What was life like with the Manson Family?
Life with the Manson family was lived on several levels: life on the surface; that which you could see, then, there was the level right under the surface; how we lived behind the scenes, and lastly, was what was going on spiritually; that which none of us could see. On the surface, we were living a “Magical Mystery Tour,” like the Beatles sang. We even had a place called “Yellow Submarine.” We lived in an old, run-down cowboy movie ranch living a different fancy every day. We shared a huge pile of clothes and would change roles constantly. At the same time, we put up a good show running the ranch, renting horses and doing other odd jobs to earn our keep. The hard-core members were used to trap new members with sex and by sharing Manson’s philosophy. Q: So what was it like under the surface? Well, under the surface, what people couldn’t see was that we were living an isolated life in shacks and living hungry, on food foraged from dumpsters. Of course, there were the drugs we all took to
