Be Here Now.

RAM DASS [RICHARD ALPERT],.

Item Number: 110946

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Tedd Namaste Ram Das.” In very good condition. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.

Be Here Now is one of the first guides for those not born Hindu to becoming a yogi. For its influence on the hippie movement and subsequent spiritual movements it has been described as a "countercultural bible" and "seminal" to the era. The book has remained in print since its initial publication in 1971, and has sold over two million copies. The first section of the book inspired the lyrics to George Harrison's song "Be Here Now", written in 1971 and released on his 1973 album Living in the Material World.