Psychedelic Press UK
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Timothy Leary
Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Experience’ by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner & Richard Alpert
In his introduction (Penguin 2008) to ‘The Psychedelic Experience: A manual based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead’(TPE), Daniel Pinchbeck describes the book as a “cultural artifact” that illustrates a “pivotal time in the historical development of psychedelic use and understanding the modern West.” I propose to critique the proposition that it is simply … Continue reading
The Politics of Ecstasy – Leary, Counter Culture and Psychedelia
Synopsis of counter-culturalist psychedelia The 1960’s counter-culture is the umbrella name for many political, social and spiritual changes that were occurring during the period and is most readily associated with the USA. This is not to say it wasn’t occurring elsewhere in the world only to say that the principle examples of the movement … Continue reading
