In 1969, one of the world’s first health food restaurants opened on LA’s Sunset Strip. Operated by the charismatic Father Yod, the Source Restaurant offered organic vegetarian food served by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We felt we were more famous than they were,” recalls Isis Aquarian, a Family member and their proud archivist. “They came to eat ...

Incense lingered heavily in the air as cult members wearing silk headbands, caftans and long, long hair swayed to the sounds of YaHoWa 13, a three-man jam band rocking out with guitars and a large ...

“Father Yod just gave me a thought for you. He wants me to tell you, ‘Camelot.’” On a Zoom call in March from her home in Oahu, Hawaii, Isis Aquarian recounted her time in the Los Angeles spiritual ...

“ ‘The Motherhouse’ and ‘The Ascended Master Moves On (Hang Gliding in Heaven)’ are our homage to Father Yod, the spiritual master of musical vegetarianism,” says Eric Nielsen of High Mountain Tempel.

Earlier this summer, almost 100 psychedelic music fans, subculture aficionados, students of the occult and local literati climbed the flower-petal-strewn steps of publisher couple Jodi Wille and Adam ...

Isis Aquarian remembers life in the Source Family. When she was in her late twenties, Charlene Peters grew her hair long, changed her name to Isis Aquarian and moved in with the Source Family, a rock ...

On August 25, 1975, former Sunset Strip restaurateur Jim Baker launched himself off a 1,300-foot-high cliff on the easternmost shore of Oahu. Although he had never hang-glided before — or even trained ...

In 1969, a man named Jim Baker opened a vegetarian restaurant, The Source, on Sunset Boulevard. It was hugely successful, with celebs like John Lennon and Frank Zappa dropping in to dine on Rainbow ...

In the late 1960s and 70s, the Source Family and their leader, Father Yod, espoused a spiritual, philosophical, and ethical lifestyle. But if you haven't encountered any Source music before, this ...

HE WAS a war hero turned jujitsu expert, suspected bank robber and stuntman. Many still think he was some sort of god. Operated by the charismatic Father Yod, the Source Restaurant offered organic ...