The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Penguin Modern Classics)
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Ralph Metzner (Author) Richard Alpert (Author) Timothy Leary (Author) Daniel Pinchbeck (Contributor)
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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.
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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.
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- Contributor: Ralph Metzner
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- ISBN13: 9780141189635
- Number of Pages: 144
- Packaged Dimensions: 129x197x8mm
- Packaged Weight: 114
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Release Date: 2008-10-02
- Series: Penguin Modern Classics
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: 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.
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