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| Washington Square Park | Located in the heart of Greenwich Village and noted for its bohemian gatherings and rebellious visitors in the 60’s. The square was used as a burial grounds and gallows before the park was built in 1826. |
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| Watergate | Cover-up brought to the news due to a break-in at the Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC, on June 17, 1972. The conspiracy was started to prevent anyone from knowing that the Nixon administration, including Nixon himself, was involved. |
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| Watts, Alan | A mystic, writer, and lecturer born in Chislehurst, England. He wrote books about the Eastern religions and Zen Buddhism for the western culture. He was also involved in the research in consciousness conducted by Timothy Leary at Harvard and Stanford. |
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| Watts Riots | The term Watts Riots refers to a large-scale riot which lasted five days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in August 1965. |
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| Dr. Wayne Dyer | Wayne W. Dyer (born May 10, 1940) is a popular American self-help advocate. He frequently appears on U.S. public television (PBS) during their pledge drives. Dyer is one of the most widely known and respected people in the field of self-empowerment, called the "father of motivation" by some of his fans. He first attained popularity with his book Your Erroneous Zones. |
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| What Is Enlightenment? Magazine | WIE is committed to a revolution in human consciousness and culture—to an entirely new vision for the future. For twelve years, What Is Enlightenment? has pioneered an innovative form of spiritual and philosophical journalism, bringing together powerful visionaries and global thought leaders to define the leading edge. |
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| What would Jesus do? | Also, what would Jesus say? A phrase used by Christians to determine if a particular activity is right according to their moral standards. |
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| Wheeler | John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein's vision of a unified field theory. |
| Whole Earth Catalog | First published in 1968 by Stewart Brand. This listed counterculture businesses, alternative lifestyle products and religious organizations with a lean towards ecological and spiritual interests. |
| Wikipedia | Is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers; its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the encyclopedia. Wikipedia's name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Its primary servers are in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul. Wikipedia's English edition was launched on January 15, 2001, as a complement to Nupedia, an expert-written and now defunct encyclopedia. The project is currently operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia. Wikipedia has approximately seven million articles in 251 languages, 1.7 million of which are in the English edition. It has steadily risen in popularity since its inception, and currently ranks among the top twenty most-visited websites worldwide. |
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| Wild Oats of Maine | Fine custom furniture produced by Jen and Mike Elkins in Boothbay Maine. |
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| William Kunstler | (July 7, 1919 - September 4, 1995) was an American jurist, self-described "radical lawyer" and civil rights activist. He was a director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1964 to 1972, when he became a member of the ACLU National Council. In 1969 he co founded the Center for Constitutional Rights. Kunstler also worked with the National Lawyers Guild. He gained national renown for defending the "Chicago Seven" (originally "Chicago Eight") against charges of conspiring to incite riots in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. During the trial, he and the other defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass, were cited for contempt (the convictions were later overturned). |
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| Wine | Hippie Wine includes; Boones farm, Almaden or Mateus, Thunderbird if the others are sold out. Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of unmodified grape juice..The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they ferment completely without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients. Although other fruits like apples and berries can also be fermented, the resultant "wines" are normally named after the fruit (for example, apple wine or elderberry wine) and are generically known as fruit or country wine. |
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| Witch's cauldron | A yogic stretch where 2 parties sit on ground, legs extended, souls of feet touching. Each holds the wrist of the other and moves in a circular motion. |
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| Women’s Lib | Interchangeable with "feminist movement" of the 60's and 70's. Dedicated to equal rights for women, access to abortion, equal pay and tax supported child care. Fought for the passage of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) of 1972 which failed to pass by 38 votes. Many goals have been reached; many have failed to achieve the idealism of the Hippie Era. |
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| Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine co-created by William Moulton Marston and wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston. Wonder Woman first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (Dec. 1941). She is among the first — and most famous — comic book superheroines, and is written as a founding member of the Justice League. Wonder Woman is Princess Diana of the Amazon warrior tribe, based on Greek mythology, "Diana" being the Roman name for the Greek goddess Artemis on whom the character is based. The Amazon ambassador to the larger world, Diana was awarded several gifts by the Olympian gods, including the Lasso of Truth (created from the Golden Girdle of Gaea) and indestructible bracelets/gauntlets (formed from the shield Aegis). For several years she was described in the splash page of each story, as "beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Mercury, and stronger than Hercules." Marston designed Wonder Woman to reflect his conception of an empowered independent female character, with several subsequent writers also working this idea into the character. |
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| Woodstock | The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a rock festival held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. For many, it exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era". Many of the best-known musicians of the time appeared during the rainy weekend, captured in a successful 1970 movie, Woodstock. Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which memorialized the event, became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Though attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original Woodstock festival of 1969 has proven to be unique and legendary. |
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| Woo-Woo | A disparaging term used to describe a person/actions/beliefs that are outside those society terms as normal. |
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| World Soul | The animating force of the physical world; in Lain, anima mundi. |
