Word: philia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some idyllic place on the earth, near the water, in the air, under the sun (say, along the banks of the Charles), dressed colorfully and extravagantly, singing, dancing, playing instruments of all kinds in all genres, declaiming poetry, flying kites, breaking and sharing bread, radiating love (eros, philia, agape), expressing and enjoying themselves in every way -- in short, rejoicing in their humanity and in their being. Thus a Be-In can only arise spontaneously out of the spirit of the Cambridge community. It is beyond our powers to call it into being. All we can do is watch and wait...
...world wars did their share to help, producing generations of youngsters thirsty for thrills. The terror of Thurber's aunt, who tried vainly to conquer a car and wound up pleading, "Somebody take this goddamn thing away from me," gave way to something the psychologists called "locomotor philia": the teen-ager in his chromed and channeled-down hot-rod who leaned out at stop lights and sneered: "Wanna drag, mister...
Seriously interested applicants have been requested to contact "Philia" at Box 1146 in Washington...