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    Ram Dass, Spiritual Teacher And Psychedelics Pioneer, Dies At 88

    His name meant "servant of God," a title given to him by a Hindu mystic he met in India in the '60s. Ram Dass wrote books popularizing New Age thinking and toured the U.S. lecturing about mindfulness.
    by Andrew Limbong Dec 23, 2019 2 minutes
    Ram Dass meditates at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco in January 1970.

    The spiritual leader and author Ram Dass has died at the age of 88. He was an icon of the psychedelic drug movement of the '60s and '70s, as well as a champion of a mindful philosophy.

    According to his official Instagram account, he died Sunday at his home in Maui.

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