> > Then, I told Ned Wynn and Rick Stanley. Later, I made a > > mistake and took Allen Ginsberg to see the Maharishi at > > Helen's (Helen Olsen, 'A Hermit in the House', Donnelley > > 1971). Maharishi warned Allen about LSD and told him that > > recently half a dozen hippies had come to his room and > > that they smelled so bad that he told them to go into > > the garden. > > Shemp McGurk wrote: > Who is the "I" in your paragraph above? > Me. But I haven't talked to you in about four years since Judy waxed you real good over on A.M.T. and you split with your tail between your legs. What's up with that?
> You? > Who do you think I was talking about - Lon P. Stacks or Victoria Bonds? I've been pretty busy myself latley packing for my move to the Upper Kashi. > Because Allen Ginsberg didn't meet Maharishi at Helen's > house in Los Angeles, as you claim above, but in London: > > http://tinyurl.com/2v2em5 > Maybe so. Apparently Allen was in London in February 1968, but he was in Los Angeles, California in January 1967. I took Allen to see the Marshy at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The next night we went to see the Fuggs. Allen was shaking all over, afraid that the feds were going to arrest him any minute, so I suggested we meditate in the back yard with the Marshy. About a week later I taught Allen how to meditate when we were on a flight to San Francisco to work with Doug Sahm. Allen called for me at the stage door of the Cow Palace. Sahm was playing a concert there with the Jefferson Airplane. Later that night I taught Allen how to chant the Hare Krishna mantra in Mike Love's hotel room at the Airport Holiday Inn. "When he arrived for a short stay before returning to India, he was given a hero's welcome, and was greeted by a couple of thousand people at Los Angeles International Airport. He gave a lecture at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, which was full to the bursting point, and is said to have met prominent muscians such as Mick Jagger and members of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Everywhere he went, he spoke to packed houses, extolling the power of the young generation to turn the wortld on to his meditation" (Mason 125). Source: 'The Maharishi' By Paul Mason Element Books, 1994 According to Ned Wynn, the author of "We Will Always Live in Beverly Hills", I was one of the biggest drug dealers in Hollywood at one time. I gave drugs of all kinds, including Pharmaceutical Methadone to all the rock bands including the Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Jim Morrison and the Doors, just to name a few. Except I never took any drugs myself - I've always been a Tequila man, chased with Mescal. According to Ned, I once gave a lid to Bob Dylan at a motel downtown and gave a tab to Timothy Leary backstage at a Donovan concert. Every time that the Rolling Stones came to town they called me for drugs and hookers. At one time, according to Ned, I was the most valuable player in town! I drove a flashy car and I had a big fat wallet full of cash. According to Ned, I used to have four wives, one of whom was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian Princess. That is, until I met the Maharishi at Mother Olsen's house and discovered TM in her back yard. I got enlightened on the spot. From that moment on I passed out leaflets for the Maharishi promising enlightement in about 5-7 years, instead of passing out LSD. According to Ned, it was I who helped the Maharishi write his Commenatary on the Bhagavad Gita up at Lake Arrowhead, along with Debbie Jarvis. I told Allen Ginsberg and Rick Stanley all about TM and he told Ned Wynn; I told Ray Manzerek and Mike Love, Jackson Brown and John Kay and they all started TM becasue I told them that it was better than any drug. I even introduced Allen Ginsburg to the Maharishi, big mistake. According to Ned Wynn, I was instrumental in getting the Maharishi to start Maharishi Ayer-Veda! I coined the phrase TM and SCI and helped found MIU in 1971 in Santa Barbara with Robert Kieth Wallace. According to Ned, I used to drive Jerry Jarvis to lectures all over California and I helped him found SIMS in 1965. According to Beaulah Smith I was TM initiate #212 in the U.S. and one of the first TMers in California, right after Nancy Cooke de Herrera. You've read her book, right? I didn't think so, but since you're so intersted in my story, you can read more about me in another popular paperback book by Martin Ebon which was entitled "Maharishi, His Life/His Times/His Teachings/His Impact", which I helped him edit. The soft cover edition of this book is very rare and has an oval black and white likeness of Maharishi on the cover, a photo which was taken by me at the Olsons' house in 1964. Inside, on the frontispiece it says: "Martin Ebon has compiled a fascinating record of this phenomenal Hindu monk - his life, his work, his impact." Included in the book is an interview with two of the Beatles; a chapter entitled "The case of Mia Farrow"; other chapters cover an exploration of yoga, meditation and mantras, as well as the most up-to-date reports on the TM movement at the time. In this book are also chapters on "Maharishi's Man in L.A.", about Jerry Jarvis, and a chapter called "His Global Man Friday", about Charles F. Lutes. The context in which I am mentioned occurs in the chapter entitled "The Hippies: Beyond Pot and LSD." Here's an excerpt for your perusal: "Before visiting the off-campus headquarters of the Students International Meditation Society we made a call at a "family" of so-called hippies in the Laurel Canyon section of Hollywood. The "family" consisted of approximately 150 people housed in four sprawling buildings - on the old Tom Mix estate. These were the elite hippies in this area. Their numbers included some of the leaders who seemed to command the respect and admiration of other hippies, both in the Los Angeles and San Francisco regions." "We talked to a former Air Force captain - a member of the hippie community or "family". We will simply call him Jack. He said his group was described as the "head of the psychedelic movement on the West Coast." Jack has had wide experience in many countries - was out of the country for seven years during one period...He is now preparing to take up the Maharishi's meditation technique. Jack met Maharishi personally during the latter's lecture series in 1966. When Maharishi arrived in 1966, most of the "family" went to see him. In fact many met him at Los Angeles International Airport, and then attended his lectures" (Ebon 99-108). Work cited: "Maharishi, His Life/His Times/His Teachings/His Impact" By Martin Ebon, Editor The New American Library, 1968. Paper. Out of print. Rare. Note to interested readers: This hack-job chapter was written by one John Bilby, an erstwhile reporter for the Los Angeles Times, who failed to get his facts straight. To Mr. Bilby, virtually everyone on the planet in those days was a hippie. Bilby got most of his inspiration from two books by T. Lobsang Rampa, that I lent him, plus he read the "Oracle", a famous undergound newspaper that I edited at the time. Bilby was very impressed that I headed a large commune that routinely practiced nudity, ate raw food, and practiced many other enjoyable group activities such as camp-meets. When I first read Ebon's book, back in late '68, I was somewhat taken aback and offended by Bilby's crass reporting. However, on re-reading the book recently with Rita, after all these years, I can't stop myself from laughing my fukin' head off, thinking that I "packed" the Wilshire Ebell Theater with stoned-out rock stars for the Maharishi! > > Allen was outraged! > > > > Allen said: "I said what? You must have been reading > > the newspapers." > > > > He said he didn't read newspapers. He insisted that > > hippies smelled. (Ginsberg, 'International Times' 26 > > February 1968). > > > > Nameste' and Jai Guru Dev! > > > > P.S. I am seriously considering a visit to Mt. Kailash > > to hunt for rare fungi, as part of my Tantra Yoga > > Sadhana. Do they have Wi-Fi up there yet? If not, I > > have a great collection of Gilbert Shelton Comics I > > could take with me! > > > > Please send any comments you might have to this > > fellow - otherwise you can be leaving a message with > > Parvati at Whole Foods in Austin - I'll get back to you. > > > > Tejas Wallah > > General Delivery > > The Valley of the Saints > > Attention: Post Office Wallah > > Uttar Kashi, Garwhal, Himalayas, India > > http://www.rwilliams.us/ > >
