Leote Rec #47: Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary (1920 – 1996) was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs.
During a time when drugs such as LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison Experiment and the Marsh Chapel Experiment. The studies produced some useful data, but Leary and his associate Richard Alpert were fired from the university due to the controversy surrounding their research.
Leary believed LSD showed therapeutic potential for use in psychiatry. He popularized catchphrases that promoted his philosophy such as "turn on, tune in, drop out" (a phrase given to Leary by Marshall McLuhan); "set and setting"; and "think for yourself and question authority". He also wrote and spoke frequently about transhumanist concepts involving space migration, intelligence increase and life extension (SMI²LE), and developed the eight-circuit model of consciousness in his book Exo-Psychology (1977).
During the 1960s and 1970s, he was arrested often enough to see the inside of 29 different prisons worldwide. President Richard Nixon once described Leary as "the most dangerous man in America". While in exile in Switzerland (1973-1974), Leary collaborated with the German bands Cosmic Jokers and Ash Ra Temple.
Playlist:
Timothy Leary – Freak-out Timothy Leary – What Do You Turn On When You Turn On Ash Ra Temple – Time Cosmic Jokers - Electronic Rock Zeitalter Timothy Leary & Al Jourgensen - Lion's Mouth Psichic TV – Tune In (Remix)
Leote Rec: PODCASTS
