While many know of his transformation from Harvard psychology professor Richard Alpert to psychedelic and spiritual icon, Dass tells here for the first time the full arc of his remarkable life.


Ram Dass (1931-2019) means ＂Servant of God.＂ Born Richard Alpert, Ram Dass is the founder of the Love Serve Remember Foundation and a cofounder of the Seva Foundation, the Dying Project, and the Prison Ashram Project. He is the author of the worldwide spiritual classic Be Here Now and many other books, including Be Love Now, Paths to God, Still Here, and The Only Dance There Is. For more information about Ram Dass’s teachings, visit ramdass.org. Rameshwar Das is a writer and photographer who met Ram Dass in 1968. Ramesh has collaborated with Ram Dass on many projects, most recently as coauthor of Be Love Now and Polishing the Mirror.