I first heard this music 15 years ago and found it energizing to hear and fascinating in the combination of almost tribal music and jazz. I have not tired of it all these years and when my cassette tape was lost, I just had to find it again. Its a classic keeper and never tiresome to hear. Everyone I play if for finds it exciting and a great listen.
I recently read a piece online that deconstructed author Marilyn Ferguson's Aquarian Conspiracy, a seminal work charting and celebrating the integration of New Age culture into mainstream culture. The author, however, was not kind to Ferguson, nor to the movement in general. He saw it as latter-day manifestation of ideas put forth by HG Wells and his "Fabian Socialists." It was his contention that "The Aquarian Conspiracy" was just that. I found some of the ideas… more »
