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Published by Citadel Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 0806516526ISBN 13: 9780806516523
Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This manual uses material from The Tibetan Book of the Dead for this preparation. The authors also make an important contribution to the interpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. They show that it is concerned not with the dead, but with the living. The last section of the manual provides instructions for an actual psychedelic session, under adequate safeguards. **The book is a little rubbed at the top and bottom spine.**.
Published by Atherton Press, 1965
Seller: Weird Books, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Atherton Press, 1964. Writing about edition/printing on flyleaf. Old bookshop price. Very Good text, solid binding. Light shelf wear to cover edges, typical rubbing to spine ends. Missing dust jacket. Most ABE shipping prices reflect actual costs. In rare cases, very heavy books and sets may require additional postage.
Published by University Books, 1964
Seller: Biblioasis, Windsor, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Very Good hardcover with no indication of later printings. Illustrated boards with minor wear to the spine ends. No dust jacket, as issued. Front board has a minor 2 inch crease to top. Two minor bumps to spine. Else, a very tight and scarce copy.
Published by New York University Books 1964, 1964
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Leary, Timothy; Metzner, Ralph; Alpert, Richard. THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE. A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (New York: University Books, 1964) FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TIMOTHY LEARY, VERY RARE THUS. The authors' statement reflects their interest in how psychedelics can increase awareness and the learning through the experiments they were making at the time. "The drug is only one component of a psychedelic session. Equally important is the mental and spiritual preparation, both before and in the course of taking the drug. The authors find no needed to invent new mental and spiritual materials for this purpose. The great literature of meditation lends itself very well to this use. This particular manual uses for this preparation material from THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD. The authors make an important contribution to the interpretation of THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD. They show that it is concerned, not with the dead, but with the living. The last section of the manual provides instructions for an actual psychedelic session, under adequate safeguards." Copies of the early works of Leary and Alpert are quite rare, especially signed or inscribed by these early proponents of using psychedelics to enhance awareness and experience.
Published by University Books, New York, 1964
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. One of the more recognizable books on psychedelic drugs from the 1960s, a guide to navigating death of the ego by three of the most well-known early proponents of the use of LSD. The first printing was 10,000 copies and 60,000 hardcovers were eventually sold (Timothy Leary: A Biography by Robert Greenfield, p. 219) "The authors were engaged in a program of experiments with LSD and other psychedelic drugs at Harvard University until sensational national publicity unfairly concentrating on student interest in the drugs, led to the suspension of the experiments. Since then, the authors have continued their work without academic auspices"-from the front cover. "The Psychedelic Experience was taken so seriously by LSD users that when people failed to have the experience described within its covers, they blamed themselves. Somehow they had failed the acid trip."-Greenfield, p. 219. 159 pages. 8-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in illustrated boards with minor wear to the spine ends; no dust jacket, as issued. This is a remarkable copy from the library of Ronald K. Siegel, a psychopharmacologist at UCLA and a major collector of drug-related books. It is inscribed by Leary, "Presented with deepest love to my mother. Tim 9-64." "On October 17, 1978, Abigail Leary died in Springfield at the age of ninety-two.Although she had once been her son's foremost champion and protector, Abigail had had no real contact with him in more than a decade. In his writings, Tim Leary made no mention of her death. Nor did he attend her funeral."-Greenfiedl biography, p. 532.