups and sandwich spreads. Can you send addresses of Kathie & Wayne, John & Dar, Mike Renner, Norma & Noel, 0020

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Bridgette & Dave, Dan Sanders – well, on second thought the list is getting long.  If anyone takes enough 0021

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..interest to write, I’ll write back. So long for now, Ra-Om 0022

#3cccJournal2TwittBook SUMMER 1971: Dear “Brother” Bob, The wings of night touch my soul, leaving me shuddering to break loose from my 0023

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..shell – squirming, wriggling, I pass from blackness into rainbow visions. Shimmering hues coalesce, spiraling 0024

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..inward to erupt in blinding brilliance from a single point. A Googolplex of dancing points send my thoughts 0025

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..screaming through the veil into radiant whiteness. Such a paradox are memories – they are of the past, yet 0026

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..their subliminal rumblings steer our present course. Bless you Bob for the loving time you put into the card 0027

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..you sent me; it’s beautiful. I didn’t know that Lynn was killed. The shock triggered a kaleidoscope of images 0028

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and much that was hidden. How did Kathy take it? Is she still living in West Virginia? I must admit I have a 0029

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..soft spot of tenderness for her. We never got to work to completion what began to bud just before I was 0030

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..busted. Not that I wish to be with her, but it sure would be nice to hear from her – do you have her address? 0031

#3cccJournal2TwittBook Gee, I love everyone there. Would you tell them how much I miss them? I would like to write everyone but must 0032

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..be content with vicarious communication via you. So much has happened but I’ll just fill you in on the latest 0033

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and save the rest for when you arrive. Kris & Amy and I had a great time traveling to the east coast by train. 0034

#3cccJournal2TwittBook Didn’t know anyone here but found a place to stay the first day. We became friends with Scot & Ruby, who live 0035

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..20 miles outside Halifax. He works in wood and she paints. I hope to get her to illustrate a child’s book I am 0036

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..presently writing. Soon after meeting them we setup a food stand at a Crafts Faire in the Annapolis Valley. 0037

#3cccJournal2TwittBook That’s where they’re famous for apples. Came back to Halifax and we were hired by a group of heads who received 0038

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..a winter works grant. We ran a youth hostel for 6 weeks, until the electricity was shut off. We also held 0039

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..classes in healthful living while making natural candy, yogurt and granola (uncooked and delicious) for the 0040

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..co-op and 2 health stores. We saved over $500 and are spending it on survival gear – a canoe, camping 0041

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..equipment, tools and books. The present plan is to head for the woods, living off the land – the berries, wild 0042

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..salad greens, seaweeds, nuts and grains that grow wild.  A few years ago I would not have had enough knowledge 0043

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..or experience to give me courage for such an undertaking but I feel confident that we could survive now.  We 0044

#3cccJournal2TwittBook..aren’t into doing a recluse trip but feel we could gain much from a period of isolation – like recharging our 0045

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..spiritual “bodies”. Since the BC commune I’m even deeper into the idea of community, especially in the sense 0046

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..of their being cultural growth centers, where small home industries, publications, crafts, etc., can provide 0047

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..employment. More importantly, they can provide an environment that is both ecologically balanced and self 0048

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..realization oriented. These centers would fulfill a growing need.  More and more people are becoming mobile 0049

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and are tired of dragging their possessions around with them. These centers would be needed for our present 0050

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..transition from physical power to spiritual thought power. From what I’ve seen, read and heard from others 0051

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..experiences (including my own) I do believe all our needs could be fulfilled through contact with the source 0052

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..of all the universal mind. We are only beginning to fathom the mysteries of the cosmos and with an environment 0053

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..conducive to inner unfoldment our journey begins. I don’t know if I told you of an experience 8-10 of us had 0054

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..at our Pat Lake, BC commune 2 summers ago. That’s the commune I was initial center/nucleus for starting. We 0055

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..were turned on to some really righteous acid one evening, after an exhausting day’s work. We gathered around 0056

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..the fire that evening, as we did at the end of each day, and began to play music. Some were not into it and 0057

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..were involved in some silly head games, I suppose because it was the 1st acid trip for a few of the people, so 0058

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..I decided to leave and merge with the universe. I stepped out onto the pier we had nearly completed, looking 0059

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..down the lake at the surrounding mountains. Everything was absolutely still and hushed; the lake was a mirror 0060

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..for all the heavens. It was in this serene setting that I began to chant OM. The sound was reverberating off 0061

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..the many cliffs that surrounded the small lake. During a pause, as I was taking in air my heart nearly stopped 0062

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..beating and my jaw dropped in breathless awe at the sounds I now heard.  I can only describe them as angelic. 0063

#3cccJournal2TwittBook There were high pitched sounds, very much like OM; they seemed to emanate from an invisible choir above the 0064

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..stand of 300 foot virgin Douglas Firs and ancient cedars on my left. And mixed in with those angelic sounds 0065

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..was a low, rumbling, pulsing OM, that seemed to rise from the earth. At first I didn’t know if I was imagining 0066

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..this or not. But soon others came because of these sounds. A few never did any acid, but they said they heard 0067

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..it too. Everyone was expressing their amazement. The sound lasted all through the night and into the next day. 0068

#3cccJournal2TwittBook I went walking through the woods and had a very strong feeling that as long as I could hear that sound no harm 0069

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..would befall me, nothing could go wrong. To say the least, I have never been the same since. Occasionally I’ve 0070

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..heard the sound when straight and I think about returning to a place where once again my spirit can soar with 0071

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..the beauty of the sound. As time goes by I feel more together and lately have reflected on my activities. I’ve 0072

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..been playing a silver flute since just before Christmas and really enjoying it [the flute was a gift from a 0073

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..woman, a total stranger on a magical night of sailing, when we swam naked in a sea of liquid light, every 0074

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..stroke agitating the phosphorescent plankton that streamed from our bodies]. Also been researching pioneer 0075

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..ways, ideas for home industries, nutrition, soil fertility and edible wild plants. We helped prepare a grant, 0076

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..an Opportunities for Youth grant this summer. It’s to run a youth camp, providing some tangible alternatives 0077

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..for drop-outs and alienated youth in general. As it looks now, we are dropping out as staff, even though we 0078

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..could have made $2,800 between Kris and myself. With love and wishes for your ever growing happiness, Ra-Om 0079

#3cccJournal2TwittBook P.S. As soon as I am more permanently situated (probably within the next 3 weeks) I’ll let you know. 0080

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