Timothy Leary

... techniques. He then returned to Harvard to start the Harvard Psilocybin Project. In 1962 he is introduced to LSD and describes it as the most shattering experience of his life. Timothy Leary was essential in the shaping and promotion of the psychedelic movement. During the 1960's he was known as the "most dangerous man in America" according to President Nixon. Many knew ... in his bed, in Beverly Hills, California. He repeated the word "why" several times, it being the last word he would ever speak. On February 9th 1997 Leary's cremated remains were launched into orbit. Timothy Leary wa...

• Word Count: 1695
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 dr...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... During the psychedelic revolution of the 1960's, no one is more remembered for his teachings than Timothy Leary, who saw hallucinogenic drugs as a doorway the mysteries of the mind. Leary graduated from the University of California at Berkely and received his Ph.D in psychology. In ... a few. His experiments eventually became known to the FBI who Leary would have problems with in the future. In 1959 Timothy Leary moved his family to Cambridge, and began his career as a professor, lecturing on psychology at Harvard. Leary fit the perfect physical description of a college professor except ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8

... or her own brain, a significant political, economic, and cultural issue in our society. During the 1960's a man by the name of Timothy Leary would cause a cultural revolution that questioned the perception our society had on hallucinogen drugs. He believed that if people were educated in the use ... Little was known of the effects of these primitive spiritual tools in much of the modern Western world, until Leary and his colleagues entered the scene in the 1960's. Timothy Leary was a young, prestigious Harvard professor of psychology during the 1960's. He was very interested in how the ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7

... the century. Popularized in the 1960's, it has spread its bizarre roots throughout every decade since. From Albert Hofman's accidental ingestion in 1938 to Timothy Leary's expulsion from Harvard, LSD has been the most controversial hallucinogenic, if not the most controversial drug ever. A brief warning must be provided, however ... a research tool to study mental illness, spread like wildfire throughout the nation during the free spirited 60's, largely in part by Timothy "The Pied Piper of LSD- (HOUSTON CHRONICLE 1C+) Leary's suggestion to "turn on, tune in, and drop out- (LOS ANGELES T...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... be treatable by this new wonder drug. Doctors and Psychologists believe that L.S.D. could also be used to treat alcoholism, autism, paranoia, schizophrenia, and various other disorders. A Harvard professor named Timothy Leary was a researcher on the new drug during the early 1960's. He started to treat inmates at Massachusetts Correctional Institute. They results were disastrous; many prisoners became mentally unstable after many ... "treatment sessions" with Leary. One year after the testing, the Harvard University fired Leary after rumors of a drug scandal. It was until after the firi...

• Word Count: 344
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Timothy Leary"s essay entitled "The Cyberpunk: The Individual as Reality Pilot" first appeared in Chaos and Cyber Culture in 1994. Leary defines cyberpunks as "Cyberpunks use all available data-input to think for themselves." He writes about "the cyberperson, cybertech and cyberpolitics." The cyberperson is the one who pilots his/her own life. They continually search for theories, models, paradigms, metaphors, etc. Leary says cybertech ... control children, the uneducated, and the underclass. Cyberpunks are those who use all available data-input to think for themselves. Leary also touches on ...

• Word Count: 199
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... late 1970s it began to be used as a therapeutic tool and was kept under wraps as a special drug which should not be exploited in the way LSD was used after Timothy Leary's famous phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."" MDMA was seen as drug which should be kept for therapy or intellectual contemplation, not used for kicks ... . Timothy Leary himself, keen not to see history repeat itself, said of MDMA: "Let's face it, we're talking about an elitist experience. XTC is a drug which is known by word of ... ...

• Word Count: 2687
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography

... in these communes shared the majority of things among each other. Communes featured gardens, restaurants, cheap alternative ways of living, and head shops. One prominent hippie of the time was Timothy Leary. He was on of the major promotes of drugs in the counterculture. He supported the concept of "acid test" which was when people would do LSD in a friendly ... and loving environment. Leary is most famous for his "turn on, tune in, and drop out" campaign which became a very popular slogan during the counterculture. One large aspect of the culture of ... ...

• Word Count: 3652
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate