They emerged not in sermons or elevated speeches, but in extemporary, often musical, response. In the circle at night, we treated him as a kind of shaman, giving him sound space in exchange for his insights. He still had the sharpest eyes and ears, and the most experience of anyone at the back of The Ranch. Most of us had had enough rules made by people who didn't follow them. In less than two years, county prosecutors would indict Charlie as a 'mastermind' and 'dictator,' but Charlie didn't dictate by ordering or making rules. Just being in the same house with one was not much short of meeting God.īrooks was brought to Spahn by Dean on one of his trips to court in Mendocino. This Hollywood he'd always heard about was the destination of dreams - not that he wanted to be a celebrity. He wore the thrill of victory like wings on his head. He was politely aggressive, interested in girls, and ultra confident, even with the awe shucks guffaw.

He was so personable he could have sold homes, cars, magazines, or anything but wigs on southern California beaches. I figured the wig business would be cut short. He didn't tell me that he supplemented his income by dealing marijuana and lightweight drugs. He sold hairpieces from a beach house in Malibu. I love Lynette's description of Watson when meeting him at Dennis' house. This is the last section and the largest so I'll cover it over two posts.īo Rosenberg came to the Family after she stayed with the group of hippies at Spahn in the back house but elected not to go with them when they were gifted by Manson with The Black Bus to go to Oregon. But, the 'shit Matt didn't know, piqued his interest or cracked him up' tour continues with the large section of the book dealing with 1969 and Spahn Ranch. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Sorry for the delay in getting this one to you, I've been otherwise distracted. This book also contains previously unpublished material from Charles Manson, Sandra Good, Mary, Cappy, Brenda, Ruth, Gypsy, Clem, and Katie. From Venice Beach, to the redwoods around Mendocino, to San Francisco s Haight-Ashbury, to Topanga Canyon and the Spiral Staircase and Condemned Houses, to Dennis Wilson s Sunset Drive mansion, to Spahn s Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, and finally to the Myers and Barker Ranches in Goler Wash in the Mojave Desert everything is here in Fromme's reflexion on her extensive travels and experiences with Manson and the like people around them who were 'preparing to survive either a revolution, or the static institutions that were systematically trading all of our vital necessities for money.'

In nearly 500 pages Fromme vividly chronicles her life with Charles Manson from the time she met him in May of 1967 to the final arrest of the so-called Manson Family in Death Valley in October of 1969. The Peasenhall Press proudly announces the publication of Reflexion, by Lynette Fromme.

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