The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
Written by Don Lattin
Narrated by John Pruden
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
“[Don Lattin] has created a stimulating and thoroughly engrossing read.” —Dennis McNally, author of A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, and Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America
It is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of the four men described in Don Lattin’s The Harvard Psychedelic Club. Huston Smith, tirelessly working to promote cross-cultural religious and spiritual tolerance. Richard Alpert, a.k.a. Ram Dass, inspiring generations with his mantra, “be here now.” Andrew Weil, undisputed leader of the holistic medicine revolution. And, of course, Timothy Leary, the charismatic, rebellious counter-culture icon and LSD guru. Journalist Don Lattin provides the funny, moving inside story of the “Cambridge Quartet,” who crossed paths with the infamous Harvard Psilocybin Project in the early 60’s, and went on to pioneer the Mind/Body/Spirit movement that would popularize yoga, vegetarianism, and Eastern mysticism in the Western world.
Don Lattin
Don Lattin is one of the nation's leading journalists covering alternative and mainstream religious movements and figures in America. His work has appeared in dozens of U.S. magazines and newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, where he covered the religion beat for nearly two decades. Lattin has also worked as a consultant and commentator for Dateline, Primetime, Good Morning America, Nightline, Anderson Cooper 360, and PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. He is the author of Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge, and Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today, and is the coauthor of Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium.
Related to The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Related audiobooks
The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Neuronaut Returns Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Timothy Leary Shaman Visionary Prophet: Wisdom in the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Start Your Own Religion Timothy Leary: From Harvard to High Priest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPsychedelic Mystery Traditions: Spirit Plants, Magical Practices, and Ecstatic States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational, and Scientific Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love Above All Ram Das: A Spiritual Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mindapps: Multistate Theory and Tools for Mind Design Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Essential Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tales of Wonder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5LSD: A Generation Later Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5LSD — The Wonder Child: The Golden Age of Psychedelic Research in the 1950s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism, and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Psilocybin Mushrooms: A Practical Guide to the Types and Magic Effects of Psychedelic Mushrooms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Global Perspectives and Psychedelic Poetics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5New Methods of Consciousness 1991 with Timothy Leary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShroom Trip Reports: What it's like to trip on Psilocybin Magic Mushrooms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Metamind — Metamorphosis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Psychedelic Cannabis: Therapeutic Methods and Unique Blends to Treat Trauma and Transform Consciousness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Acid Trip Report Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Biography & Memoir For You
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hit and Run Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ghosts That Haunt Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Child Called It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5See You on the Way Down: Catch You on the Way Back Up! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taste of Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angela's Ashes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Dream House: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dolly Parton: The Life of a Legendary American Singer, Actor, and Businesswoman Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Little Bit Wicked Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taste: My Life Through Food Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Harvard Psychedelic Club
49 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If you're in to learning about Psychedelics this is a detailed and entertaining history on some of the Western world's pioneers. Great book.
1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A historical account of the 60s psychedelic movement, the key players who made it happen and what their lives became of in the years to follow. I enjoyed this book a lot!! 5/5.