Sometimes you meet the right person at the right time with the spiritual fuel needed to navigate that twilight zone when your fantasy desires pale in the blinding light of the unexpected. It is hard to believe.

Marrakesh in 1970 was an exotic magnet for Hippies searching for the greatest place to smoke on the planet. At a time when folks were going to jail for a joint, Marrakesh was a rare freedom.

The dynamic duo is off to Morocco, the gateway to Africa, with dreams of Arabian mystics and unlimited hash.

Diamond Jim was a kind of rocket ship you only meet once in a while. He was like always on a mission but didn't know what or where exactly. I followed him even when I thought I was leading, I was following, I was following a shooting star.

Our young pilgrim from the Iowa farm meets the World, the history, the people, the food, the hash, the Gurus and the radical reformers, all who have come to London to make a change, to stake a claim, to define themselves . It is from this swirling, impassioned whirlwind of ideas that the Quest itself appears. Is it even possible?

Yes, the mythical, pot smoking, psychedelic, mind expanding, consciousness raising pilgrimage to India, the land of really far out stuff. Come, jump into the river of spiritual truth seekers I encountered and the promise made. Many of us trod this Way, the quest is universal, the path is individual.

The Hippie movement was the largest, most pervasive, world wide spiritual movement of the century. We wanted to change everything and we did. The Hippies invented communal living, ride sharing and redefined sex, racism and economics. It all began in the creche of student housing, there were thousands of these Hippies Havens.

Everyone you meet is a once in a life time experience, but once in a lifetime, if you are lucky or blessed or obviously favored by the Gods you will meet the One, the One who will become the pole star of your life. I am one such entangled forever.

Our young pilgrim finds himself needing shelter in a strange land. He finds opportunity from denial and somehow manages to turn craziness into agreement. We all want something. 

Our young warrior discovers the secret of how to make money traveling the world while pursuing his spiritual goal and quest for the mythical Acapulco Gold. His herbal curiosity reveals the magic and the Way.