"A really fun read, akin to a triple espresso."

--Joel Grey

"Reading Laren Stover is not simply an engagement of the senses. It is a seduction of the senses--transporting you to the magical and softly illuminating place whence she writes. The book in your hand is a rare ticket out of here, to where people live and breathe and play with fire."

--Nick Tosches

"The bourgeois world is a real world in which everything is fake. The bohemian world is a fake world in which everything is real. Laren Stover catalogs those realities with accuracy, sympathy and intoxicating charm."

--Tom Robbins

"This book makes the connection between spiritual and creative elements. It inspired me to go deeper into my own Bohemianism."

--Lisa Marie

Bohemianism is a way of life, a state of mind, an atmosphere. It’s about living richly and irreverently, beyond convention. It’s about being uninhibited, unbuttoned, creative and free.

Bohemian Manifesto is your entry into this world. It distills the penchants and peccadilloes of every kind of Bohemian and examines their vanities, vehicles, poetry, performances and passions---everything that makes the Bohemian so deviant yet so divinely seductive. What’s on their shelves? In the tub? On the turntable? What’s running wild? Bohemian Manifesto shimmers with all the incandescent ingredients that give counterculture lifestyle its romantic reputation.

With humor and charm, this book inspires the way out of a brand-washed mass-market consumerist culture and into decadently delicious Bohemianism. Feel it, smell it, taste it, inhale it and embrace, if you dare, its manifesto!

Introduction

I BOHEMIAN PSYCHOLOGY

Defining Bohemia: A Diagnosis

Bohemian Rhapsodies:

 A Treatise on Bohemian Consciousness

Bohemian Bon Mots

II BOHEMIAN IDENTIFICATION

Bohemian Breakdown

Bohemian Names

Bohemian Beauty, Health and Hygiene

Bohemian Threads: Defining Counterculture Style

III BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE

Smoke

Dust

Light

Nudity

Asylum  Home Away from Home

On the Road

Wheels

Stationery, Calling Cards, Etc.

Elixirs, Etc.

Counterculture Cuisine

Bohemian Shelter and Set Design:

 The Splendor of Decadence

Wildlife

Affairs of the Heart

IV BOHEMIAN ARTS AND LETTERS

Reading Material

Art

Cinema

Sound

V NINE BOHEMIAN CASE STUDIES

VI BOHEMIAN MISCELLANEA

Bohemian Astrology

The Bohemian Quiz

What Kind of Bohemian Are You: Well- Rounded,

Split Personality or a Definite Type?

Acknowledgments