THREE LOST WORLDS A Memoir of Life Among Mystics, Healers, and Life-Artists by Jim Gilkeson (Mammoth, $19.95, paper, ISBN: 978-1-939301-62-8, 300 pages)

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This spiritual coming-of-age memoir takes the reader on a storyteller’s journey into three tiny, experimental subcultures in the U.S. and Northern Europe. In a series of short interlocking vignettes, spanning the years from 1949 to 2015, Gilkeson traces his unlikely path from a conventional upbringing in the Midwest, down the psychedelic rabbit hole, and into the ferment of the late 1960s. He emerges as a brother in an order of modern mystics and later as a practitioner and teacher of energy healing at a clothing-optional retreat center. Three Lost Worlds is a reflection on a pivotal period in American spiritual history, the heartfelt journey of a modern seeker caught up in the protracted spiritual walkabout of a generation.

 “A lived-in perspective on the creative, cultural ferment of the 70’s. Three Lost Worlds is like visiting an amusement park of the mind.” ~Diane Lonsdale Haynes

Publication date Nov 1, 2022)

JIM GILKESON is the author of A Pilgrim in Your Body: Energy Healing and Spiritual Process and Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth. In his twenties and early thirties, Gilkeson was a member of an esoteric spiritual order. After leaving the order, he learned energy healing in Europe, where he lived for eleven years. He was a member of the healing staff at Harbin Hot Springs in Northern California from 2001 until that retreat community was destroyed in the 2015 Valley Fire. www.jimgilkeson.com   

MAMMOTH PUBLICATIONS For media inquiries and review copies, please contact Jim Gilkeson Email: jim@jimgilkeson.com (707) 696-2768