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Memoirs of an Ex-Hippie: Seven Years in the Counterculture

by Robert Roskind
Published 2001 onelovepress
266 ppg.
Robert's book has instantly become one of my all-time favorite hippie classics of life "on the road" in the late 60's/early 70's. The reader is treated to the experience of slipping into the passenger seat and peering into his journal; you are certain to enjoy the "trip"!
Whether you have an historic or personal interest in the 60's, or are simply nostalgic for those times..Robert shares a comical( and occasionally harrowing) journey with the reader in a highly enjoyable and "down-home" style
Throughout the book, Robert spices and seasons his story with interesting historical facts,statistics and insights of a first-hand observer and participant of that era. The reader is privileged to share the ride with him, meeting some of the heroes of that time, as well as some friends, spititual guides and jesters! ( Not to mention a few "archetypes" that most of us had some encounters and experiences with back then.!)
Robert appears to have taken the higher truths that he assimilated during his consciousness-expanding days, and has continued to carry the message of peace and unconditional love into the new century. For this, I highly applaud him! I look forward to his other books, and I recommend this inspiring tale to our web-friends!

Many Blessings!
-SunInMoon June 14, 2005-60s & Further-

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Robert with his wife-Julia and daughter Alicia.

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Just as the Beats immortalized their lives and times in such books as On The Road, Robert Roskind likewise commemorates the liberated lifestyle of the hippie era. This look back, while very personal, is also the archetype for a whole generation whose quest for freedom and the meaning of life led to some mind-blowing experiences. Whether it was dealing with parents and the "generation gap", or trying to avoid getting sent to Vietnam or tripping out on LSD at Altamont, we hippies trod the same path, often in the same places. This implies our common experience was a result of an underlying phenomenon that ultimately changed ourselves, our society and the world.

Roskind's nostalgic trip down hippie lane is a travelogue of life's alternative byways and an exploration of the communal mindset of the period. His honest recollections about his psychedelic drug use, run-ins with the cops, communal life, free love, and self-discovery were all part of the hippie trip. Roskind's tales of many cross-country journeys, picking up hitchhikers in his converted bus, leave us longing for those simpler times, when total strangers would become friends faster than you could light a joint. Those days are over now, but still very much alive for those who lived them.

While many original hippies "sold out" long ago and joined the "establishment", some of us have held true to our beliefs and continue to explore alternative lifestyles and businesses. Roskind likewise shows us his crisis of faith and how he resolved to live a life of service to others and carry on the hippie philosophy in practice. Having realized that Love is the answer to many of life's questions, he now teaches others the transcendental power of unconditional love through his books and lectures.

The only flaw I find in the book is its title. Roskind is no Ex-hippie. The hippie inside still lives on and his love for the hippie way and how it changed his life comes thru loud and clear in this well written autobiography. Memoirs of an Ex-Hippie is liberating reading, and will take the reader on the same voyage we all experienced back in the 60s, without drugs!

-Review by Skip Stone-Author of Hippies from A-Z

The counterculture of the 60s and 70s has been viewed as everything from naive to hedonistic. However, most of these views were formed by observing the movement from the outside. "Memoirs of an Ex-Hippie" offers a vastly different perspective, one developed from within.

After graduating college in 1968, Robert Roskind hit the road for seven years. Roskind's travels lead him into the heart of the counterculture--to Esalen Institute, Tassajara Hot Springs, Big Sur, Vancouver Island, the communes of Oregon and North Carolina, Altamont Pop Festival, Mt. Shasta, the Haight-Ashbury and the "motherland"--Northern California.

His personal odyssey, sometimes profane and funny, sometimes profound and serious, reveals this tumultuous era as a cultural and spiritual renaissance that birthed many of the solutions to problems humanity now faces.

-Reviewer-Unknown-

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