Jail Notes (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Timothy Leary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334138516 ISBN 13 : 9781334138515

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock a candid, mind‑expanding look at the life and work of Timothy Leary during a pivotal era.

This nonfiction account gathers personal reflections, historical context, and vivid scenes from a time when ideas about consciousness, drugs, and social change collided in the public eye. It centers on Leary’s discoveries and their impact on culture, inviting readers to consider how science, philosophy, and counterculture shaped a generation’s search for meaning.

• Personal meditation on consciousness expansion and the lure of psychedelic experiments
• The intersection of science, politics, and social rebellion in the 1960s and 1970s
• Framing voices from poets, scholars, and activists that illuminate an era of change
• Intimate diary-like passages that capture mood, risk, and the quest for understanding

Ideal for readers of memoirs that blend science, spirituality, and social history, and for those curious about how a landmark era redefined perception and possibility.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Jail Notes

One scholar who transmitted Blake's kabbalah, 8. Foster Damon, can remember his sudden vision of tiny flowers car peting Harvard Yard violet before World War One, an image that lingers over 60 years in'mind since his fellow student Virgil Thomson gave him the cactus Peyote to eat. Damon concludes that rare beings like Blake are born with physiologic gift of such vision, continuous or intermittent. William James, whose pragmatic magic probably called the Peyote God to Harvard in the first place, had included shamanistic chemical visions among the many authentic Varieties of Religious Ex perience. His student Gertrude Stein experimented in altera tion of consciousness through mindfulness of language, an extremely effective Yoga since mechanical reproduction of language by XX Century had made language the dominant vehicle of civilized consciousness; her companion Alice B. Toklas contributed a cookbook recipe for Hashish Brownies to enlighten those persons over-talkative in drawing rooms uh aware that the medium is the message.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334138516
• ISBN 13: 9781334138515
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 158
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