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Timothy Leary
(aka Timothy Frances Leary) (Writer)
[1920 - 1996] |
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Evolutionary Agents (2004) by Beverly A. Potter and Timothy Leary
This heady illustrated collage is supposedly written
by past and future "agents" but is actually authored by Leary himself. Memos
addressed to "All Evolutionary Agents on Planet Earth" and Leary's theories
of terrestrial and postterrestrial "circuits" guiding human destiny complete
the picture. In Leary's view, DNA will evolve to take humankind from Earth
to space, with a simultaneous advance in intelligence. This vision of a
positive, paradisiacal future is one of the most challenging in
countercultural thought.
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Musings on Human Metamorphoses (2003)
In these collected essays, Timothy Leary explains his
belief that humans are morphing into space beings. He describes eight
circuits of human metamorphosis, analyzing in depth the consciousness — and
its purpose — manifested by each change. Fifteen chapters cover a range of
topics from "Spinning Up the Genetic Highway" to "Neurogeography of
Terrestrial Politics" to "Twelve Stages of Post-Cultural Evolution." In each
of these insightful pieces the author describes the complicated
psychological metamorphosis that precedes the launch of humans into space
beings. This collection of Leary’s early work at his imaginative and
provocative best had an enormous impact on psychology and the humanist
movement.
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The Politics of Psychopharmaco (2001)
In this brief, lively book of reminiscences, the man
Allen Ginsberg called a hero of American consciousness describes his
transformation from bohemian professor to avatar of the new age. In his
typically wry, provocative style, Timothy Leary gives firsthand accounts of
his interrogation before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy's LSD use, his own
flamboyant campaign for governor of California, and much more.
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Politics of Self-Determination (2000)
Visionary Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary became
the charismatic leader of the '60s counterculture. Remembered as a pioneer
of research and experimentation with psychedelic substances, he was also an
author, lecturer, political dissident, and media magnet whose wit and charm
captured the world's attention. In this collection of essays from Leary's
early career, he presents his concept of personal responsibility for the
effects of one's behavior. According to Leary, self-determining people don't
blame their parents, their race, or their society; they accept
responsibility for their actions, which in turn determines the responses
they get from the world. These writings had an enormous impact on the
humanistic psychology movement and libertarian redefinition of the
doctor-patient relationship. Ronin's new offering gives readers a
fascinating glimpse into Leary's ground-breaking work in this area.
Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In: Appreciations, Castigations, and Reminiscences (1999) by Robert Forte
A memorial volume to one of this century's most
colorful and pioneering figures in the consciousness movement
A wide array of individuals from all stages of Leary's life provides a
comprehensive view of the man and his impact on American culture
One of the most influential and controversial people of the 20th century,
Timothy Leary inspired profound feelings--both pro and con--from everyone
with whom he came into contact. He was extravagant, grandiose, enthusiastic,
erratic, and an unrelenting proponent of expanding consciousness and
challenging authority. His experiments with psilocybin and LSD at Harvard
University and Millbrook, New York, were instrumental in propelling the
nation into the psychedelic era of the 1960s. From the 1980s until his death
in 1996 he fully embraced the possibilities of freedom offered by the
developments in computer technology and the instant communication made
possible by the Internet.
The essence of Leary's life has often been reduced to the celebrated formula
of "Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out." The wider implications of this esoteric
call to communion have been lost, just as the multifaceted nature of Leary's
personality was obscured by the superficial spin put on his life and ideas.
In this book a wide array of individuals from all stages of Leary's life,
friends and foes alike, provides a more complete view of the man and his
impact on American culture.
It is still too early to know how posterity will judge the man and his
ideas, but Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In shows that Leary was
often so far ahead of his time that few could follow the extensive range of
his thought.
Includes Appreciations, Castigations, and
Reminiscences by Allen Ginsberg, Andrew Weil,
Hunter S. Thompson,
Huston Smith,
Ram Dass,
William Burroughs, Winona Ryder,
and Others.
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1999)
Touching on topics ranging from religion, education,
and politics to Aldous Huxley, neurology, and psychedelic drugs, the poem
and ten vintage essays collected here articulate Timothy Leary's
freewheeling, freedom-loving philosophy of life.
The Delicious Grace of Moving One's Hand: Intelligence is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac (1999)
Timothy Leary (1920-1997) was one of the most
controversial figures of the 1960s, the man who urged a generation to turn
on, tune in, and drop out. Now, nearly two years after his death, this
manuscript has emerged comprising his best writings about sexuality.
Beginning with an account of his first sexual encounter -- his own
conception -- Leary takes readers on an exploration of the link between
sexuality and the mind. Each short chapter contains either a traditional or
novel approach to what Leary called "improving your navigational control
over your pleasure cruises," including Hindu methods for stimulation via
hypnogogic yantras, chemical aphrodisiacs, and neurolingual tricks for
arousal.
Design for Dying (1998) by Timothy Leary R. U. Sirius
Irreverent, thought-provoking and hilarious, Leary's
parting shot pioneers new ways to die and new ways for the living to think
about death. Urging us to take control of our deaths (and even to determine
when and how we will die). Leary relates his own plan for "directed dying,"
a death we plan and orchestrate to reflect our own lives and values.
El Trip de La Muerte (1998)
Intelligence Agents (1996)
A work of social, moral, religious and scientific
satire, including articles by and about people who are changing the meaning
of freedom all over the world. The fifth and final volume of Dr. Leary's
'Future History Series.' Lots of fun pictures and ideas for your brain.
Concrete & Buckshot: William S. Burroughs Paintings (1996) by Benjamin Weissman and Timothy Leary
Acid Dreams (1994) by Bruce Shlain and Martin A. Lee
Acid Dreams is the complete social history of
LSD and the
counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce
Shlain's exhaustively researched and astonishing account-part of it gleaned
from secret government files-tells how the CIA became obsessed with LSD as
an espionage weapon during the early l950s and launched a massive covert
research program, in which countless unwitting citizens were used as guinea
pigs. Though the CIA was intent on keeping the drug to itself, it ultimately
couldn't prevent it from spreading into the popular culture; here LSD had a
profound impact and helped spawn a political and social upheaval that
changed the face of America. From the clandestine operations of the
government to the escapades of Abbie
Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg ,
Ken Kesey and his Merry
Pranksters, Timothy
Leary, and many others, Acid Dreams provides an important and
entertaining account that goes to the heart of a turbulent period in our
history.
Chaos & Cyber Culture (1994) by Michael Horowitz, Timothy Leary, and Vicki
Marshall
Timothy Leary's Chaos and CyberCulture is his
futuristic vision of the emergence of a new humanism with an emphasis on
questioning authority , independent thinking, individual creativity, and the
empowerment of computer and other brain technologies. This cyberpunk
manifesto describes a new breed that loves technology and uses it to
revolutionize communication and tweak Big Brother while being successful,
achieving political power and having fun. Timothy Leary is a leading figure
in the consciousness revolution of the 1960s.
Chaos and CyberCulture brings together his
provocative, futuristic writings, lively interviews and cogent conversations
with a variety of writers and thinkers. Chaos and CyberCulture defines the
emergence of the New Breed of the Information Age, who are creating the
cyberdelic politics and culture of the 21st Century.
Chaos and CyberCulture is a
substantial work (over 100,000 words) consisting of over forty chapters and
conversations with leading figures. There are eight main sections and a
epilogue.
HR GIGER ARh+ (1994) by H. R. Giger
and Timothy Leary
Change Your Brain (1988)
This book tells the inside story of Leary's early LSD
research at Harvard. Known throughout the world as the guru who encouraged
an entire generation to "turn on, tune in, and drop out," he draws on wit,
humor, and skepticism to debunk the power of psychotherapy and to advocate
reprogramming the brain with psychedelics. Discussing how various drugs
affect the brain, how to change behavior, and how to develop creativity, he
also delves into psychopharmacological catalyzing, fear of potential, symbol
and language imprinting, and brain reimprinting with Hinduism, Buddhism, and
LSD.
Your Brain Is God (1988)
This collection of essays, written by the poster boy of 1960s
counterculture, describes the psychological journey Timothy Leary made in
the years following his dismissal from Harvard, as his psychedelic research
moved from the scientific to the religious arena. He discusses the nature of
religious experience and eight crafts of God, including God as hedonic
artist. Leary also examines the Tibetan, Buddhist, and Taoist experiences.
In the final chapters, he explores man as god and LSD as sacrament.
Info-Psychology (1987)
Dr. Leary explores the real issues of our time. Space
Migration, Intelligence Increase and Life Extension in this "Manual on the
Use of the Human Nervous System According to the Instructions of the
Manufacturers."
"The Info-Worlds our species will discover, create, explore and inhabit in
the immediate future will not be reached from launch pads alone, but also
through our personal computer screens."
Flashbacks (1983)
See also Flashbacks: An Autobiography s (1983) by Timothy Leary with
Robert W. Harris
Changing My Mind, Among Others: Lifetime Writings (1982)
The Game of Life (1977)
Neuropolitics: The Sociobiology of Human Metamorphosis (1977)
Exo-Psychology : A Manual on The Use of the Nervous System According to the
Instructions of the Manufacturers (1977)
What Does Woman Want? (1976)
Confessions of a Hope Fiend (1973)
Mystery, Magic & Miracle:
Religion in a Post-Aquarian Age (1973) by Edward
F. Heenan, Jack Fritscher, and Timothy Leary
The Politics of Ecstasy (1968)
High Priest (1968)
Start Your Own Religion (1967)
The articles in Start Your Own Religion, written at
the height of the psychedelic era, embody Timothy Leary's core philosophy —
unlimited personal freedom. Encouraging the youth of the 1960s to return to
the temple of God — their own bodies — and live consciously in the
here-and-now, Leary's ideas, including urging people to turn on, tune in,
drop out, brought him legions of devoted followers and a host of enemies in
the American government. Irreverent yet thought provoking, the ideas that
revolutionized an earlier generation remain motivational principles.
Psychedelic Prayers & Other Meditations (1966)
Psychdelic Prayers After the Tao Te Ching (1966)
The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (1963) by
Ralph Metzner,
Richard Alpert,
and Timothy Leary
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Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality: A Functional Theory and Methodology for Personality Evaluation
(1957)
Other:
Includes contributions by Gore Vidal,
James Baldwin,
Norman Mailer,
Saul Bellow,
Timothy Leary, Tom Wolfe,
William F. Buckley Jr.,
William Burroughs, and
William Styron.
See also:
Tripping: A Memoir of Timothy Leary & Co. (2006) by B. H. Friedman
Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In (1999) by Robert Forte
Appreciations, Castigations, and Reminiscences by
Ram Dass,
Andrew Weil,
Allen Ginsberg, Winona Ryder, William
Burroughs, Huston Smith, Hunter S.
Thompson, and Others
Timothy Leary, the Madness of the Sixties and Me (1974) by Charles W.
Slack
See also:
Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of Wiliam S. Burroughs, 1960-1997
(2000), Sylvère Lotringer, ed.
Burroughs Live
gathers all the interviews, both published and unpublished, given by
William Burroughs, as well as conversations with well-known writers,
artists, and musicians such as Allen
Ginsberg, Brion Gysin,
Gregory Corso, Keith Richards, Tennessee
Williams, Timothy Leary, and
Patti Smith. The book provides a fascinating account of Burroughs's life
as a literary outlaw. Illuminating many aspects of his work and many
facets of his mind, it brings out his scathing humor, powerful
intelligence, and nightmarish vision.
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Aquarius Revisited: Seven Who Created the Sixties Counterculture That Changed America (1987) by
Bruce Vanwyngarden and Peter O. Whitmer
Includes information on
Allen Ginsberg,
Hunter S. Thompson,
Ken Kesey,
Norman Mailer,
Timothy Leary, Tom Robbins, and
William Burroughs
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