Counterculture simply means values and/or norms of a cultural group which run against the main stream culture adopted by people of a particular society. In the United States, several counter cultures have arisen over the decades, but the term counterculture is most often associated with the mid 60s and 70s era, which witnessed the reign of the Hippie counterculture.
During its time, it had an enormous following and its advocates generally fought for good causes, which included racial equality, women’s rights, sexual liberation (including gay rights), relaxation of prohibitions against recreational drugs, and an end to the Vietnam War.
The Hippies mostly expressed their views through the new genre of psychedelic rock music, which gave rise to many popular bands and artistes including The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. By the end of the 70’s, the Hippie counterculture lost its novelty, and along with other factors such as the end of the Vietnam War, caused it to eventually fade off.
However, post 20th century Hippie culture, or sometimes known as neo-Hippie has gained popularity in the 21st century. Although not considered a cult as much as it was during the 60s and the 70s, it shares many of the beliefs of the traditional Hippie culture. One of these is the accepted use of drugs, although many proponents of neo-Hippie culture believe that it isn’t necessary and can be substituted with other activities such as forming drum circles and community singing.
The music associated with these cultures is one of the main differentiating factors between the traditional Hippie culture and neo-Hippie culture. While traditional Hippie music revolved around psychedelic rock music, neo-Hippies fall into either cross-interest or tight music genres, which include Folk music, bluegrass, techno and new age.
Blues4Kali.com is a website designed to promote an eBook of the same name written by Indi Riverflow. The author has very-aptly called it a cult classic for the end times, and revolves around post 20th century neo-Hippie culture. The author has made available a full table of contents of the book listing the 12 chapters in the book, namely Mahayana, Sisyphus, Deva, The Shitty, Half-deck Shuffle, Sainted Crux, Synergy, Roasted Man, Dhyana, Allowance and Chores, Rolling Down the Mountain and Epilogue : Family Values.
As an incentive to readers to buy the eBook, the author has made available the first chapter for free. Judging from the first chapter itself, it is not a book for the faint-hearted. The prose is elaborate and requires rereading several times before every nuance can be fully understood and appreciated. As mentioned by the author in the website itself, speed reading will not do justice to the book or the reader.
Though many links on the website take the user back to the order page, the author says that the primary goal of the website is to reach out to as many people as possible. Selling the book for money is an added bonus. As a proof of this commitment, the author offers the book for free to people who cannot afford to purchase it, or are not comfortable with purchasing online. The author only asks for a review of the book and a brief description of the reason why they deserve a free copy of the book.
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