1967 San Francisco Oracle, Vol. 1, No. 8
By: Seed Publishing Co.
Date: 1968
Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.5 inches (41.9 x 29.2 cm)
The San Francisco Oracle Vol. 1, No. 8. With contents mainly relating to Sioux culture and music as well as some focus on feminism and general psychedelia.
The Oracle was a seminal underground newspaper first published in 1966 and active until 1968, only publishing a total of 17 issues. It emerged from the heart of the Haight-Ashbury district, a hub of the 1960s counterculture. Created by a collective of artists, writers, and activists including Allen Cohen and Michael Bowen, the Oracle was deeply intertwined with the Summer of Love and the broader hippie movement. It featured a blend of countercultural commentary, avant-garde art, and revolutionary ideas, reflecting the ideals of peace, love, and consciousness expansion.
The publication was influential in promoting the psychedelic experience and alternative lifestyles, offering a platform for voices like Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and various other cultural figures. It also played a role in the dissemination of the ideas of the Human Be-In and the broader countercultural revolution.
Condition: Good and stable overall with original folds, wear to edges and bumps to corners.
Inventory #92220
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