Thaddeus Stanley Golas (June 15, 1924 – April 16, 1997) was an American writer active in the self-help, New Age, and psychedelic genres.
An avid reader from a young age, he elected for journalism classes and by 1939 he was working in editing and publishing for the school paper The Tatler, for the Colt Press and The Paterson Evening News.
During his childhood and adolescence he had very little advice, assistance or emotional support from family or community and was forced to be self motivated.
[4] Golas volunteered for military service in late 1942 and was made Corporal of the 604th Engineer Camouflage Battalion billeted at Camp Campbell in Kentucky.
He shipped off to Cardiff, Wales, was stationed in England until August 1944 and then in France and Belgium where he served until December 1944.