Before I asked the question, I was aware that the word "spirituality" really sets some people off. It's good to be reminded of that when discussing it in the context of music. The sixties in San Francisco was a time of experimentation and exploration. And experimentation is just that--sometimes it works and has meaning, and sometimes it doesn't. Just because someone explores certain avenues in search of insight that they later refute or regret doesn't invalidate their desire for insight. I agree with Bruce that the spiritual quest is personal and individual. I also remember that part of the sixties mentality was a desire to be part of a tribe: a vast, awakened collective consciousness that was going to transform the world. (The Human Be-In, with a Hindu Sadhu on the flyer advertising it, was subtitled, "A Gathering of the Tribes.") My branch of the tribe believed that music was the primary transformative weapon in our nonviolent arsenal.   

I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.

Thank you for sharing so many ideas and albums and songs that touched your souls.

Miriam