Timothy Leary was a counter culture intellectual, who advocated an alternative life style, and the clinical use of psychedelic substances. Leary's first spiritual practice was bowwowed from the Mazatec people of Mexico was the ritual of consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms.Likewise Leary's early practice included the idea that the guided use of hallucinogenic substances - Variables included, dosage and setting. Eventually Leary's philosophy developed various methods on how to de-program the heavily media influenced mind of western culture. Leary was considered a rebel because he created a revolutionary treatment for multiple mental disorders through the basis of a spirituality and treatment based on the use of psychedelic substances.
"You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind."
---Timothy Leary---
Next post will include Leary's early life, early philosophy, and how some of his first ideas regarding the human mind.
info from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary
I think this is (besides mine) the best blog. Its very well put together and very truthful. I agree that taking psychidelic drugs can help see a person better than them sober and that this should be a well used practice but i also think hallucinogens hurt brain cells a bit.
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