This autobiographical tale chronicles the author's life, having "chosen" to be born to two gay alcoholic parents. Following their lead, the author struggles throughout his lifetime with being gay, severe alcoholism, drug abuse, and HIV/AIDS. It's a spiritual odyssey, which includes an insider's look into an esoteric school studying the ideas of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky. Later, his meteoric rise as a drug dealer in San Francisco, California to the gay "party and play" (PNP) scene culminates with a warning from a living angel. After two arrests, encounters with other angels and many mystical experiences, the author transcends his lifelong battles, including AIDS. He speaks with eloquence of the coming shift in consciousness which coincides with the Mayan calendar's end date of December 21, 2012. With over 24 years living with AIDS, this long term survivor now devotes his life to spirituality, writing and broadcasting his radio show, A Fireside Chat With Zany Mystic. For those with issues about HIV/AIDS, being gay, addictions, or desiring to advance spiritually, this book has it all. A heartwarming personal triumph which offers humor, wit and style; a fascinating story, but more than that, a "ray of hope". During the 1970's, I did Werner Erhard's EST training, their Six Day Experience, the Advocate Experience, Vipassana meditation training.  Prior, I was in an esoteric school studying Gurdjieff and Ouspensky.  I chose to leave, upon discovering that the teaching had turned into a cult.  My closest friends were the first two students to join the "Fellowship of Friends" run by Robert Burton, and we worked on many projects relating to spirituality over the years. For the past 8 years, I've done pro bono healing with an international group of professional healers.  We do remote healing, for those in need.   

Top rated radio show host with spiritual guests such as Dannion Brinkley, PMH Atwater, Dr. Raymond Moody, Neale Donald Walshe, Darryl Anka (BASHAR), Stanton Friedman, Carl Johan Calleman, Amorah Quan Yin, Carla Rueckert, John Hogue, Athene Raefael, Mahala Gayle, Lisa Renee, Helen Littrel, Bub Hill, Celia Fenn, Robert Schwartz, Tim Conway PhD, Swami Abhayananda, Swami Beyondananda, Bob Frissell, Michael Brown, Shelley Yates, Jean-Claude Koven, Patricia Diane Cota-Robles, Kate Romero, Toni Sar'h Petrinovich, PhD, Dr. John Jay Harper, PhD, Annamaria Hemingway and MANY others!