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Timothy Leary
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What do you lot make of this guy? Should he be taken seriously?
I've been reading some of his work and a lot of it is way out to the point where i'm wondering if i'm wasting my time on the ravings of a lunatic. That said, some of this assertions do strike a cord of logic.
I've been reading some of his work and a lot of it is way out to the point where i'm wondering if i'm wasting my time on the ravings of a lunatic. That said, some of this assertions do strike a cord of logic.
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over thirty years since i took much notice so can't remember much of what he said now ...apart of course from his famous ...turn on tune in and drop out.
his ashes were blasted into space not long ago.
reminds me of my attempt to read a david icke book, only without the logic.
Oh and Leary renounced widespread usage of LSD in his later years, returning to his previous view that it should only be administered by medical professionals.
Oh and also the US secretly kidnapped him from Afghanistan in the 1970s.
Theres alot about him on Erowid.
this might be interesting.
Oh and i was wrong i think it was Huxley who was interested in Shamanism (cant really remember), Leary was interested in virtual reality.
Though if you're interested in that stuff I would pick up Alexander Shulgin.
Pihkal and Tihkal are amazing reads
As for shamanism.. It's a very broad topic. VERY broad. I see it pretty much as a spiritual journey. The use of psychoactive plants are common, but not neccessary. It was big in south america and some north american indigenous poeple. Search it on google, it's very interesting stuff.
I've read bits of Pihkal online, Shulgin is a genius. I remember a while back he was in Dublin for a lecture but i never got down, had work on that day, pity though.
haha would've been worth a call in sick for that.. He really is. He's done so much, been through so much shit.. He's amazing!
I have been reading about Shulgin recently. People like him should be the real celebrities.
Very VERY true.
He should be god. and PIHKAL and TIHKAL should be the old and new testaments.
It probably would have been, think of the possible chances of getting some of the 2c substances that night he was there.