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Finally, in Gaskin's insistence that he, to a degree unmatched by most of his peers in the LSD subculture, took care to observe and interpret the minutiae of his acid trips, we can even see traces of the characterization of power and authority as "an abstract system of rules and principles" that, according to Juster, distinguished early-nineteenth-century men's conversion narratives from women's. 12

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Impressed by what they heard there — and, in Gaskin's account, comparing it favorably to their encounters with freaks in their hometowns — the group spoke with the holy man at the end of the session.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

This was a first step in Gaskin's development of a syncretic but mostly Buddhist spirituality that seemed, to these psychedelic travelers, to reveal the possibility of human transcendence of conflict — war, racism, poverty, and even the battle of the sexes.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

Yet another similarity to the past coheres in Gaskin's motives for publishing his account, which were as decidedly pedagogical as those of his evangelical forebears.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

'Gaskin's behaviour was reprehensible and disgraceful for which he should be thoroughly ashamed.

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'Gaskin's behaviour was reprehensible and disgraceful for which he should be thoroughly ashamed.

Home | Mail Online 2008

'Gaskin's behaviour was reprehensible and disgraceful for which he should be thoroughly ashamed.

Home | Mail Online 2008

'Gaskin's behaviour was reprehensible and disgraceful for which he should be thoroughly ashamed.

Home | Mail Online 2008

'Gaskin's behaviour was reprehensible and disgraceful for which he should be thoroughly ashamed.

Home | Mail Online 2008

Robert Hughes Gaskin, For serv the voluntary sector in Cornwall.

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