Hell to Heaven
Our Days in Morocco: A True Story
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I died and went to hell. Tangier, Morocco, North Africa, 1972, prison for the insane, life sentence. While buying hashish, the Moroccan dealers would say, “Hash makes you crazy.” We hippies knew better and laughed at them. For two years I smoked hash every day and dropped acid on holidays. Some of those holidays were made up so I had an excuse to drop more acid. I lived on the “Hash Trail” that began in Amsterdam and ended in Kathmandu. The trail went right by my front door in Tangier. Traveling the trail were smugglers, flower children, outlaws, draft dodgers and rock stars. Tangier; A circus of belly dancers, beggars, haggling carpet dealers, one-eyed fishmongers, camel drivers, veiled women, men in djellabas riding donkeys, Muslim prayers chanted from Minarets, and an endless supply of pesky street peddlers inhabiting the labyrinth of streets and alleys. I was on was a spiritual journey, studying Tibetan Buddhism while seeking Enlightenment. My error was thinking hashish and LSD were a shortcut to Nirvana. The Moroccans were right. Hash did make me crazy, thus prison, no future, no hope. I had to fight for food, fight for a spot to sleep, learn the difference between head lice and clothes lice. No place could be worse, this must be hell. Then God reached into that inferno and pulled me out.
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The first four chapters are a memoir of my days in Morocco 1972-1973. I was a Hippie smoking hashish and taking LSD regularly. This led to a psychotic breakdown. Moroccan authorities placed me in a prison for the insane in Tangier. I was rescued by British Christian Missionaries. I recovered in a facility, Hope House, operated by YWAM, Youth With A Mission, who saved my life and brought me to Christianity. My co-author Terry Barlow lived in Hope House at the same time.Chapter 5 of our book is a series of essays by Terry of his memories of those days.
About the Author
Terrence Barlow Terry Barlow resides by a small lake in Cary, North Carolina with Leslyn, his lovely wife, a retired nurse, to whom he has been happily married for the past 36 years. Terry has authored 10 books, including children's books, done radio broadcasting, and traveled to more than 40 countries, mostly as a short term missionary. He has taught in Spain, China and Honduras and conducted basketball clinics in Latin America and Africa. Currently he is serving as a Civil Air Patrol chaplain for several composite squadrons in eastern North Carolina and mentoring character development instructors and younger believers. He leads small worship services and Bible studies in the Raleigh area, and speaks at retirement centers accompanied by Leslyn, playing and singing gospel music there and around the community in English and Spanish with his guitar, auto harp and flute. Terry enjoys teaching the adult Sunday school class (where Leslyn is his most faithful student) at Reedy Creek Baptist Church, going for walks with his wife, and providing transportation for their three delightful grandchildren who live in the immediate area, as needed. Fred Zola Fred Zola lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife of 44 years, Nieves. They have a son and daughter and four grandsons living nearby. Fred was born in Chicago. He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Business with a degree in Marketing. He played on the Northwestern Golf team and continues to play golf to this day. He built a career in the eyeglass frame industry. His wife, son, daughter, and sister are also in the optical business. Fred was President of Congregation B’nai Israel for six years and served on the Board of Directors of the Synagogue for over 20 years. He taught Sunday School and regularly delivered the D’var Torah (sermon) at Sabbath Services.