Elvis and Me

Elvis and Me is a 1985 American biography written by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, the former wife of singer Elvis Presley. The book tells of their meeting on an American army base in Germany and their subsequent relationship.

The Beatles' shadow, mysticism and drugs

By 1965 The Beatles had overwhelmed the music industry and Presley?s record sales began to slip noticeably. Uncertain about who he was and where his career was going he turned to spiritualism, dragging an uninterested Priscilla with him. He had not performed live for several years and labeled most of his movies as a joke. Her book says, by the time filming was to begin on Clambake (released 1967), Presley's growing distress with the quality of his films led to a despondency accompanied by overeating and his normal 170 pound (77 kg) weight ballooned to 200 lb (91 kg). The movie studio ordered him to lose the weight in a hurry, marking the introduction of diet pills to the already excessive regimen of placidyls and Dexedrine which would eventually kill him.

Related Topics:
The Beatles - Spiritualism - Clambake - Movie studio - Diet pill

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In his search for a "higher state of consciousness" Presley became fascinated with the occult and metaphysical phenomena. Priscilla relates how during his spiritual quest everyone around them saw Presley's personality change dramatically from vibrant and playful to being passive and introverted. When this phase of his life passed she and Elvis had a bonfire and burned the stacks of magazines and books he had accumulated on the subject. Priscilla writes they tried marijuana during this time but didn't like it because it made them ravenously hungry, with extra weight the unwanted result. Although Presley abhorred street drugs Priscilla tells how they used LSD. While they both thought it had been an "extraordinary experience" they were afraid of it and experimented that one time only.

Related Topics:
Occult - Metaphysical phenomena - Marijuana - LSD

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