Michael Van Dyke

About Michael Van Dyke

USN Vietnam-era Vet 1973-75
PSYCHEDELIC SHOP San Francisco 6/1976 to 9/96 owner.
SFSU Philosophy BA 1998, Summa Cum Laude
RETIRED 1998 to the present

Grateful Dead(-head/fan) since my 1st show: LINDLEY MEADOWS in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 9/28/75⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
A fan of Bluegrass, Blues (first album at 16yo Bessie Smith Compilation 1972), Classical, Sacred Singing and Chanting (Eastern Orthodox, Tibetan, Brahman, Native American, Huichol and on and on)
I am an unselfconscious, Freeform ecstatic, Sufi, Dionysian/Psychedelic mystery inspired DANCER.
Attended a lot of San Francisco House & Raves 1990 - ‘94ish (A Rave Called Sharon to name one).
Oh … I had my first Psychedelic Experience at 16 y.o. around Christmas 1972 … many more psychedelic experiences followed in the subsequent years.

Home: San Francisco, CA = 1974 - 2012.
Bought my first home in the San Francisco North (east) Bay = 2012 to present❤️