Never understood why people were drawn to or would fawn all over him. My only guess is that he supplied people with supplements...natural and earth-friendly, of course!
He was a person who was aggressively in love with himself and demanded that others think he was the most impressive god/man/guru/intellectual ever — a Jim Jones/David Koresh/Timothy Leary sort of persona, only his religion was whatever anti-establishment thing was hot on the market at the time. At that time, Mother Earth was his main scam. I understand he did gardening and such while he was in hiding in France.
Looking back, I’m still amazed at the people I’ve met in my life, highest to lowest, in most cases without particularly seeking them out, and also how disconnected I am now by comparison—nothwithstanding having made considerable effort for the past ten years NOT to update any social media or answer my phone or email! It’s like being a different person. Then again, I did want to be the “new man.”