I KNOW THE ANSWER re: Hotel California Lyrics

[RM_Mentock]

*Originally posted by ben901 *
Dederich insisted on marathon encounter groups such as this(some lasting 72 hours or more) at Synanon: hence the Hotel California passage "And in the master’s chambers; They gathered for the feast; They stab it with their steely knives; But they just can’t kill the beast."

Hence? I dunno Ben901, that’s a little shaky. And even I, when I first heard the song many years ago, thought of Synanon–but others have pointed out that it is probably more of a pastiche of a lot of california experiences.

*Originally posted by ben901 *
**The song “Hotel California” is about Synanon. I’m quite sure that anyone who simply types “synanon” or “charles dederich” into his search engine and reads just a little will come away as convinced as I was when I first realized the connection.

He will see, for instance, that in 1969, after over 11 years of allowing the recovering hard-drug addicts to drink beer and wine, Dederich banned alcohol altogether at Synanon: thus the Hotel California passage “So I called up the Captain; Please bring me my wine; He said ‘We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969’.” **

I was intrigued by this coincidence though, enough to type synanon and charles dederich and alcohol and even 1969 into my favorite search engine. I didn’t find that info, though. Can you give us a quick link?