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al Government. Manson first [parallel to the fictional version: read the book during or shortly] @ Both reached a peak mem-, after his stay at McNeil Island} bership of about 20, with girls in Federal Penitentiary. - the great majority. And during his prison stay,} © Domestic nudity was the Manson began to dabble infrule in both and uninhibited sex- scientology and occult theology|Ual sharing a common bond. of expanded mental powers.| ® Conventional love or rom-' ‘Traces of psychology are sprin- ance is notably absent between! ¢ Smith and his girls, as it was kled throughout the book. between Manson and his family Vv. Michael Smith soon ‘s- In the book, V. Michael Smith: capes from the government and} engulfs a suave and covky mien enters the custody of one Jubaljand “accepts homage from the Harshaw, an aging but hip law-|girls as if a natural right. . .” yer and doctor who helps fami-} Similarly, observers say, liarize Smith with earthly ways L Manson showed little tender-; and eases his tnansfer to free-jness, but kept his girls in tow: dom. with a slick diplomacy of a! In effect, Jubal Harshaw “damn good used-car sales-' acts as a parole officer forj)man’—a phrase _ incidentally Smith. Manson saw the similari-jused in the book to describe ty and nicknamed his own amia-| Smith. ble parole officer in San Fran-| (If salesmanship came natu- cisco “Jubal.” rally to Smith, it was learned by As the story progresses, V. Manson. He scored near the top; {Michael Smith leaves Harshaw/|of his class while in prison in a ‘in the East and heads for San|Dale Carnegie course by corre- ‘Francisco, where he begins to|Spondence.) ;mold his own brand of reformist} In both the real and fantasy religion. “families,” one girl serves as! | He spruces up with carnival second in command. Susan At- mysticism and annoints himself|kins fits that description, an ob- as a Christ figure—at the same|server recalls. He said, “She time asserting that all creatures|was his right hand man—and | are collectively God. mean man, the way she ran the Essentially she same view is|Place when Charlie wasn’t attributed to Manson, whoj@round.” stepped himself, like Smith, in} -\nd this passage might have divine writings from the Bible/been culled from early news re-! to the Kama Sutra. Manson var-|ports of Manson's family, but: iously called himself “Christ,”|comes instead from Page 342 of “Jesus,” “Satan,” and “God.” |‘‘Stranger in a Strange Land.” By the time he reaches San| “... Whatever Mike says is Francisco, Smith has gathered gospel to Duke. (a family mem- the first of his girls in a com-iber). Mike's got him hypno- munal marriage. or family, as|tized. Hell, he’s got ’em all hyp-; 'Manson and the book each calljnotized.” | their communes. By comparison, a San Fran- Later Smith moves South, ap-|cisco doctor who knew Charlie! parently ending up in Florida,Jand his girls, recalls that although author Heinlein gives|“Charlie could do no wrong. If ‘a clear impression that the set-|he’d walk over a cliff, the girls \ting.is Tos. Angeles, - would have followed bim” Manson's family is a close’ Besides styling his family aft-