Allen Ginsberg (left),  Maretta Greer (center) and Gary Snyder (right) read poetry and chant a mantra to peace at the Human Be-In.
Timothy Leary advocated turning on, tuning in and dropping out. He had come a long way from his days as a professor at UC Berkeley and as a lecturer at Harvard.
The crowd was estimated to be between 15,000 and 30,000. It was the biggest gathering of long-hairs and rabble-rousers at the time.
Lenore Kandel read her erotic love poems from "The Love Book" to the crowd's delight.
Charlie Brown was considered by many to be a wandering folk singer and mystic. Here he smokes a ritual peace pipe. 
Allen Ginsberg holds a child on the stage of the Human Be-In
A bomb casing became a maypole. It was the Human Be-In approach to turning swords into ploughshares.
Jerry was inspired by the crowd, and the crowd was inspired by him. The ethos of the time: no barriers between audience and artist.
Bob Weir singing his heart out.
Phil Lesh's big hands on that big bass.
Pig Pen (aka Ron McKenna) in a plaintiff mood.
Jorma didn't need sunglasses. It was a somewhat overcast day.
Allen Ginsberg (left),  Maretta Greer (center) and Gary Snyder (right) read poetry and chant a mantra to peace at the Human Be-In.
Allen Ginsberg (left),  Maretta Greer (center) and Gary Snyder (right) read poetry and chant a mantra to peace at the Human Be-In.
Timothy Leary advocated turning on, tuning in and dropping out. He had come a long way from his days as a professor at UC Berkeley and as a lecturer at Harvard.
Timothy Leary advocated turning on, tuning in and dropping out. He had come a long way from his days as a professor at UC Berkeley and as a lecturer at Harvard.
The crowd was estimated to be between 15,000 and 30,000. It was the biggest gathering of long-hairs and rabble-rousers at the time.
The crowd was estimated to be between 15,000 and 30,000. It was the biggest gathering of long-hairs and rabble-rousers at the time.
Lenore Kandel read her erotic love poems from "The Love Book" to the crowd's delight.
Lenore Kandel read her erotic love poems from "The Love Book" to the crowd's delight.
Charlie Brown was considered by many to be a wandering folk singer and mystic. Here he smokes a ritual peace pipe. 
Charlie Brown was considered by many to be a wandering folk singer and mystic. Here he smokes a ritual peace pipe. 
Allen Ginsberg holds a child on the stage of the Human Be-In
Allen Ginsberg holds a child on the stage of the Human Be-In
A bomb casing became a maypole. It was the Human Be-In approach to turning swords into ploughshares.
A bomb casing became a maypole. It was the Human Be-In approach to turning swords into ploughshares.
Jerry was inspired by the crowd, and the crowd was inspired by him. The ethos of the time: no barriers between audience and artist.
Jerry was inspired by the crowd, and the crowd was inspired by him. The ethos of the time: no barriers between audience and artist.
Bob Weir singing his heart out.
Bob Weir singing his heart out.
Phil Lesh's big hands on that big bass.
Phil Lesh's big hands on that big bass.
Pig Pen (aka Ron McKenna) in a plaintiff mood.
Pig Pen (aka Ron McKenna) in a plaintiff mood.
Jorma didn't need sunglasses. It was a somewhat overcast day.
Jorma didn't need sunglasses. It was a somewhat overcast day.
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