Product Description

THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE, created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzer and Richard Alpert, is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries. In this wholly unique book, the authors provide an interpretation of an ancient sacred manuscript, the TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, from a psychedelic perspective. THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE describes their discoveries in broadening spiritual consciousness through a combination of Tibetan mediation techniques and psychotropic substances.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31165 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
TIMOTHY LEARY was one of the most famous countercultural icons of the 1960s. Labelled as the 'Most Dangerous Man in America', Leary had many run-ins with the law and served several prison sentences. He dies in 1996; the following year seven grams of his ashes were launched into space aboard a Pegasus rocket. RALPH METZNER is a professor of psychology at the California Institute for Integral Studies and president of the Green earth Foundation. RICHARD ALPERT is a former professor who conducted controversial LSD experiments with Leary at Harvard. He is considered one of the most important spiritual teachers of the 20th century.

Customer Reviews

Owner's Manual
As an attempt to put the negative review in perspective, I thought I'd give my view of this book. This book isn't speculative, it's not entertainment, it's nothing but a manual to allow a person to assist themselves or be assisted by another while undergoing massive neurological change - not just through the use of chemicals, but also through meditative experience, yoga, or even death. It's also a dry read.

So, like the Haynes manual for an '85 Dodge Diplomat, this book will be of little use to someone not working with the thing being discussed. It's good for what it is, but isn't perfect. But don't buy the manual if you don't want to look under the hood.

Curiously, it's a pretty awful book.
I was very surprised to find myself bored-silly by this infamous book. Timothy Leary clearly went off the rails when he put together this slushy, useless reinterpretation of Tibetan meditative guidance. It provides little of any interest for those of you who find themselves intrigued by psychedelia. Its only significant plus was its brevity.