arrangements based on love. In practice, a person lived for
however long he or she wished with whomever they wished, in
couples or in groups known as communes. Sexual relations in these
groups might occur whenever mutual attraction was strong enough.
Hippies strove to live in the present, to "go with the flow," and
to "hang loose," rather than to be "uptight." The quasi-religious
nature of psychedelic experience led many young people to forms of
mysticism. Oriental philosophies, such as yoga, Zen and Tibetan
Buddhism, and the Chinese I CHING (Book of Changes), were studied,
and their more easily accessible aspects were absorbed. Others
followed Western occult pursuits, such as astrology, tarot,
palmistry, and witchcraft. In 1966, after LSD was banned, its
advocate, Timothy LEARY, founded the League for Spiritual
Discovery, which advocated legalizing LSD and marijuana as
religious sacraments . The counterculture reached its apogee in
August 1969 at the WOODSTOCK Music Festival in New York, where
400,000 young people camped together peacefully for three days in
the rain, enjoying music, love, and nude swimming. The event
received nationwide publicity, and many people felt that the new
way of life had proved itself. But the illusion of success was
punctured four months later at an outdoor rock concert in
Altamont, Calif., featuring the ROLLING STONES. On this occasion
the motorcycle gang Hell's Angels was asked to keep order.
Violence broke out, and four people were killed".
Потом к слову ?хиппи? добавилось слово ?панкисты?. Многие из этой ?молодежи? законсервировались на 15-летнем уровне. Сегодня, спустя 30 - 40 лет, можно встретить их поседевшими и полинявшими снаружи, но такими же молодыми с детской психологией в душе. У социологов движение получило название Counterculture. Вот еще статья из того же источника, которая расширяет наши сведения о такой группе ?молодежи?.
"Decline of the Counterculture
While the counterculture developed a social system that might have
worked for small numbers in an economy of plenty, it could not
sustain the masses of late-coming adherents, who embraced the
culture's hedonism but failed to accept its Utopian commitments.
The unconventional appearance, behavior, and beliefs of members of
the counterculture provoked widespread fear among conventional
people. Long-haired men were beaten up or shot at by alarmed
citizens. Hippies were often arrested for illegal drug
activities. Suicides purportedly caused by LSD, coupled with an
epidemic of heroin and other "hard" drugs, destroyed the hope that