Re: Birth of a Psychedelic Culture:

On Jun 11, 8:30 am, ntzzy <Veggy...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 10, 8:13 pm, "*stella*" <free_medic...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





Birth of a Psychedelic Culture:
Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the
SixtiesBy Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner
With Gary Bravo
Release date May 2009

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Birth of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about the Harvard
Experiments, Leary, Millbrook and the Sixties shines a bright light on
the exploratory culture of the time and experiments undertaken by
Professors Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) and then-graduate
student Ralph Metzner. Based on a series of recent (2003 to 2005)
conversations between the survivors of that distinguished trio,
Metzner and Alpert, facilitated by psychiatrist/writer Gary Bravo, the
book describes their initial experiments with mind-altering substances
while at Harvard. It goes on to cover experiments they conducted after
being dismissed from Harvard, their trips to India and their
reflections looking back through time at all of the above. It is
filled with intriguing photographs marking and illuminating the events
brought to life through the text.
Experiment advisors, supporters and participants who appear in the
pages of this astonishing account include Aldus Huxley, Allen
Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Arthur Koestler,
William Burroughs, and many other well-known personalities from that
time period. Other participants include convicts, graduate students,
and Vedantist monks. In addition to an overview of the experiments
themselves, the conversations in this book offer vividly-recalled
descriptions of particular trips, providing many insights into the
nature of hallucinogens and the possibility of transcending social
conditioning. There are also searingly honest and intensely personal
commentaries from some of the remarkable people who were integral to
the scene: Peggy Hitchcock, Mellon heiress, close friend of Timothy
Leary and prominent Buddhist philanthropist; Dr. George Litwin,
Harvard Professor and author; Dr. Gunther M. Weil, psychologist, T'ai
Chi trainer, educator and "enlightened business" coach; Dr. Michael
Kahn, clinical psychologist, author and Professor Emeritus at USC,
Santa Cruz; Dr. Paul A. Lee, ecoptopian educator, Platonic Academy
Schoolhouse, Santa Cruz, CA; Poet Dr. Elsa von Eckhartsberg, coauthor
of The Ecstatic Adventure; and many more .
No understanding of the history of the sixties would be complete
without some grasp of the work of Leary, Alpert and Metzner, the
backlash to their experiments, and the way in which drug use became
absorbed into society thereafter. Nor can any diligent attempt to
study the spectrum of the human mind exclude what we have learned from
them about the impact of psychedelic drugs.
Dr. Richard Alpert, also known as Baba Ram Dass, is a contemporary
spiritual teacher who is the author of the bestseller BE HERE NOW.
Along with Timothy Leary, he was dismissed from his professorship at
Harvard University in the early 1960s for his experiments on the
effects of psychedelic drugs on human subjects. He is also known for
his travels to India and his association with the Hindu guru, Neem
Karoli Baba. He is the founder of several organizations dedicated to
expanding spiritual awareness including the Lama and SEVA foundations.
Ralph Metzner is the author of several books, including THE
PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE, which he co-wrote with Leary and Alpert. Dr.
Metzner is currently a psychotherapist and Professor Emeritus of
psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he
formerly served as Academic Dean. He has been involved in
consciousness research, including psychedelics, Yoga, meditation, and
Shamanism, for over 40 years. He is a co-founder and president of the
Green Earth Foundation, a non-profit educational organization devoted
to healing and harmonizing the relationship between humans and the
Earth. Currently, he is working on developing the foundations of
ecological consciousness or Green Psychology.
Gary L. Bravo, MD, is a staff psychiatrist for Sonoma County Mental
Health in Santa Rosa, CA. Dr. Bravo has written numerous articles on
psychedelics, psychiatry and the clinical practice of transpersonal
psychology.

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I've noticed that is what works for you. I like to read books and I
sort of
work with that guy at Sonoma County Mental Health. In any
case my hair is as long as it gets and no amount of vurk will result
in
groovin balls for me. Thanks anyway. I can smell you through your
writing style.

metta, stella
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