The Psychedelic ExperienceThis book could
change the way you think about LSD. This book could also change the way
you think about living and dying. As you can see from the title of this
book, that it's about psychedelic drug use and the effects it has on
your mind. Your Brain Is God
This book is a collection of essays written by Timothy Leary in the
1960s. He describes the psychological journey he made in the following
year's after his dismissal from Harvard University.
Timothy also examines the Tibetan, Buddhists and Taoist religions in the
book. The final chapters and with his experiments of LSD and a mind
altering drug. |
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October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996
He coined the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
Timothy was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and was an only child.
His father a dentist left them when he was only 13 years old.
He went to a few different colleges, The College of the Holy Cross, the
next the University of Alabama where he received his bachelor's degree
in psychology, finally earning a bachelor's degree in the US Army during
World War II.
In 1950 he received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of
California, Berkeley. He went on to become an assistant professor of
psychology from 1950 to 1955 and from 1955 to 1958 became a psychedelic
research director for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
And from 1959 to 1963 he lectured at Harvard on psychology. He was soon
released from Harvard for failing to show up for a scheduled class
lectures.
He was the father of two and in 1955 his wife Marianne committed
suicide.
For the rest of his life he would have problems with the law, other
governments around the world, prison, drugs and other events that seem
to stem from some sort of drugs. What an interesting life.
Timothy died from in operable prostate cancer.
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| I have not read any of Timothy Leary's books.
One of the only things I can say about Timothy Leary was what a wild
ride this man had in his life. He was definitely one person that stood
up to authority, like most people that stand up for what they believe
in, they seem to get the short end of the stick sometimes later on in
life.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in jail
for something he believed in, sometimes people have to take a stand for
what they believe in, to make what they would consider a worthwhile
change.
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