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The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment - Audio Reading
[ The Collected Works of Thaddeus Golas - Vol 1 - From Seed Center Books]
Author, poet, and all around 'Lazy Man' Thaddeus Golas narrates this updated 90 minute version of 1971 classic pamphlet which became known as The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment .
At long last, you can hear the message from the mouth of the master himself, much in the way you would have if you casually met him on the streets of San Francisco, when he was known as 'Tad-the-Zapper'.
At the height of the hippie era, The Guide almost immediately became the must-have philosophy book of its generation. The impact of The Guide elevated its author, Thaddeus Golas, from a bit part in the Beat and Psychedelic movements to a lead role. A reading of this classic book, recorded by the author in 1988, is now available as this remastered, quality 2-disc CD. In this audio book, Golas updated his original text for a newer audience. He went over some of the outdated language that fixated the text in another era. He also clarified numerous passages on the advice of his many readers. Most of all, he discretely worked around the direct references to LSD which can sometimes trouble readers. Thaddeus' reading of The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment opens the text and its powerful metaphysical message to a new generations seekers of all ages!!!
The 22 page booklet contains all new writing (never before published!) and color photos; this deluxe CD package reflects Golas' own updates and revisions to The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment . All told, the recording is a lovely testament, and a rare chance to hear Thaddeus Golas' voice preserved in this new stereo digital mix. Original music was composed for this recording by Golas friends Blair Teagarden, Lumin Egress, and British artist Roy Sudan. Having the book read to you, by the author, is even lazier. A must-have for fans of the classic little book!
Author, poet, and all around 'Lazy Man' Thaddeus Golas narrates this updated 90 minute version of 1971 classic pamphlet which became known as The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment .
At long last, you can hear the message from the mouth of the master himself, much in the way you would have if you casually met him on the streets of San Francisco, when he was known as 'Tad-the-Zapper'.
At the height of the hippie era, The Guide almost immediately became the must-have philosophy book of its generation. The impact of The Guide elevated its author, Thaddeus Golas, from a bit part in the Beat and Psychedelic movements to a lead role. A reading of this classic book, recorded by the author in 1988, is now available as this remastered, quality 2-disc CD. In this audio book, Golas updated his original text for a newer audience. He went over some of the outdated language that fixated the text in another era. He also clarified numerous passages on the advice of his many readers. Most of all, he discretely worked around the direct references to LSD which can sometimes trouble readers. Thaddeus' reading of The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment opens the text and its powerful metaphysical message to a new generations seekers of all ages!!!
The 22 page booklet contains all new writing (never before published!) and color photos; this deluxe CD package reflects Golas' own updates and revisions to The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment . All told, the recording is a lovely testament, and a rare chance to hear Thaddeus Golas' voice preserved in this new stereo digital mix. Original music was composed for this recording by Golas friends Blair Teagarden, Lumin Egress, and British artist Roy Sudan. Having the book read to you, by the author, is even lazier. A must-have for fans of the classic little book!
Audio CD
Published April 5, 2008
About the author
Thaddeus Golas
15 books48 followersBorn in 1924 in Paterson, New Jersey, to Polish Catholic parents, Thaddeus Golas was a child of Einstein's Relativity but also of the Great Depression.
He served a long European tour of duty in WWII, and was in Patton's Third Army in Antwerp, but narrowly avoided combat at the Battle of the Bulge. The G.I. Bill helped him earn a BA in General Humanities from New York's Columbia University where he studied under Jacques Barzun, among notable others.
He went on to work as a proofreader for Betty Ballantine, as an editor for The Tatler in Paterson, NJ., a book editor for Redbook, and later, in Oklahoma, as a sales representative for Harper & Row. He saw the rise of the Beat Movement in Manhattan, with its onset of mind-altering substances.
His ideas on human consciousness had gathered over many years of pondering Eastern Mysticism and popular Quantum Science; when he moved to California in the '60s, he was encouraged by Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, and former high school mate Allen Ginsberg to self-publish his Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment.
Thus, it was in the psychedelic maelstrom, in the midst of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury turmoil at the start of the Seventies, that Thaddeus Golas achieved recognition as a major philosopher. He stood on street corners with his third wife Nancy Monroe, come rain or come shine, selling copies to passersby to make ends meet. The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment caught-on like wild fire, and Golas, the reluctant guru, became a bit of a sensation.
His book remained in print for nearly 30 years.
Often shunned by members of the New Age community for his biting criticism of their manipulations, Thaddeus Golas remained a nomad and led a discreet life, declining to lecture or exploit his readers with seminars.
Twenty years after it was completed, Love and Pain, the second book by Thaddeus Golas, picks up where The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment leaves off. It is a deeper investigation of his metaphysical message; a more modern and more complete look at his metaphysical map -- by some accounts his "masterpiece" !
Similarly, The Cosmic Airdrome, his third book, is a great companion to the Guide.
The Lazy Man's Life is the Biography of Thaddeus Golas.
He served a long European tour of duty in WWII, and was in Patton's Third Army in Antwerp, but narrowly avoided combat at the Battle of the Bulge. The G.I. Bill helped him earn a BA in General Humanities from New York's Columbia University where he studied under Jacques Barzun, among notable others.
He went on to work as a proofreader for Betty Ballantine, as an editor for The Tatler in Paterson, NJ., a book editor for Redbook, and later, in Oklahoma, as a sales representative for Harper & Row. He saw the rise of the Beat Movement in Manhattan, with its onset of mind-altering substances.
His ideas on human consciousness had gathered over many years of pondering Eastern Mysticism and popular Quantum Science; when he moved to California in the '60s, he was encouraged by Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, and former high school mate Allen Ginsberg to self-publish his Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment.
Thus, it was in the psychedelic maelstrom, in the midst of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury turmoil at the start of the Seventies, that Thaddeus Golas achieved recognition as a major philosopher. He stood on street corners with his third wife Nancy Monroe, come rain or come shine, selling copies to passersby to make ends meet. The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment caught-on like wild fire, and Golas, the reluctant guru, became a bit of a sensation.
His book remained in print for nearly 30 years.
Often shunned by members of the New Age community for his biting criticism of their manipulations, Thaddeus Golas remained a nomad and led a discreet life, declining to lecture or exploit his readers with seminars.
Twenty years after it was completed, Love and Pain, the second book by Thaddeus Golas, picks up where The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment leaves off. It is a deeper investigation of his metaphysical message; a more modern and more complete look at his metaphysical map -- by some accounts his "masterpiece" !
Similarly, The Cosmic Airdrome, his third book, is a great companion to the Guide.
The Lazy Man's Life is the Biography of Thaddeus Golas.
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