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Description: This tabloid journal and the San Francisco Oracle, which inspired it, were among the founding periodicals of the Underground Press Syndicate. Both periodicals were notable forums for the 1960s counterculture, including psychedelic ideology and art.
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1967 - 1968; Place: Los Angeles, Calif.; Publisher: Oracle of Southern California
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll +++ Counterculture O73 1967
Topics: Crosby, David, 1941-; Davis, Miles; Dana, Joe; Freedland, Nat; Greene, Liz; Harrison, George, 1943-2001; Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996; Mintz, Eliott; Shankar, Ravi, 1920-; Watts, Alan, 1915-1973; Byrds (Musical group); Doors (Musical group); Fish (Musical group); Jefferson Airplane (Musical group); Yi, Jing; Lifestyles -- California; Popular culture; New Age movement -- California; Underground press publications -- California -- Los Angeles (Calif.); Communal living -- California; Counterculture -- California; Hippies -- California; LSD (Drug); LSD (Drug) -- Social aspects -- United States; Psychedelic art; Religion and culture -- United States; Rock music -- 1960-1971; Sex -- Religious aspects; Tantrism; Yoga; Youth -- Drug use -- California; Zen Buddhism; Hopi Indians; Alternative lifestyles -- Periodicals -- California; Los Angeles (Calif.); California -- Social life and customs; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs; Analysis, appreciation
Genres: Portraits; Periodicals; Pictorial works; Specimens
Notes: Date/sequential designation: V. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1967)-v. 1, issue #9 (Jan. 1968).; Statement of responsibility: Publisher varies: Oracle Cosmic Joy Fellowship, Nov. 1967-Jan. 1968.; Includes photographs of hippies and advertisements for hippie stores, various Love-Ins, and concerts and music festivals featuring groups such as The Byrds, Kaleidoscope, Clear Light, The Fraternity of Man, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Country Joe & The Fish, and others. Also includes articles about health issues like STDs and hepatitis and public service information about federal food stamps, county health centers, the A.C.L.U., etc.; Additional physical form: Available on microfilm from Bell & Howell as part of the Underground Press Collection.; Acquisition: 006309, 006310, 007249 (nos. 5, 7, and 9); Acquisition: Purchase; Maggs Bros.; February 2011; 007731 (nos. 1-9)
Physical Description: Extent: 1 v. :ill. ; 43 cm.; Published in tabloid format.
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: Library of Congress Control Number: sn 93023947; RLIN/OCLC: 15032781; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18938549; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b004d820-601d-0135-9fdb-3bf1ab9bf51a

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