The great Timothy Leary died 12 years ago today.Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, modern pioneer and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
Rightly called the Galileo of Consciousness, he went public with his observations of the mind made with psychedelic mindscopes and helped initiate a renaissance which is still only beginning to elaborate itself.
"Think for yourself and question authority." ~ Timothy Leary
"You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind." ~ Timothy Leary
"Acid is not for every brain... Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally self-determined. Unless you are self-confident, self-directed, self-selected, please abstain." ~ Timothy Leary
Wikipedia: Timothy Leary
The Vaults of Erowid: Timothy Leary
Robert Anton Wilson: Timothy Leary's Eight Circuits of Consciousness
BBC Documentary: Timothy Leary - The Man Who Turned On America
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