Timothy Leary was every bit as dangerous as Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover believed him to be, because hethe High Priest of LSDcould change peoples minds. Joseph L. Flatleys The Occult Timothy Leary boils Learys lesser-known explorations of the Western esoteric tradition down to the good stuff. A volume like this has been long overdue! * Richard Metzger, author of Disinformation: The Interviews * The Occult Timothy Leary is a dazzling and brilliant look into one of the most powerful scientific minds to ever focus attention on the tarot, mysticism, and the transformative healing power of psychedelics. And, at the same time, few books can take us on such a wild and satisfying ride into 1960s intellectual bohemianism, high international revolutionary adventure, and even higher explorations of consciousness than Joseph L. Flatleys vision of this sensitive and super fun maverick. Here is the momentous retelling of a rebels luminary, tenacious adherence to his vision of where the human race is meant to go next. * Paul Wyld, author of Jim Morrison, Secret Teacher of the Occult * Timothy Leary used to tell me he was the reincarnation of Aleister Crowley, which always confused me because Crowley only died after Leary was born. But The Occult Timothy Leary reveals how the conspiratorial thread braiding DNA and LSD (and probably the CIA and OTO) may be more magickal than mechanical, more spiritual than scientific. Heres the alchemical underbelly of Timothys otherwise pharmacological biography, told with gusto and grace. * Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human, Survival of the Richest, and Program or Be Programmed * Flatleys writing is conversational, journalistic, and rigorously researched, with plenty of footnotes for the insatiably curious. In a world that is frequently reducing psychedelics to piffling microdoses and granular pharmacological research, its a truly welcome reprieve to read a book that reminds us of the core issue of psychedelics: magical consciousness and the promise of personal and cultural transformation. If youd like to know about Leary, Crowley, Robert Anton Wilson, Discordianism, tarot, acid, or the minute details of the American resistance movement of the 1960s, this book has it. Turn on, tune in, drop out was a magickal formula, a description of initiation. Dive in and do magick. * Eliott Edge, international lecturer, multidisciplinary artist, and author of 3 Essays on Virtual Rea * Peering deep into the fractals that made Timothy Leary such a charismatic character, Flatley goes beyond the smile and into the hidden layers of what made Leary one of the most compelling countercultural figures of the 20th century. This biography carves Learys place in the Mt. Rushmore of modern occultists with fellow travelers William Burroughs and Robert Anton Wilson. * Steven Intermill, director of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick, Cleveland, Ohio *
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