December 1974: We learn about people who speak the truth, but not in love, not in meekness of wisdom, but with contention, striving to be right rather than striving for love and unity. I discover the writings of Richard Wurmbrand who spent 14 years in communist prisons for his faith.

Summer-Fall 1974: Mark and Beth and me are baptised in the river next to the Born-Again Barn. My idea for a Christian survival camp in the wilderness. We understand “walk not in the counsel of the ungodly” includes those we invite into our homes through the TV.

Summer-Fall 1974: What I learned during my heavenly sojourn. Misunderstandings regarding oneness with God. Why traditional church goers almost never experience the power of God, but rather a cheap emotional imitation. God’s power causes us to shake like the Shakers and renders us mute, like the Society of Brothers. God gives all of us a word of knowledge and in silence we wake up a friend at 2 am, saying, “God sent us”.

June-August 1974: God surrounds our car on Mt. Hanley with a white light that blots out this world. Amidst a great peace and joy I am taken to heaven while my friends remain motionless and speechless. I describe my heavenly experience, the many wondrous sights, the thought exchanges with the angels and am told why I was given this great gift.

May 1974: Reminiscing about Pat Lake’s virgin forest and our withdrawals. What it was like to be totally cut off from a society obsessed with noise and entertainment. Lost in the wilderness. Fast forward back to May of 1974 and my meeting of Cindy Murphy. Dave & Janet Romeril act as matchmakers. We hitchike to the Qua Qua May Day Festival and make love. Cindy’s salvation. We travel to Crossroad Christian Youth Ministry in St. John, NB and discover Joe & Marie are born again too, having left the Krishna people. We hitchike to Joe and Marie’s farm outside Middleton, NS and God calls us all to create a Christian Community. One flesh.

May 1974: I continue recounting the event surrounding my fugitive run across the Canadian border (Dec. 31 1969); Divine providence shines down on me when I discover owner of Shum Organic Foods is boyhood, Boyscout friend from Baltimore. I move into Al and Rebecca Baker’s communal house and work at Shum. I meet a bonafide gypsy from Poland and travel with him and his two wives. My vision of creating the Pat Lake Commune. The famous explorer and videograher, Alan Bibby, joins us at the last minute, as part of his documentary on new forms of family.

May 1974: Reflections on Pat Lake Commune in BC, Canada (1970) and the calling I felt to establish it; Marsha Stewart; My Drug bust and fugitive run to the Canadian Border (1969).

May 1974: A woman scorned and an affair to remember. The “Free-sex” of our hippy culture sometimes extracted a high price. I meet a 19 year old bicyclist who rode her bike a 1000 miles and begin recounting how I started the British Columbia, Pat Lake Commune.

May 1974: Summary of what has transpired since February, when I left Bear River to find work in Halifax and buy seeds for Spring planting. I discover my transformation is deeper then I realized, with sex no longer being the casual, if-it-feels-good-why-not recreational activity. Did God really order men of old to commit genocide and kill every man, woman and child in order to take their promised land? Did Jesus disobey the very scriptures he quoted?