Characters
- Angel Archer: narrator, manager of a Berkeley record store, widow of Jeff Archer
- Timothy Archer: Bishop of California, father of the late Jeff Archer and father-in-law of Angel. Dies in Israel, searching for psychotropic mushroom connected with Zadokite sect. Based on James Albert Pike, Dick's personal friend, who was an American Episcopalian bishop
- Kirsten Lundborg: Timothy Archer's secretary and lover. Dies from barbiturate overdose after loss of remission from cancer.
- Bill Lundborg: Kirsten's son who has schizophrenia, and who is obsessed with cars.
- Edgar Barefoot: Houseboat guru, radio personality, lecturer, based on Alan Watts
- Jeff Archer: professional student, Angel's deceased husband, romantically obsessed with Kirsten, son of Timothy Archer
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