 Some felt that Lyman, primarily an acoustic musician, was delivering a wordless counterargument to Dylan’s new-found rock direction.Irwin Silber, editor of "Sing Out Magazine", wrote that Lyman’s "mournful and lonesome harmonica" provided "the most optimistic note of the evening".In 1966, supported and funded by Mekas, Lyman published his first book, "Autobiography of a World Savior", which set out to reformulate spiritual truths and occult history in a new way.