Stephen Gaskin

Stephen Gaskin
Stephen Gaskin at the Nambassa in New Zealand, 1981
Born	(1935-02-16)February 16, 1935 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	July 1, 2014(2014-07-01) (aged 79) Summertown, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	San Francisco State College (B.A., M.A.)
Occupation(s)	Activist, speaker, writer
Spouses	Carol Groves ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1959)​ Carol Ladas ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1964)​ Margaret Nofziger ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1975)​ Ina May Middleton ​ (m. 1976)​

Stephen Gaskin (February 16, 1935 – July 1, 2014) was an American

Gaskin was the first recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 1980 (listed as Plenty International) and was inducted into the Counterculture Hall of Fame in 2004. He was awarded the Golden Bolt Award by The Farm Motor Pool (for helping buy a lemon semi), and won the Guru-Off (without even entering), racking up 77 points to Krishnamurti's 73.^[7]

Gaskin continued to work as an international activist, writer and speaker until a few months before his death. His topics ranged from humorous advice on all aspects of communal life and farming to modern communications, the counter-culture, spirituality, drug law reform, and social and ecological issues. He was a drummer in The Farm Band, an early Jam Band which toured in the 1970s and 1980s. His last published works were revised and annotated versions of Monday Night Class and The Caravan. He died on July 1, 2014, from

• — (1964). Forty Miles of Bad Road (Fiction, typed manuscript).
  OCLC 6235330. [WorldCat.org: A creative work submitted to San Francisco State College in partial fulfillment for the degree Master of Arts.] Copy available at the San Francisco State University
  Library.
• LCCN 74135168, 2005011769
  . (original edition ©1970 by Book Farm and published by Book Farm, Santa Rosa, California.)
• — (2007) [1972]. The Caravan (Rev. ed.). Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 77004166
  .
• — (1974). Hey Beatnik!: This is the Farm Book. Farmer-Centred Agricultural Resource Management Programme. Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 1309762
  . This book was printed on low quality paper which deteriorated rapidly. A few copies are in library inventories.
• — (1977). McClure, Matthew (ed.). Volume One: Sunday Morning Services on The Farm. Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 4128110
  .
• — (1977). Stephen Speaks to San Francisco (Pamphlet). Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 23292310
  .
• — (1978). This Season's People: A Book of Spiritual Teachings. Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 3049964
  .
• — (1980) [1979]. Mind at Play. Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 609405566
  .
• — (1999) [1980]. Amazing Dope Tales (Third ed.). Berkeley, CA, USA:
  OCLC 41419976
  .
  Earlier editions published as:
• — (1980). Amazing dope tales and Haight Ashbury flashbacks. Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 7817614
  .
• — (1983). Irrwitzige Dope-Geschichten und Erinnerungen an Haight-Ashbury (in German). Linden, Germany: Volksverl.
  OCLC 74755699
  .
• — (1990). Haight Ashbury Flashbacks (Second ed.). Berkeley, CA, USA:
  OCLC 23609888
  .
• — (1986) [1981]. Rendered Infamous: A Book of Political Reality. Westport, CT:
  OCLC 644929240
  .
• — (May 1983). "The Hidden Holocaust".
  OCLC 679402858
  .
  Reprinted as
• — (1983). The Hidden Holocaust: Stephen Gaskin Reveals What's Really Going On in Guatemala. Summertown, TN, USA:
  OCLC 656850481
  .
• — (1997) [1996]. Cannabis Spirituality: Including 13 Guidelines for Sanity and Safety (Second ed.). New York, NY:
  OCLC 39608629
  .
• — (2000). An Outlaw in My Heart: A Political Activist's User's Manual. Philadelphia, PA, USA: Camino Books.
  OCLC 680493217
  .

See also

• Alternative lifestyle
• Counterculture
• Counterculture of the 1960s
• Ina May Gaskin
• Plenty International

Notes

1. ^
   OCLC 494613727. Archived from the original
   on 2014-02-03.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Bates, Albert (1993-10-16). J. Edgar Hoover and The Farm. International Communal Studies Conference on Culture, Thought and Living in Community, New Harmony, IN, USA. thefarm.org. Summertown, TN: The Farm. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
3. ^ ^{a b} Martin, Douglas (2 July 2014). "Stephen Gaskin, Hippie Who Founded an Enduring Commune, Dies at 79". New York Times.
4. ^ Meunier, Rachel (2007-11-08) [1994-12-17]. "Communal Living in the Late 60s and Early 70s". thefarm.org. Summertown, TN: The Farm. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
5. ^ "Gaskin v. Collins, 661 S.W.2d 865 (Tenn. 1983)". CourtListener. Free Law Project. December 12, 1983. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
6. ^ "Stephen Gaskin". thefarm.org. Summertown, TN: The Farm. Archived from the original on 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
7. ^ pekelhc. "How to rate a guru?". www.globalideasbank.org. UK: Global Ideas Bank. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
8. ^ "Stephen Gaskin, Hippie Leader And Farm Founder, Dies". newschannel5.com. July 2, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.

References

• Farber, Philip H. (October 1998). "Paradigm Shift Interview of Stephen Gaskin". Paradigm Shift. 1 (2). Kingston, NY: Philip H. Farber. Archived from the original on 2001-11-12. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

External links

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• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Interview with Stephen Gaskin by Stephen McKiernan, Binghamton University Libraries Center for the Study of the 1960s, May 13, 2010
• "The Farm". thefarm.org. Summertown, TN: The Farm. Retrieved 2014-02-01. The Farm's website with more information on Stephen Gaskin.