Talk at Cooper Union
Timothy Leary
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May 24, 202629 November 1964Cooper Union, New York, NY
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This item is from the Leary Audio collection compiled by M. Horowitz Leary Audio #23 Talk at Cooper Union (1965) Note, this item was improperly labelled. The lecture occured on November 29, 1964. Metadata has been updated. See: http://erocx1.blogspot.com/2008/02/dr-timothy-leary-1964-talk-on-how-to.html
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Timothy Leary argues that psychedelics can temporarily suspend early-life imprinting and expand consciousness, using the brain as a metaphorical camera. He frames LSD as a tool for re-imprinting and self-understanding, while stressing caution, internal exploration, and the personal rather than public nature of the work.
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