Parliament Hill and Hampstead Heath
London, England · 1965–1970
51.55620°N, -0.15670°E
Key Facts
- ◆ Early friendship walks with Terry Delamare: sitting on Parliament Hill 'talking and looking down on the lights of London until somewhere a clock struck twelve'.
- ◆ In 1970 Sangharakshita and Kevin Brooks walked here together during a psychedelic experience — skirting the Highgate Ponds, through a grove of oaks, and up Parliament Hill.
- ◆ Parliament Hill commands 'a view of practically the whole of London'.
- ◆ Near Boadicea's barrow on the Heath, in the early hours after the experience, 'we were two Roman soldiers on guard duty'.
- ◆ Sangharakshita also walked here regularly from the Vihara during the Hampstead period.
“We went for a walk on Hampstead Heath, and despite two showers of rain (it was early July) sat on Parliament Hill talking and looking down on the lights of London until somewhere a clock struck twelve.”
— Moving Against the Stream
“On Hampstead Heath, to which we directed our steps, a number of people were taking the air. As we skirted Highgate Ponds, passed through a grove of leafless oaks, and climbed the westward slope of Parliament Hill, the drug started taking effect. Rainbows appeared at the edges of gnarled trunks and along the branches and delicate twigs of trees.”
— Moving Against the Stream
Source: Moving Against the Stream
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