Human Be-In
human bein event held san franciscos golden gate park polo field january prelude san franciscos summer love made haightashbury district symbol american counterculture introduced word psychedelic suburbia human bein focused key idea counterculture personal empowerment cultural political decentralization communal living ecological awareness higher consciousness aid psychedelic drug acceptance illicit psychedelics use radical new left political consciousness hippie movement developed disaffected student community around san francisco state university city college berkeley san franciscos beat generation poet jazz hipster also combined search intuitive spontaneity rejection middleclass morality allen ginsberg personified transition beat hippie generation human bein took name chance remark artist michael bowen made love pageant rally playful name combined humanist value score sitins reforming college university practice eroding vestige entrenched segregation starting lunch counter sitins greensboro north carolina nashville tennessee first major teachin organized student democratic society university michigan – march human bein announced cover fifth issue san francisco oracle gathering tribe human bein occasion new california law banning use psychedelic drug lsd come effect october speaker rally invited bowen main organizer included timothy leary first san francisco appearance set tone afternoon famous phrase turn tune drop richard alpert soon known ram das poet like allen ginsberg chanted mantra gary snyder michael mcclure counterculture guru included comedian dick gregory lenore kandel lawrence ferlinghetti jerry rubin alan watt music provided host local rock band including jefferson airplane grateful dead big brother holding company quicksilver messenger service blue cheer staple fillmore avalon ballroom – underground chemist owsley stanley provided massive amount white lightning lsd specially produced event well twentypound kg turkey free distribution digger national medium stunned publicity event leading mass movement young people america descend haightashbury area report unable agree whether people showed bein soon every gathering kind four week later bob fasss human flyin lovein march elysian park los angeles emmett grogan inspired sweepin rowan martin laughin comedy television show began airing nbc year later january followed first yipin march grand central terminal another lovein april malibu canyon john lennon yoko ono bedin march amsterdam human bein organized mainly bowen assistance poet allen cohen organizational work idea human bein born fear movement would erased due tension faction hippie movement bowen writes antiwar free speech movement berkeley thought hippy disengaged spaced influence might draw young away resistance war hippy thought antiwar movement doomed endless confrontation establishment would recoil violence fascism decided thus create gathering tribe event advertised poster later event would use musical performance group meditation chanting session political rally speech inspire faction joined movement belief peace love one another freedom would first moment true unification within hippie movement history counterculture surfaced human bein encouraged people question authority regard civil right womens right consumer right underground newspaper radio station served alternative medium human bein put denver colorado july chet helm barry fey harness energy famed san francisco event occurred january promote new family dog production venue family dog denver event attracted people featured performance grateful dead odetta captain beefheart timothy leary ken kesey said also attendance digital bein produced san francisco since uk theatre company theatre ddmyy also film take name date bein company subsequently produced work michael mcclure read event bedin central park bein counterculture teachin timeline counterculture grogan emmett ringolevio life played keep citadel press isbn human bein polo field golden gate park san francisco ca via music vault youtube human bein th anniversary allen cohens website history insider haightashbury rockument commentary sound bite berkeley poster powwow gathering tribe human bein loren sears human bein film digger archive