Below here is an email John sent me giving me permission to publish the following things about him online. If you are interested in purchasing his Eternal Tales it is for sale at amazon.com or if you are a collector you can get an autographed copy from
satyadesigns@yahoo.com
Dear Fred
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Here's some references to my book that begins on Mount Shasta. You are
welcome to share this with your friends there, and your many contacts on
line...
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Please Google ETERNAL TALES JOHN
THOMPSON to see the cover of "Decoding Eternal Tales" a 35 page
art book that studies Thompson's "psychedelic classic" Eternal Tales.
It can be ordered through amazon.com or signed copies from satyadesigns@yahoo.com
These sample quotes refer to Thompson's "visionary" artwork: and this
story is about a Miwok shaman over 2000 years ago and his consort who
travel to Mount Shasta and experience a vision of what earth will be
like in the future.
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"In
addition to exploring social issues...Thompson deserves special mention
as the one artist whose work embarks on an over looked but significant
phenomena that surged through the 60s and 70s: Introspective
spirituality."
The Underground Comix (1998 book; San Francisco)
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"John Thompson was an exception. His use of Greek and Hebrew and obscure
magical alphabets also made his early work more enigmatic....Though
his erotic work was one of the features of his underground products,
they celebrated the spirituality in sexuality...making Thompson the
William Blake of newsprint...his mysticism incorporates...counterculture
syncretism.
" Far out" and "heavy trip, man". For once it was something like these
over used cliches. Even so, 95% of Thompson's work was over the head of
most of his audience."
"Absolute Elsewhere: Fantastic, Visionary & Esoteric Literature In The 1960s & 1970s." R.T. Gault 1999.
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Also read portions of "The Occult Revival of The Sixties & Seventies" by Gary Lachmund; "The Occult Underground" James Webb on the anti establishment "intelligensia of the underground" in Chapter 6 "Gnosticism" and Chapter
7 "Underground Occultism In The Haight Ashbury."; The July 2009 issue of "Abraxas: International Journal of Esoteric Studies"
that refer to Thompson's work as "truely extraordinary...an amazing
artist." Dr. David Williams (Harvard) 2011 University Of Delaware "Searching For God In The Sixties."; in Oxford University Press "History Of Berkeley In The Sixties" Thompson and an associate are named as the top two graphic artists in that scene, and he is also named as a leading
artist in "History Of The Haight Ashbury" 1989.
begin quote from amazon.com
Book Description
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
2005 marks the 40th anniversary of San Franciscos
Haight-Ashbury district. The psychedelic community was probably the most
widely written-about phenomenon of the 1960s apart from the Vietnam
War. As unexpected as it was inevitable, the whole eventfrom public
manifestation to gaudy collapsehappened in less than two years. In this
acclaimed, definitive work, Charles Perry examines the history, the
drama, and the energy of counter-cultures defining moment. First
published by Rolling Stone Press in 1984 and now re-releasedwith a new
introduction by the Grateful Deads Bob Weirto time with Haight-Ashburys
40th anniversary, this highly acclaimed work is a must-have for anyone
interested in the original sex, drugs, and rock n roll lifestyle.
end quote from:
amazon.com
I have amazon.com quoted below if you want John's book without an autograph. If you want it with an autograph visit: satyadesigns@yahoo.com
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$9.99
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$9.99
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