c/timothy-leary
Timothy Francis Leary — psychologist, visionary, and fearless explorer of consciousness. From the hallowed halls of Harvard to the frontiers of the human mind, he dared to question the boundaries of perception and inspired generations to think, feel, and dream beyond the ordinary.
…wonderful Hindu and Buddhist teachers, and wonderful prophets, and experts in freedom from the beatnik 15, like William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg, I'm sure you're aware of the enormous amount of wisdom that collected there to try to guide us in what…
…of psychedelics come on, would you say? Well, notice that we have to mention the name of Ken Kesey, and of course, Allen Ginsberg was an indefatigable Zionist politician for drugs. But at the very beginning, what would you say? What turn do you want him?…
…Jarvik, who's over here, and we were setting up some LSD studies to do it, and with marijuana and a few other drugs. And Allen Ginsberg came by the lab to visit me one day, showed Allen around, and as he was leaving the lab, one of the administrators…
…He asked Richard Alpert, where do you live? And he said, here and now. Had a wonderful evening last night with Allen Ginsberg. I remember when Allen came to Harvard, glory to my, hey, Allen Ginsberg, how about that? Spent the afternoon with William…
…now. Had a wonderful evening last night with Allen Ginsberg. I remember when Allen came to Harvard, glory to my, hey, Allen Ginsberg, how about that? Spent the afternoon with William Burroughs. Hey, there's a... You know, you go to some people's houses,…
…who might welcome a reminder, here is a short tour. Our guide, with a little help from some friends, is American poet Allen Ginsberg. It opens with a real interesting, nostalgic recall of old Vaudeville and good old times. It goes on, with a little help…
…throw a little line in like that just to make people think. How long do you have that concept? Well, yeah, I remember Allen Ginsberg in 1962 came to me and he said, my gosh, there are these new Gospels, Gnostic Gospels, that say that Jehovah, the male…
…Dr. Leary left, there was no violence and no property destroying. That he did it so exquisitely. And I think all of us, Allen Ginsberg and wavy gravy and all the people that i've talked to that have been doing this merry dance uh honored timothy for…
…marijuana, but I had no occasion to use it because beatniks used it. I didn't know any beatniks, and they were people like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerrigan. They were having a lot of fun, perhaps more fun than I was having, but there was no way I…
…goes, you got $25 if you volunteered for an experiment. Really? Yeah. Turned out later that such people as Ken Kesey and Allen Ginsberg had first been illuminated by volunteering for such experiments. So when I got here in 1960, I must tell you that I…
…and the grateful dead was there and uh they were the young uh rock and rollers from san francisco and the uh Allen Ginsberg was there, I was there. Now, what's interesting about this that nobody could explain how come 60,000 people would come together on…
…and consciousness. Artists and philosophers from around the world came to trip with Leary at Millbrook. William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and beatnik legend Neil Cassidy. Everyone came looking to find answers to all the questions. Then,…
…don't we? So I've given in these forwards tribute to people like Baba Ram Dass, my partner in time from Harvard, and Allen Ginsberg. And I've been so fortunate to know people like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and Ringo and of course John. Well, Ken…
…people like Baba Ram Dass, my partner in time from Harvard, and Allen Ginsberg. And I've been so fortunate to know people like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and Ringo and of course John. Well, Ken Kesey turned seven. And I think this book is worth it…
…about suffocating, and I went to the head of the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital, later famous for having given an OSD, having paid Allen Ginsberg and Ken Kesey to take the OSD. And I said to the head of the hospital, I wanted to do some research on…
…Dr. Leary left, there was no violence and no property destroyed, that he did it so exquisitely. And I think all of us, Allen Ginsberg and Wavy Gravy and all the people that I've talked to that have been doing this merry dance, honored Timothy for the…
…divinity students. He left Harvard in 1963 after criticism by Harvard administrators. Leary hit the streets with what poet Allen Ginsberg later called the democratization of LSD, the use of psychedelics by thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands in the 1960s.…
…you're doing than if you were, for example, doing it for kicks. Now, there's a curious thing here. I have noticed with Allen Ginsberg, that when he chants Hindu sutras, he doesn't do it in a pious way. Right. There's a joyousness and there's a feeling…
…liturgy into terrible English, and all the magic has gone out of it. And I said, you should come and listen to Allen Ginsberg chant the sutras, because then you'd know how to celebrate mass properly. So when we're talking about something being holy, we've…
…it was a wonderful group of far-out, outcast scientists and philosophers there. The reason, you see people like Alice Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, Baba Ram Dass, Richard Alpert, Alan Watts. How about Alan Watts? Well, yeah. John Lilly! Yeah, John was there. Oh,…
…Harvard and really fired us up and taught us much about life and poetry and courage. I'm talking about Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg. Allen's not here today, but Peter is here. I'd like to recognize. Thank you, Peter. And send a message to Allen…
…Allen Ginsberg. Allen's not here today, but Peter is here. I'd like to recognize. Thank you, Peter. And send a message to Allen Ginsberg through Peter. We love you, Allen. One of the, I think, fair to say that probably the mind which has most influence…
…some incredible people come through. Richard Alpert, Baba Ram Dass. How about a round of applause for him? And Ken Kesey. And Allen Ginsberg. One of the greatest is not here with us at the moment, but we'll meet him somewhere along the line. John Lennon,…