Prem Das

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Prem Das (also known as Paul C. Adams) was an associate professor at Antioch West and the California Institute of Integral Studies, and well known in the early New Age movement.

He was a colleague of Timothy Leary & Ralph Metzner. He has studied with Huichol Shaman Don Jose' Matsuwa and lectured on Shamanism. Prem Das has fought for legal status of the sacramental use of peyote for the Native Americans, and studied Yoga and Hinduism with Baba Hari Dass (author of five books including Silence Speaks). He has given workshops at Esalen and elsewhere.

His descriptions of his peyote experiences have been printed in writings by Terence McKenna and others, and he has co-facilitated workshops and co-authored the book Shamanic Pathways with anthropologist Joan Halifax. Prem Das performed a well-received New Age meditation tape called Journey of the Drum with Muruga Booker[1] and Shakti (now available both as a Mind-Machine recording and a music CD) featuring Prem Das on water drum, Muruga on Nada Drum, and Shakti on deer-hoof shakers.