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Hippie Age To New Age Setting the Stage for Global Revolution
The hippie subculture began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world. Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, and the influence of Eastern religion and spirituality. From around 1967, its fundamental ethos — including harmony with nature, communal living, artistic experimentation particularly in music, and the widespread use of recreational drugs — spread around the world during the counterculture of the 1960s, which has become closely associated with the subculture.
The hippie revolution was not just widespread illicit drug use and wild “orgies” or so we have been led to believe. The movement was much deeper, a group of vibrant, enthusiastic young adults, who understood what needed to be done in order to “change the world”. They understood that if they wanted to see real change, they needed to be that change. Through peaceful protests and “good vibrations” their voice was heard. They no longer wanted to be a part of a country that made its high standard of living “off the backs” of other countries.
According to Rootsie a young girl who lived through the revolutionary period ” these people were saying that spiritual enlightenment can save the world, bring an end to war and injustice.
