The psychedelic experience; a manual based on the Tibetan book of the dead
by Timothy Leary · first published 1964
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"The authors were engaged in a program of experiments with LSD and other psychedelic drugs at Harvard University until sensational national publicity, unfairly concentrating on student interest in the drugs, led to the suspension of the experiments. Since then, the authors have continued their work without academic auspices"--front cover.
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I highly recommend The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert. "The authors discuss the Tibetan Book of the Dead and use the process of death and rebirth presented in it as a metaphor for the experience of ego…
on “Scientists say a mind-bending rhythm in the brain can act like ketamine” ↗…is to enable a person to understand the new realities of the expanded consciousness, to serve as road maps for new interior territories which modern science has made accessible." ~ Timothy Leary, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting Drugs like LSD and psilocybin are the chemical equivalent of banging on the side of the box to make the TV work. With proper set and setting you can get…
on “Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA” ↗…is to enable a person to understand the new realities of the expanded consciousness, to serve as road maps for new interior territories which modern science has made accessible. — Timothy Leary, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead You can have a transcendent experience without any drugs at all. Your brain can perform all the chemical manipulations required in a much safer manner than e.g. flooding your system with synthetic LSD.…
on “Is There a Case for Skepticism of Psychedelic Therapy?” ↗…is to enable a person to understand the new realities of the expanded consciousness, to serve as road maps for new interior territories which modern science has made accessible. — Timothy Leary, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting LSD merely gets you "high as a Lord". Leonard Orr used to help people have very profound healing "trips" using set and setting and oxygen (hyperventilation)…
on “The Acid Farmers” ↗…to enable a person to understand the new realities of the expanded consciousness, to serve as road maps for new interior territories which modern science has made accessible." > — Timothy Leary, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting - - - - In re: drugs and meditation. It's great that these folks didn't get thrown in jail but their approach is almost criminally ignorant. The epistemology…
on “A Study of Meditation Under the Influence of Psilocybin” ↗