"The Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom"....

My Life, My Loves, My Work

1952-Move to Marblehead, MA where I continue to live

1955-57-Nighttime visits from angels

1960-I dream of a vast open field in the center of which is a giant white missle. I place my hands on its smooth surface and walk around it awed by its size and apparent power. Suddenly, I am jolted awake by a voice, Carl JungBeware the cosmic winds!" The dream recurs for seven years.

1963-I travel to California for three days and nights on a Trailways bus to visit my friend, Mark, who plays Bob Dylan's first album for me.

1964-I am one of 16 kids selected nationwide for a special summer program at Princeton University. I return home in the fall mind opened, hair long.

1965-See Rolling Stones at Manning Bowl, Lynn, MA. Tear gas.

1965-See Dylan at Newport Festival. Appear in movie "Festival."

1965-High schol principal refuses to recommend me for admission to any college. Brandeis University accepts me in June. Parents much relieved.

1965-Meet and fall in love with Sheila, my wife, over tea leaves. I am the "luckiest man on the face of the earth."

1967-I take his advice. Turned on , I drop out.

1968-Back to Brandeis. Teachers Abe Maslow, James Fadiman, Dick Katz, Larry Rosenberg. Awakening under the tree outside the dining hall.

1969-Awarded four year fellowship to Cornell for graduate work. Refuse it. Go to live in New Hampshire Esalen-type community. Master T.T. Liang among the teachers.

1969-Woodstock. A birthday gift from my teacher, Cesareo. Appear in movie doing Tai-chi.

1971-Rebecca is born. She is learning to be an engineer. She has been awarded a research fellowship.

1968-1982-Group work with Cesareo.

1974-Daniel is born. He is a bike man

1976-Licensed as a psychologist.

1979-Multiple sclerosis first visits and stays.

1982-Magic show appears at Reagan White House Easter egg roll.Secret service carries UZIs inside of bunny suits. Really.

1982-Leave magic show. Work with creative process.

1988- published by Scribners (now available as Living With Multiple Sclerosis : A Handbook for Families

1991-Study ethics at Harvard Divinity School

1992-start Jungian work with Pat Berry.

1992-Idea for "Bill and Al's Excellent Adventure" t-shirts. 15,000 sold during campaign.

1994-Book contract signed with Basic Books. New book on psychology and psychotherapy with people living with chronic illness.

1995-Sheila goes to graduate school at Pacifica Graduate Institute to study depth psychology.

1996-The Psychology of Chronic Illness : The Healing Work of Patients, Therapists, and Families to be published in Fall. What next? Daniel to bike cross country in summer.

Earth's crammed with Heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees takes off his shoes...