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.
…evolution is speeding up. Of course, American psychology, as we were taught it, was founded by a Harvard professor named William James. He wrote Principles of Psychology, which is the classic text of American psychology. And looking that over as I arrived…
…looking that over as I arrived here, came across those interesting chapters, which led me to read the other book by William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, a book which has corrupted many a mind, in which he describes the glories of nitrous…
…at Harvard. The second psychedelic revolution took place, it started in Cambridge around the turn of the century, William James. Founded the first psychological laboratory in this country. Wrote that incredible book, The Varieties of the Living Experience.…
…like any drug that makes me twitch. The enemy of the second, we've got our war on drugs now, the enemy that William James was Christian temperance union. And of course, the first revolution which took place in Cambridge, the enemy then was people like…
…He'd seen the guidebooks, he knew what was going on. There was a wonderful tribute for Albert, remember? In Hollywood, the big St. James Club, and all these people were out there, all dressed up and sunning on. And I was looking at them and I said,…
…of how they turned on intelligently to pursue the philosophic quest. My favorite Harvard intellectual is a man named William James, who actually founded the psychology department there. He's considered to be the father of American psychology. At the age…
…department there. He's considered to be the father of American psychology. At the age of 13, according to his brother Henry's memoirs, William James was in France. Now talk about teenage punks. At the age of 13, William James, coming from one of our top…
…according to his brother Henry's memoirs, William James was in France. Now talk about teenage punks. At the age of 13, William James, coming from one of our top Brahmin Boston families, was experimenting with all sorts of curious and strange brain drugs in…