The first collection of Leary's writings devoted entirely to the research phase of his career, 1960 to 1965 • Presents Leary's early scientific articles and scholarly essays, including those on the Harvard Psilocybin Project, the Concord Prison Project, and the Good Friday Experiment • With an editor's introduction that examines the Harvard Drug Scandal in detail as well as a critical preface for each essay On May 27, 1963, Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Richard Alpert were dismissed from Harvard University's Psychology Department--a watershed event marking the moment when psychedelic drugs were publicly demonized and driven underground. Today, little is known about the period in the early 1960s when LSD and psilocybin were not only legal but also actively researched at universities. Presenting the first collection of Leary's writings devoted entirely to the research phase of his career, 1960 to 1965, this book offers rare articles from Leary's time as a professor in Harvard's Psychology Department, including writings from the Harvard Psilocybin Project, the Concord Prison Project, and the Good Friday Experiment. These essays--coauthored with Richard Alpert, Huston Smith, Ralph Metzner, and other psychedelic research visionaries--explore the nature of creativity and the therapeutic, spiritual, and religious aspects of psilocybin and LSD. Featuring Leary's scientific articles and a rare account of his therapeutic approach, "On Existential Transaction Theory," the book also includes Leary's final essay from his time at Harvard, "The Politics of Consciousness," as well as controversial articles published shortly after his dismissal. With an editor's introduction examining the Harvard Drug Scandal and a critical preface to each essay, this book of seminal early writings by Leary--appearing in unabridged form--shows why he quickly became an articulate spokesperson for consciousness expansion and an iconic figure for the generation that came of age in the 1960s.

AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Which Leary Now? by James Penner Introduction by James Penner Part 1The Trip in CuernavacaEarly Utopian Writings on Psilocybin1 Leary's First Article on Psilocybin How to Change Behavior2 On Existential Transaction Theory The Diagnosis of Behavior and the Diagnosis of Experience3 On Set and Setting Theory Reactions to Psilocybin Ad ministered in a Supportive Environment By Timothy Leary, George H. Litwin, and Ralph Metzner4 Psychedelic Drugs and Creativity The Effects of Test Score Feedb ack on CreativePerformance and of Drugs on Creative ExperiencePart 2Altering Human NaturePsychedelic Drugs and the Concord Prison Experiment5 Reforming Aggression: The Concord Prison Experiment A New Behavior Change Program Using Psilocybin By Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Madison Presnell, Gunther Weil, Ralph Schwitzgebel, and Sara Kinne 6 An Autobiographical Perspective of the CPE The Effects of Consciousness-Expanding Drugs on Prisoner RehabilitationPart 3Psychedelic Drugs and MysticismThe Good Friday Experiment of 19627 Leary's Mystical Turn Religious Implications of Consciousness-Expanding Drugs By Timothy Leary and Walter Houston Clark8 The Good Friday Experiment The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation9 The World Beyond WordsForeword to Alan Watts's The Joyous Cosmology By Timothy Leary and Richard AlpertPart 4Bold New FrontiersLeary's Early Writing on LSD and DMT10 Leary's First Article on LSD Introduction to LSD: The Consciousness-Expanding Drug11 Leary's Radical Theory of Reimprinting Languages: Energy Systems Sent and Received12 Leary and the Psychedelic "Nuclear Bomb" Programmed Communication during Experiences with DMTPart 5Historical Documents from the Harvard Drug Scandal13 The IFIF Manifesto Statement of Purpose of the International Federation for Internal Freedom (IFIF ) By Timothy Leary and Huston Smith14 The Zihuatanejo Project of 1962-1963 Rationale of the Mexican Psych edelic Training Center By Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner15 Leary and Alpert's Response to the Harvard Drug Scandal The Politics of Consciousness Expansion By Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert16 Media Reaction to the Harvard Drug Scandal The Hallucinogenic Drug Cult By Noah GordonAfterword: Leary and Psychedelic Research in the Twenty-first Century by James Penner Index