The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Author: Timothy Leary
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 a….Read More
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