When The Source Family: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and The Source Family first came onto the scene it made a huge splash, winning the 2008 Independent Publishers Book Award and becoming an LA Times bestseller. The New York Times called the book "a style bible" and Paper magazine revered it as "THE talk of the town." The book has been out of print and in-demand for years and now finally it is coming back to the market with an expanded and revised edition, just in time for the current wave of cult-mania. It was 1972, time of the cult-occult-commune explosion. By day, the Source Family served organic cuisine to John Lennon, Julie Christie, Frank Zappa and others at the famed Source restaurant. By night, in a mansion in Hollywood Hills, they explored the cosmos through the channeled wisdom of their charismatic leader, Father Yod. Father was an outlandish figure who had 14 "spiritual wives," drove a Rolls-Royce, and fronted the rock band Ya Ho Wa 13, now considered by collectors to be one of the most singular psychedelic bands of all time. The Source Family's true story--kept secret for over 30 years after Father's spectacular hang-gliding death in 1975--is revealed here by the Family members themselves, with over 200 photographs and a digital download of rare Ya Ho Wa 13 live performances and Family recordings. This expanded and revised edition has 30 new pages of never-before-seen photographs and additional text containing deeper history and updates on everything that has happened after the first edition. It also contains a new foreword by Jodi Wille, the original editor and director of the critically acclaimed documentary The Source Family.

The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and The Source Family

Biographies & Memoirs

Aquarian, Isis

Leaders & Notable People

Sacred Bones Books

THE SOURCE FAMILY SCRAPBOOK provides an intimate view into the world of California's most iconic utopian commune, The Source Family.This lavishly illustrated book will act as an immersive historical artifact, a facsimile of the original scrapbook assembled by family historian Isis Aquarian. Devoid of essays, the vivid life size scrapbook page reproductions are presented as they were originally assembled and laid on the page. Edited only for brevity and flow, these pages illuminate the group's private world in a way never before seen. Hundreds of unpublished photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, manifestos, and flyers comprise these richly textured pages, guiding the reader through the group's daily activities, secret rituals, triumphs, and eventual downfall. The book tells the Source Family story as it unfolded, from controversial leader Jim Baker/Father Yod's spiritual awakening under the tutelage of Yogi Bhajan and the founding of Baker's Source Restaurant to their meteoric rise, wild experimentation, and public and private provocations that led to the group's paradise lost in Hawaii. These collaged images and ephemera provide a visceral immersion into the complex and widely misunderstood phenomenon of communal and cultic groups of the 60s and 70s, at a time when hundreds of thousands of disaffected people across the country joined together to create their own visions of utopia.

FAMILY: The Source Family Scrapbook

Wille, Jodi

Kitchings, Charlie

The basic teachings that we are including in this book grew out of the years that we spent with Father Yod and our Spiritual "Family" - the Source. Father lead the way as he showed us how to take the "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll" of the times and infuse them with "Spirit"! Father said he would teach through his music long after he was gone, for the beginning of the Age of Aquarius - both of which are happening right now ! These Teachings are intended to help you find "Your Path". TO READ THE COMPLETE, LIFE-CHANGING STORY, FIND "THE SOURCE - THE UNTOLD STORY OF FATHER, YAHOWHA 13 AND THE SOURCE FAMILY" AT YAHOWHA.ORG.

No More Secrets: Wisdom Teachings ~~ The Basics

Religion & Spirituality

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

YaHoWa! The '70s commune, The Source Family, were at the very center of the Age of Aquarius, and devoted their ways to music, love, magic, and harmony. Seven chakras open, astral bodies take flight, and Father Yod ushered in a new wave of mysticism. From California restaurant owner and lead musician in Yahowa 13, follow the spiritual path of Father Yod and The Source Family in this psychedelic retelling of their esoteric journey.

Father Yod and the Source Brotherhood

Burton, Ryan

Professionals & Academics

Tidalwave Productions

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