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Hippies Timeline by Erowid

Hippies Timeline

by Erowid

Sep 1962		Timothy Leary founds the International Foundation for Internal Freedom (IFIF) which publishes The Psychedelic Review.
1963		LSD first appears on the streets liquid on sugar cubes. Articles about LSD first appear in mainstream media Look, Saturday Evening Post. 1
Mar-Apr, 1965		Protests begin against the Vietnam war.
Feb 1965		The United States begins bombing Vietnam.
Feb 1965		Owsley Bear Stanley first succeeded in synthesizing crystalline LSD. Earliest distribution was March 1965. 2
Aug 31, 1965		Burning draft cards becomes illegal in the U.S.
Sep 5, 1965		Michael Fallon, a writer from San Francisco, uses the term "hippie" for the first time, to refer to the SF counterculture. It was published in an article about the Blue Unicorn coffeehouse where LEMAR (Legalize Marijuana) & the Sexual Freedom League met.
Dec 4, 1965		The Grateful Dead perform their first show in San Jose
1966		Leary founds the League of Spiritual Development, with LSD as the sacrement. 3
Jan 21-23, 1966		The Trips Festival    [Details] [More Info]
Oct 6, 1966		The Love Pageant Rally    [Details]
Nov 5, 1966		10,000 people join the Walk for Love and Peace and Freedom in New York City.
1967		Summer of Love in San Francisco. First human be-in.
Jan 14, 1967		Human Be-In in San Francisco is attended by 20,000. 5,000 doses of DOM (STP) were distributed for free, unfortunately, they were distributed in approximately 10-15 mg doses, 5-10 times higher than Shulgin had recommended. 4, 5   [Details]
Jan 14, 1967		The Human Be-In    [Details]
Mar 26, 1967		10,000 people attend a be-in in New York's central park.
Jun 1967		Summer of Love in San Francisco.
Jan 16, 1968		Youth International Party (Yippies) founded by Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krassner and others.
Aug 1968		Anti-war demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention lead to arrests and the Chicago Seven trial.
Summer 1969		Orange sunshine acid first appears. 1
Jul 1969		The Farm commune in Tennessee is founded by Stephen Gaskin.
Jul 27, 1969		Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village, NYC after police raid a gay bar. Seen as the beginning of the gay rights movement.
Aug 15, 1969		Woodstock Music and Art Festival begins.
Aug 15-17, 1969		The Woodstock Music & Art Fair    [Details]
Apr 22, 1970		First Earth Day, participated in by millions.
May 4, 1970		Four College Students Killed by National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio.
Jun 15, 1970		Supreme Court approves conscientious objector status on moral grounds.
Jul 31-Aug 2, 1970		Powder Ridge Rock Festival is cancelled but 30,000 hippies show up at the outdoor festival despite police attempts to stop the event.    [Details] [More Info]
Sep 18, 1970		Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, a musician important to the hippy and psychedelic scene, dies.
Dec 1971		Greenpeace is founded.
Jul 1972		First rainbow gathering is held in Colorado.
Mar 29, 1973		Last U.S. troops officially withdrawn from Vietnam.

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Believing in Ideal

What is an ideal? Ideal is a set belief and standard to moral and virtue. Most Religions these days proclaim themselves off something called a doctrine. Doctrine is set of belief based on history that has been written over time and that proclaims a set standard for a belief system that bares reason and truth. Ideal is a point of perspective. A way of living life with virtue and moral. The Rastafari ideal is uplifted by a belief called livity. The uplifting of the spirit. Rastafari entails a way of enlightenment and a message that is true to its way, a message of pure acceptance. "Faith is taking the first step, even if you don't see the whole staircase."-Martin Luther King Jr. Faith is the beginning of finding ideal. It is putting one self to a mindset that says I believe this to be true. History holds many mysteries and well geography holds many cultures. Christianity has been taught and explained in many ways and interpretations for the years that have passed this story of God's beloved son and it has been taken many different ways. The truth to Christianity is that the story is held upon history, but many have yet to connect the dots on why this faith of world religion dominates other belief systems. He was the messiah to Christianity and a man called by his father to purify a way of living. Judaism was his religion of birth. But Christinaity was born after his death upon a cross. Rastafari is the belief of connecting both Judaism and Christianity together as shared faiths. Jews and Christians have not been able to gather faith together because of one man. The stipulation of Jesus being the the truth. Rastafari is more than just a teaching of acceptance. It is a teaching of love and teaching of respect. This blog has taken many courses and well my love for history and well wisdom will one day help gather a mindset of understanding what is the difference between ideal and a set faith. Ideal is Identity. So I could identify that I am a Rastaman. But my faith would lie under different religion and well being a Rasta would entail more faith than just good vibes. So please enjoy a new perspective that well one day can be overstood as looking upon people in the mind of equality and one love. The teaching I present will begin to set virtue and let people recognize they are all made in God's image. Life is a blessing, but a blessing in life it always was. Virtue is from the heart and the heart may only set virtue. Become identified is the truth to look for. We can begin to look at history to know it's truth. I have well gone many directions on this blog. But the truth to overstand is that Christinaity is the foundation to Rastafari. Rastafari is an evolution to teach peace to the people. Lets begin to gather attention to allow a teaching for peace. Rasta will become a way of recognition of one love in life.

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Rastafari Rootzfest To Host High Times Jamaican World Cannabis Cup 2015

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Rastafari Rootzfest organizers and High Times magazine have jointly announced that Rastafari Rootzfest will host the High Times 2015 Jamaican World Cannabis Cup in Negril on November 12th through 15th 2015.

Rastafari Rootzfest is a comprehensive, educational and well-organized event that celebrates Rastafari ideology, livity and culture, that tells the story of the Rastafari struggle for the legalization of ganja and celebrates the decriminalization of ganja in Jamaica. Rastafari Rootzfest is the first ganja-exempt event since Jamaican government legally recognized Rastafari Sacramental and Religious rights earlier this year.

“It's time to get up and stand up, stand up for what is right! Lets get up and stand up, time we all unite!” said Rastafarian elder and event organizer Ras Iyah V. “It is good that this government can recognize that I n I do have the right and am able to enjoy that right of herb as I n I Sacrament. Hail RasTafari!"

Earlier this year, the Jamaican Government amended its Dangerous Drug Act to finally recognize Rastafarian religious and sacramental rights to use ganja and also decriminalized the possession of up to two ounces of marijuana for adults including tourists. Last week, Jamaican Justice Minister Mark Golding granted Rastafari Rootzfest promoters an Exemption in Law that would protect event attendees from persecution. This paved the way for a four-day exposition that will include education and seminars, culture and commerce, art and music and, of course, ganja that will combine to highlight the deep roots and livity of the Rastafarian faith as well as the breathtaking developments within the worldwide cannabis community.

The event will be held in Long Bay Beach Park set along the popular Seven Mile Beach in Negril. Anybody under 18 years old will not be permitted to enter and this restriction will be enforced. Tickets and travel packages are On Sale Now here.

Rastafari Rootzfest's hosting of the High Times 2015 Jamaican World Cannabis Cup will include two competitions — a Jamaican Cannabis Cup and a World Cannabis Cup.

The High Times 2015 Jamaican Cannabis Cup portion of Rastafari Rootzfest will gather the best ganja from traditional farmers in each Jamaican parish and, applying the standards and practices acquired from more than a quarter-century of High Times Cannabis Cups competition, will qualify the wonderful enigma of Jamaican herb.

“We are very excited to finally get a good close look at the many varieties of Jamaican ganja from all over the island so we can pass the results along to our readers and to the world,” said High Times associate publisher Rick Cusick. The High Times 2015 Jamaican Cannabis Cup competition portion of Rastafari Rootzfest will only be open to Jamaican ganja grown exclusively by Jamaican farmers. The unique judging panels will include traditional Rastafarian experts as well as professional High Times cannasseurs.

The second cannabis-related contest of Rastafari Rootzfest will feature the High Times 2015 World Cannabis Cup competition, the historic culmination of 26 years of High Times Cannabis Cups held in Europe and the U.S. This contest will be conducted in the United States in October, and on the last day of the Rastafari Rootzfest, November 16, 2015, the results of the High Times 2015 World Cannabis Cup will be announced along with the winners of the 2015 Jamaican Cannabis Cup.

High Times has produced its signature competition each November in Amsterdam for 26 years. The Rastafari Rootzfest's hosting of High Times Jamaican World Cannabis in Negril effectively replaces that event.

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Confirmed: Church Of Cannabis Gets Recognition As A Religious Organization In Indiana

August 27th, 2015 | by Amando Flavio

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Indiana, a mid-western state of the United States of America known for its farmland, has officially recognized the Church of Cannabis as a legitimate religious body.

The church is said to have gotten the legitimacy following the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which has allowed LGBT people to practice any religion of their choice without harassment and intimidation.

According to the RFRA, if you have a religion, the government will not impede on your right of that religion. It also states, that the government will openly profess that religion to the public.

The church was granted legitimacy on the 20th of April this year, and it is now “a visible religion for worshippers of Cannabis to congregate.” It held its first service on July 1, just one minute after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act took effect. Members of the church are called “Cannetarians”.

To boost the church’s activities, it is said the Internal Revenue Service in the state has granted the church tax exemption. This is because the church adheres to the characteristics of any other church, such as a distinct legal existence, a recognized creed, and regular congregations of its own.

“Somebody at the IRS loves us because we got it back in less than 30 days,” the church reportedly posted on its Facebook page.

The supreme leader of the church [the Grand Pooba], Bill Levin, revealed that when the church applied for legal status, it was granted by the state the same day the RFRA was signed.

As it stands now, the church is established as a religious corporation, and is recognized by law as The First Church of Cannabis Inc.

It is also said that cannabis is the church’s holy sacrament. The church’s tenets include love, equality, compassion and a prosperous way of life.

The church is also said to have raised over $15,000 in two months, with more than 700 backers on aGoFundMe campaign. The minimum donation for the campaign was appropriately $4.20. The money will be used to buy an existing church or build one with “Hempcrete,” a material similar to concrete that has hemp infused in the mixture.

According to the Plaid Zebra, Grand Pooba Levin plans to grow hemp, and adhere to a “Diety Dozen,” similar to a contemporary version of the 10 commandments, ranging from “Don’t be an asshole,” to “Do not be a ‘troll’ on the Internet,” to “Cannabis is our sacrament.” Levin believes that this church promotes love, equality, compassion and a prosperous way of life.

Levin also plans to set up an alcoholics anonymous and heroin counseling program, to help those suffering with addiction find a community within the church.

According to statistics, more than one million people legally use marijuana for medicinal purposes. Levin believes marijuana is “the Healing Plant,” and has stated that those who are members of his church embrace it with their whole heart and spirit.

Levin told MSNBC in an interview, “We are celebrating life, love, community involvement, and we are doing all the things that churches are supposed to do. Because we embrace the cannabis plant as our sacrament doesn’t mean we’re sad people.”

But despite the church being recognized publicly, cannabis is still illegal in Indiana. By state law, possession of cannabis is considered a misdemeanor, and can result in offenders receiving up to 6 months in jail or a fine of $1000.

Therefore, members of the church are not allowed to buy, sell or practice marijuana in the Indiana State.

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