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Dive into the archives of psychedelic thought. Lorenzo Hagerty hosts essential conversations on entheogens, science, and the counterculture.
…dvds this wonderful man had promised. They were both recordings of the interviews that Elizabeth Gipps had done, and one was with Timothy Leary, and the other the one I'm going to play for you today is with Terrence McKenna. Now the reason I think you're…
…connection between psychedelics and the computer revolution, this was new. The article in gq begins with an excellent quote from Timothy Leary who says there are various natural resources in the world. Creativity is one of them and understanding this the…
…the psychedelic salon and yet there hasn't been a single one that has a talk by a fellow by the name of Dr Timothy Leary. I think I've mentioned this before, but that isn't just an oversight on my part. Due to my close friendship with Myron Soloroff…
…and get as tripped out as you can. Okay so I told my Buckminster Fuller story but there's another story that's about Timothy Leary and a speaker that I deeply admired and loved and also helped save me from my own personal apocalypse more than once.…
…last week, when there was also a little 1960s politics involved. As you know last week we heard a radio interview with Dr Timothy Leary that was recorded in 1966 and that was essentially at the beginning of what we now think of as the 60s. Now fast…
…Terrence and I first entered virtual worlds together back in 1998 is still standing along with the digibarn computer Museum, Timothy Leary archives and Terrence McKenna Papers, all surviving. This event marks a transformative one for me and a new life of…
…than asserting that this is so I mean I think you could say I think you could certainly make the case for example, that you know Timothy Leary was a man, I mean I feel I have great admiration for him in some ways, I think but I think that he was a…
…wave I mean if it had to be him maybe it would have been someone else but on one hand you can say, well Timothy Leary, you know did more than any other single person to destroy psychedelic research in this country. I mean it's largely because of his…
…know, I know so I do understand the good and bad of it all. I do understand the good and bad of it all of Timothy Leary and then the other side in that position you know a guy who can pack the houses every time, I feel has a larger responsibility…
…Dennis and I have a chance to talk about this in person and that is his statement that as much as he admired Timothy Leary, that he nonetheless felt that it was Leary who was mainly responsible for causing an end to the psychedelic research, at least…
…to place the substances other than the context context applied by the mass media of the day. So that was basically Timothy Leary and the mass media's promulgation of these things didn't really emphasize the fact that these things had been used for so…
…the other people whose interviews hector digitized from those dusty old audio tapes: ken babbs of Mary Prankster fame, Timothy Leary, Laura Huxley, Martin lee, mark McLeod, Oscar Janiger, Terrence McKenna, Richard Evans Schultes and Dr Albert Hoffman, and I…
…call this the ghost edition or something like that. What happened was that I was going through some of the tapes in the Timothy Leary archive and came across a short little piece that was part of the question and answer session of a panel that, in…
…your first acid trip, well, you know exactly what he means by that. But I guess I should save these stories for my next Timothy Leary podcast in a few weeks because today were going to hear the next part of the Terrance McKenna podcast that I played a…
…miraculous. Now, one other thing that I feel obliged to comment on for any newcomers to the salon is where Terrance gave credit to Timothy Leary for the phrase find the others. If you've been with us here in the salon for a while, you know that at a…
…and he also happens to have one of the best radio voices that I've heard. As you know, we featured Zach's dad, Doctor Timothy Leary, here in the salon on quite a few occasions. In fact, the Leary Trust has not only allowed me to podcast Doctor Leary's…
…over and over. At least we've repeated the last three words in this quote that I'm going to read for you right now. Timothy Leary once said, admit it, you aren't like them. You're not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them,…
…doesn't it? But let's not listen to me right now. Let's listen first to the now legendary introduction of Terrence McKenna by Timothy Leary, and then listen to the bard McKenna as he talks about alchemy and his thought. That, and I'm quoting here, it's…
…inherit from these empty existential scientific ideas. He's an old friend of all of ours. So I'd like you all to welcome Timothy Leary. I for 01:00 a.m. overjoyed to be here. This is one of those special, special evenings that we will all treasure. You…
…in life like I did. Well, that's all for today, and next week we'll be hearing from someone other than Terrence McKenna and Timothy Leary. I'm not sure who it's going to be yet, but I'm sure we're going to like it. We've gotten so many submissions from…
…out some legendary elders such as Krishnamurti and Aldous Huxley. But I think that you're going to enjoy hearing again from Timothy Leary, Myron Stolaroff, Gary Fisher Frazier, Clark Terrence McKenna, and Sasha Shulgin. So what I'm going to do right now is…
…the people that you'll hear from in this podcast, the only one with whom I never had any personal interactions was Doctor Timothy Leary. Like most people who lived through the sixties, I first heard of Timothy Leary when he was released from his contract…
…had any personal interactions was Doctor Timothy Leary. Like most people who lived through the sixties, I first heard of Timothy Leary when he was released from his contract at Harvard University. And there's a really excellent story about that event told…
…bad decision. And it was one that took me many years to overcome. But enough about me. Now let's listen to Doctor Timothy Leary speaking to a young crowd in Santa Barbara, California in 1982. And this is from podcast number 175, the intelligent use of…
…in the salon, there are now over 50 programs in which he is featured. And I should point out that all of the Timothy Leary audio in these podcasts came directly from his own archive. Thanks to Dennis Berry, the keeper of his archive for many years. And…
…importance of being able to understand what we're doing to our minds and to our body. And what you were talking about with Timothy Leary. I remember reading one of his books that he said that LSD leaves your system in 20 minutes or with your first…
…he thought he still had the original tapes from that conference, which featured Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Richard Jensen, Timothy Leary, and Charlie himself, of course. So if Charlie can find those tapes, we'll get to hear a bit of that…
…As you know, Bruce Dahmer and I are preparing an evening extravaganza featuring audio and video clips of Terrence McKenna and Timothy Leary, some of which have never been shown in public before. And in last week's podcast, I read Bruce's draft announcement…
…the trees to the starship. So ends the bard McKenna today, and I'm beginning to think that these starship references by him and Timothy Leary are trying to tell me something. But the truth is that I still have so many things that I want to do right…
…to the end of the line on new talks by Terence McKenna, and while I still have a significant amount of material from the Timothy Leary archive, as well as some interviews I want to do still, I've been thinking that maybe we ought to make a few changes…
…a short paragraph that comes after a rather lengthy discussion of the pros and cons of the work and life of Doctor Timothy Leary. Another thought that I have is that Leary is just too controversial to be spoken about in glowing terms by people trying…
…actually living in the Bay Area at the time of the be in at Golden Gate park. And I remember very clearly thinking that Timothy Leary was the least of the problems that were building up in the hate already. He seems to me to be more of a steadying…
…I seldom hear anyone say these things in public. Now there was a major exception to this and that was the recent tribute to Timothy Leary that was held not too long ago in San Francisco. I wasn't there myself, but I've watched most of the videos of it…
…And if you don't yet know about the importance of early imprinting, you may want to listen to some of my early Timothy Leary podcasts, where he goes into great detail about imprinting. And by the way, Timothy Leary is the answer to today's pop quiz,…
…to listen to some of my early Timothy Leary podcasts, where he goes into great detail about imprinting. And by the way, Timothy Leary is the answer to today's pop quiz, in case you're wondering. Now, let me tell you about a case of positive imprinting…
…we all know, Terrence McKenna had a role in helping the newly evolving rave scene come into existence. His predecessor, Doctor Timothy Leary, however, never gets much credit for this new phase of the youth movement. But we shouldn't forget the fact that…
…fact that the man in Hollywood who took the man from Dallas on his first ecstasy trip was none other than Doctor Timothy Leary. One never knows how a seemingly small action can ripple on down through countless lives. Timothy Lear is dead. Hill flies as…
…intelligent force for light. And this is the 15 round slug out leading to whether or not that happens or not. Now, Timothy Leary maintains similar positions from. A different, similar but different, but right. He talks a lot about the DNA. I'm not. Well,…
…of a great crescendo. So in the weeks ahead, we'll be spending some time with Bruce, and then I'll probably dip into the Timothy Leary archive for a bit more from the good doctor. And then we'll get back to some of these other Terrence tapes that Diane…
…this one out on your own, as you also have to do with everything else. I should add, as the good doctor Timothy Leary often said, think for yourself and question authority. And for now, this is Lorenzo signing off from cyberdelic space. Be well, my…
…I plan on having out by the end of this week. And for my next podcast, I'll be playing another talk from the Timothy Leary archive. Just last week I had the great privilege of spending an afternoon poking around in some of the boxes of papers that…
…come up with some things that I'm overlooking here, probably some obvious things. My point here is to reiterate what Timothy Leary often said. Think for yourself and question authority. All authority. Maybe even the mushroom authority. Now, as much as I'm…
…he hadn't heard this talk on a salon podcast yet and that it was one of his favorites. Well, I'd begun working on another Timothy Leary talk earlier this week, and that was going to be today's program. But to tell the truth, I had a touch of the…
…Now, before I get to a comment that one of our fellow saloners posted to the program notes for one of the recent Timothy Leary podcasts, I'd like to mention the fact that several of our elders are having some physical challenges these days. When I was…
…I'm your host here in the psychedelic salon. Well, pleased to report that the response to last week's podcast of the Timothy Leary talk at Cooper Union has been very well received, and so I'll definitely be podcasting more lectures from the Leary archives…
…I thought I'd play another Terrance McKenna lecture in order to better draw the contrast between the styles of Timothy Leary and Terrence. But besides the difference in personalities, I think it's also important to recognize that approximately 25 years…
…then go right to a 1995 talk by Terence McKenna that he called the state of the Stone. I'd like you all to welcome Timothy Leary. Harris McKenna means a great deal to me. I would say he's one of the five or six most important people on the planet.…
…17th. Which means that today at the New York Public Library, a reception was to be held to celebrate the opening of the Timothy Leary papers. In fact, that reception is taking place at this very moment in which I'm recording this. So a big shout out…
…in which I'm recording this. So a big shout out goes out to Dennis Berry and Donna Scott, who are the trustees of the Timothy Leary estate, and to the staff at the New York Public Library who have worked so hard to make this happen. And what does…
…a moment. And what a unique event that was. Because as far as I know, it was the one and only time that Timothy Leary introduced Terrence McKenna. This was actually a benefit for botanical dimensions, and it was held at the Wilshire Evil Theater in Los…
…I think you're really going to like this one. He's an old friend of all of ours. So I'd like you all to welcome Timothy Leary. I for 01:00 a.m. overjoyed to be here. This is one of those special, special evenings that we will all treasure. You know,…
…in various cities. I remember when my wife and I were living in the LA area. We regularly attended a monthly Timothy Leary meetup somewhere near Hollywood. And if I remember correctly, at the time, there were dozens of Leary meetups all around the…
…the country each month. But just now, I checked and found that they now only show two groups that come up when searching for Timothy Leary. One of them is in Washington, DC, with 57 members, and the other is in New York City and has 395 members. And…
…chanting and captivating as any physical space adventures could be. And I do find it interesting, though, that both Terrence and Timothy Leary had dreams and fantasies about space migration. Which is why I think that solid down to Earth minds like those of…
…how we work when we're working in the world and with technology in the world. Isn't he a great guy? If I had the Timothy Leary laurels with me, I'd hand them on the bad penny. Well, that's. It's. I love listening to Mark rap this stuff, and he really…
…that you may want to add to your own library in the event that they aren't already there. First one is by Timothy Leary, and it's the psychedelic experience, a manual based on the tibetan book of the Dead. Then there's Pablo Amaringo and Louis Luna,…
…walk down Haight street on a hot day in August of 1967 ecological sensitivity would not be highly visible on the surface. Timothy Leary said get out of the city. Everybody should start their own, you know, grow their own food. And that that consciousness…
…escaping from Hitler's death squads to being a Long island society woman, to being one of the key players in the Timothy Leary story, well, I don't think you're going to find many lives more adventuresome and purposeful than that of Nina Graboi. What…
…happens when people start looking in that mirror? How do you plan to avoid, I guess what you could call the Timothy Leary syndrome, wherein you allow something good and just a few people in the know to become trivialized vein and totally commercialized.…
…one of the salons difficult periods, made a sizable grant to keep us going. So while I never had any opportunity to meet Timothy Leary myself, in many ways he's played a significant role in these podcasts. Now, a lot of people most likely think that it…
…in many ways he's played a significant role in these podcasts. Now, a lot of people most likely think that it was Timothy Leary who for first brought LSD to America, but that's actually incorrect. It was in 1960, I believe, that Leary experienced a…
…Fisher who established the protocols that Tim Leary built upon when he worked at Harvard. And it was Gary Fisher who took Timothy Leary on his first LSD trip. And Gary along with his wife and three daughters were also part of Learys group that lived…
…will be more of us than there are of them, and a little bit of trivia for the world travelers among us when Timothy Leary and his little band were expelled from Mexico, they went to Antigua, where they stayed in a motel called the bucket of blood.…
…friend of Aldous and Laura Huxley. And also in several early podcasts, both Myron and Gary tell stories about their interactions with Timothy Leary, and I think those stories are also well worth the time to search out among the interviews that I did with…
…also was. As I said earlier, I think that Frazier may be even more important to where we are today. Than Timothy Leary and Terrence McKenna, particularly in regards to the worldwide dance and festival communities. As the really old timers know, Terrence…
…Sasha Shulgin. While many of us think that the person who first brought us all together was Terence McKenna, or maybe it was Timothy Leary for a few of the really old timers here. In my case, it was Sascha Shulgin who played the most instrumental role…
…in most of them. In the psychedelic Elders playlist, you will find 107 podcasts listed, and that includes more than 50 featuring Timothy Leary. And if you're a Soundcloud user, then you already know that you can not only create your own playlist of these…