I have heard from a lot of people that in 60s or 70s, there was this culture common. People doing LSDs, dancing, having strange aesthetics, entry of Eastern religions into West and all that spirituality and if I am not wrong, conservative institutions of that time in West like church, families, and etc. did not like that and were in opposition of that.
I have never met a person who used to be a hippy so I thought why not ask here. What made you a hippy? What was your parents’ reaction? How long did you remain a hippy? How was the experience?
I heard that some Christian churches have forbidden keeping beards from this time to look different from hippies. Is it true? I feel jealous of you guys sometimes cuz like you were such a young society yet you guys did it. Where I live, we never had that hippie thing atleast I did not hear of that.
I’ve never heard of that. Didn’t happen in my area. The hippies who went to church were called Jesus Freaks. They had an uneasy but not hostile relationship with the churches.
Many Christian cults came into being at that time if I am not wrong like Jonestown, Branch Davidians, 12 Tribes, Ant Hill Kids, and etc.
Yes, lots of communes and cults all around. People were looking for meaning and answers to the big questions of life.
I am looking into Osho these days.