Dana gillespie photos - Dana Gillespie

Swami blessed her to begin and she did so.

As for me, I shifted to the basement, which I decorated in orange and black, with Oriental hangings, red lights and permanently burning incense.

My heart beat faster as I turned the pages, and instead of speed-reading at my usual galloping pace, I lingered over every word and slowly read through the book that was to change my life forever.

It was packed with rockers, among whom was Rolling Stone Brian Jones and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg.