1982 Holly Springs Sacred Harp Convention: Idumea (#47b) (by AlanLomaxArchive)
THUS SPAKE SRI RAMAKRISHNA BOOK FROM GARY FLOYD SAN FRANCISCO 1990
Gary Floyd is one of the sweetest human beings I’ve ever known. I love the man.
It’s funny how now that I’m in my forties, the majority of people I hang out with on a regular basis are younger than I am. Many of them in their twenties. When I was in my late teens and early twenties I didn’t seem to have any friends that weren’t at least a generation, and usually a few generations, ahead of me. Gary Floyd is one of those older, wiser friends I cherished so much at that time of my life and still cherish to this day even though I only ever see him nowadays on Facebook. Whatever its faults, thank gosh for Facebook, huh?
I’d like to share with my readers the news that Gary is having a stent put in near his heart today at 2:00pm Pacific Time. Gary has always been a big believer and powerful practitioner of spiritual energetics (meaning: he likes and gives GOOD VIBES ). So I’m posting this today as a way to rally and urge all who love him to focus your best thoughts, prayers, and intentions out into the world and toward the man in his hour of physical challenge.
If you don’t know Gary, his legacy of true rebellion, free spirited conscious living, and music make today your Get Acquainted with Gary Floyd Day! You’ll be glad you did!
(Sri Ramakrishna booklet given to me by Gary Floyd in 1988)
Invading The Village (detail) by Matt Leines, 2007
My entire religious philosophy in one song.
Hare Krishnas. From The Free People by the Swedish photographer Anders Holmquist with an introduction by Peter Marin. Published by Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. More from this book here.
Just saw this tonight. Great documentary with amazing footage of one of Southern California’s most iconic commune/cults of the early 1970s. Check it if it’s playing near you.
Saw The Source Family documentary last weekend at IFC Center.
(Source: freewheelinsupertramp)



