From Bands and Tom Dotzler 

Living on Blake St. in Berkeley, with the Phoenix. Walking up to Telegraph every day to hang out and browse in the back room annex at Moe’s, which came to be called Shambhala. I was actively seeking a spiritual path. Started reading Gurdjieff’s big book. Looking for a group to become involved with. Tom Hart went to Monday Night Class and invited me to come with him. I wrote about my first meeting in my Antioch portfolio. Suffice it to say I was totally hooked into the community and remained so for almost 3 years.

#3.5 of SA3. Bands and Farm

In the Phoenix we played at the Sky River Festival. Memory fragments: Under the audience bleachers, writing in my journal. I had some number of columns (8 or 12?), based on the fact that I was reading Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson.

For more about Monday Night Class see Communal Farming in the Antioch Portfolio.

For psychedelics while in the Phoenix, see Addendum – 31 Trips (Trips #22-4)