By late 1973, Donovan abandoned the style of glam rock featured on his Cosmic Wheels album earlier that year.

Andrew Loog Oldham was brought in (replacing Mickie Most) to co-produce Donovan's next album, which would highlight the subdued style of his previous work.

Donovan and earlier Fairytale to fail to reach the top 25 in the U.S. charts.

The album art features Donovan clothed in white robes, kneeling as in meditation.

While the album was derided as a critical failure at the time of its release, many of the songs went on to form a major part of Donovan's live repertoire throughout the 1970s and 1980s.