Thesis Timothy Leary tried to teach others of the potential of .
mind-expansion, but was constantly halted.
II. Background.
A. Birth.
B. College Education.
C. Career.
D. Turning Point.
III. Discovered Drugs .
A. First Trip.
B. Encounters LSD .
C. Loses Job.
IV. Continues Experiments.
A. Founds Base of Operations.
B. Law Trouble.
.
V. Enters The Age of "High" Technology.
A. New Companies.
B. New Ideas.
C. Death.
VI. Conclusion.
A. Restate Thesis.
B. Final Thoughts.
Guru of psychedelic utopians, Messiah of LSD, teacher of mind-expansion. .
Timothy Leary received a number of such titles and references throughout his life. Most.
known for his experimentation with drugs and introducing America to the psychedelic era.
of the 1960s, psychologist and author Timothy Leary originated the once-popular phrase,.
"Turn on, tune in, drop out." Which could mean turn on to mind-expansion, tune into the.
world around, and drop out of the restraints of the reality others live in. Leary tried to.
teach others of the potential of mind-expansion, but was constantly halted.
Timothy Francis Leary was born on October 22, 1920, in Springfield,.
Massachusetts. He grew up in an Irish-Catholic home. He began his college studies at the.
Jesuit Holy Cross College in Worchester, Massachusetts, but only stayed a little over a.
year. "The scholastic approach to religion didn't turn me on," Leary later explained in.
Playboy Magazine. Instead, he continued his college education at the United States.
Military Academy at West Point. Again, he only stayed 18 months, and he spent half of.
the time in punitive isolation for breaking the rules. He spent the majority of the time in.
isolation reading Eastern Philosophy and studying Buddhism. In 1942, he finally received.
his bachelor's degree form the University of Alabama. He went on to serve as a.
pschologist at a U.S. Army Hospital in Pennsylvania during the last years of World War II.
In 1960 Leary went with his family to Cuernavaca, Mexico. ... (Leary 33) Upon his return to Harvard, Leary began his exploration of vision-inducing drugs. ... Leary's return to Harvard brought difficult times. ... (Leary 238,239) In January of 1966, Leary's passion for his questionable research caught up with him. ... (Leary 283) Unfortunately, the authorities did not wis...
., Timothy Leary was a drug guru who was much loved for his preaching. ... Leary had four exercises to a life of expanded intelligence: 1) Look at yourself in the mirror, change your manner of dress and your behavior so that you float like a god, not shuffle like a robot 2) Look around your home and throw out everything that is not "tuned in" to your highest vision 3) Make your body a temple and your home a shrine 4) You are a god, live like one! ... Joan Baez, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, The Band, Crosby, Stills and N...
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," focuses on two character's wild, drug-addled pursuit of the American Dream. The movie is an adaptation by Terry Gilliam of Hunter S. Thompson's book by the same title. The book is a travelogue of a trip Thompson took to Las Vegas in 1971 as a journalist reporting on a motorcycle race in the Nevada desert. His companion, who in reality, is Oscar Zeta Acosta, his attorney, accompanies him to offer "legal advice " (F&L). ...
