Tibetan Book of the Dead on Acid (Dr. Leary)

It helps to first know Vajrayana Buddhism.

We are in the midst of a powerful psychedelic renaissance. After four decades of hibernation, the promise of the psychoactive 1960s -- that deeper self-awareness, achieved through reality-bending substances and practices will lead to greater external harmony -- is again gaining a major following.

The signs are everywhere, from the influence of today's preeminent psychedelic thinker Daniel Pinchbeck, to the renewed interest in the legacy of Terence McKenna, and to the upsurge of collective, inclusive (and overtly tripped-out) cultural phenomena like the spectacle of Burning Man.

What do medicinal (entheogenic) plants know?

The Psychedelic Experience, created in the movement's early years by the prophetic shaman Harvard professors Dr. Timothy Leary, Dr. Ralph Metzner, and Dr. Richard Alpert ("Ram Dass," author of Be Here Now), is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries.

We were square in the 1950s, but these substances changed us into shamans in the 1960s.

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In this wholly unique book, the authors provide an interpretation of an ancient sacred Buddhist manuscript, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, from a psychedelic perspective.

The Psychedelic Experience describes their discoveries in expanding spiritual consciousness through a combination of Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques and psychotropic substances.

As sacred as the text it reflects, The Psychedelic Experience is a guidebook to the wilderness of mind and an indispensable resource from the founding fathers of psychedelia. More + AUDIO