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PublisherSynergetic Press
ISBN-100907791387
ISBN-139780907791386
eBay Product ID (ePID)80028071
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Book TitleBirth of a Psychedelic Culture : Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEntheogens & Visionary Substances, Social Scientists & Psychologists, Sociology / General, Higher, Experimental Psychology
Publication Year2010
GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
AuthorRalph Metzner, Ram Dass
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight0.4 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-020096
Reviews"...Their recorded conversation has the flavor of a lively reunion as the two recall anastonishing young adulthood, generously illustrated with snapshots and brief statementsfrom colleagues..."Craig K Comstock, Huffington Post, March 2010, "...Presented as a conversation between figuresof the movement, the authors provide an enticing read into the era...a piece of history well worth looking into, with its unique stories of a truly unique time."James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review, ...Presented as a conversation between figuresof the movement, the authors provide an enticing read into the era...a piece of history well worth looking into, with its unique stories of a truly unique time.”James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review|9780907791386|, ...Their recorded conversation has the flavor of a lively reunion as the two recall anastonishing young adulthood, generously illustrated with snapshots and brief statementsfrom colleagues...”Craig K Comstock, Huffington Post, March 2010|9780907791386|
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal154.4
SynopsisBirth of a Psychedelic Culture, an extraordinary book, shines a bright light on the emergence of the sixties culture and the experiments with mind-altering substances undertaken by Professors Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) and then-Harvard graduate student Ralph Metzner. Based on a series of con-versations between Metzner and Ram Dass and recorded by psychiatrist and author Gary Bravo, this book describes their initial experiments at Harvard, the experiments after they were dismissed from Harvard, their journeys to India and their reflections on that transformative era. Birth of a Psychedelic Culture is filled with never before published photographs. Luminaries who appear in this astonishing account include: Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, R.D. Laing, Charles Mingus, Maynard Ferguson and William Burroughs, as well as many lesser known personalities. These include convicts, graduate students and Vedantist monks In addition to reviewing the experiments, the conversations offer vividly-recalled descriptions of particular "trips," with profound insights into the nature of hallucinogens and the role they can play in transcending social conditioning. Included in Birth of a Psychedelic Culture are personal commentaries from some of the other players integral to the scene: Peggy Hitchcock, the Mellon Foundation heiress; Dr. George Litwin, Harvard professor and author; Dr. Gunther Weil, psychologist and educator; Dr. Michael Kahn, clinical psychologist and Professor Emeritus at USC, Santa Cruz; poet Dr. Elsa von Eckartsberg; Dr. George Litwin, organizational behavior consultant; Dr. Paul Lee, professor of philosopy and religion, UC Santa Cruz; Dorothy Fadiman, award winning filmmaker; Lisa Ferguson, and many others., A conversational memoir by two of the most pioneering men at the forefront of consciousness research, Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner., No understanding of the history of the sixties could be complete without a grasp of the work of Leary, Alpert, and Metzner, the cultural resistance to their experiments, and the way in which psychoactive drug use became a part of contemporary society. Next Generation Independent Book Awards Finalist, Birth of a Psychedelic Culture explores these experiments and their cultural milieu through never before seen photographs, personal accounts of authors Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass, and conversations with luminaries such as Aldous Huxley, Charles Mingus, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and others that appeared on the scene.
LC Classification NumberBF209.H34R36 2009
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