Spirits and Psychics

A Tale of Two Gurus Part Three


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While Ram Dass is finding his guru in India, Timothy Leary is a counter culture celebrity. Morgan takes Norm into Leary's prison escapes, misadventures in exile and losing all his credibility. They evaluate Leary as an archtype of a crazy-wise guru but not before dipping into the unexpected revolutionary environment of 1970s Algeria, Leary's similarities with Aleister Crowley and all the women who helped get him out of prison.


Sources & Further Reading:

  • Higgs, John, and Winona Ryder. I Have America Surrounded: The Life of Timothy Leary. Thistle Publishing, 2013. 
  • Davis, Steven L., and Bill Minutaglio. Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD. Hatchette Book Group, 2018. 
  • Aman, Jacob. “Protecting the Living Earth.” Future Primitive Podcasts, 28 Mar. 2023, futureprimitive.org/. 
  • Selby, John, and Paul Davids. Blowing America’s Mind: A True Story of Princeton, CIA Mind Control, LSD and Zen. Yellow Hat Productions, 2018. 
  • Reynolds , Gareth, and Dave Anthony. “Timothy Leary Part 2.” The Dollop, episode 434. 
  • James Penner, P.hD. “The Wonderful and Absurd Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part Two: Freedom and Unfreedom).” Chacruna, 11 Aug. 2021, chacruna.net/rosemary-woodruff-leary-fashion-icon-fugitive-and-psychedelic-pioneer-part-two/. 
  • Phillips, David F. Psychedelic Refugee: The League for Spiritual Discovery, the 1960s Cultural Revolution, and 23 Years on the Run. Park Street Press, 2021. 

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Spirits and PsychicsBy Morgan Dolan & Norm Vogele