Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood Of Eternal Love And Its Quest To Spread Peace, Love, And Acid To The World

Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood Of Eternal Love And Its Quest To Spread Peace, Love, And Acid To The World

The true story of the “Hippie Mafia” and their plans to help the world turn on, tune in, and drop acidTold for the first time, this is the inside story of the rise and fall of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, the group of California hippie surfers dubbed the “Hippie Mafia.” Based out of the “O.C.,” the Brotherhood grew into a worldwide drug cartel in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. They also were an officially registered church committed to spreading the spiritual philosophies of their mentor Timothy Leary throughout the world, via their powerful homemade acid, “Orange Sunshine.” Nicholas Schou delved deep into the Brotherhood’s story, and was able to gain access to long-silent former members who discussed such things as their international hash smuggling network, and to the cops who sought to bust them. A widesweeping narrative of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll (and more drugs) that runs from Laguna Beach to Maui to Afghanistan,Orange Sunshineexplores how America moved from the era of peace and free love into a darker time of hard drugs and paranoia.