By Leary, Timothy; Ram Dass., Ram Dass; Smith, Huston; Weil, Andrew; Smith, Huston; Leary, Timothy; Ram Dass.; Lattin, Don; Weil, Andrew
Lattin examines the lives and instances of 4 men--Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), Andrew Weil, and Huston Smith--whose paths crossed within the Nineteen Sixties at Harvard, and who accordingly introduced the brain, physique, spirit movement.
summary: Lattin examines the lives and instances of 4 men--Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), Andrew Weil, and Huston Smith--whose paths crossed within the Nineteen Sixties at Harvard, and who hence introduced the brain, physique, spirit circulation
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Alpert was given a huge corner office in an old mansion that housed the Center for Personality Research, which was part of Harvard’s Department of Social Relations. One afternoon in the fall of 1959, McClelland walked into that office. He’d just come back from a sabbatical in Europe and had some big news. “When I was in Europe,” McClelland said, “I came across this interesting psychologist who is bright as hell. He was there bicycling across Italy or something. Anyway, I offered him a job. ” “Well,” Alpert replied, “there’s a broom closet down the hall.
S. Army at West Point, didn’t let the new law against alcohol get in the way of his drinking. World War I was still raging across Europe when Timothy Leary Sr. married Abigail Ferris on January 7, 1918, just months after he was commissioned into the Army Dental Corps. That post allowed Tote, as he was known, to avoid seeing action in the Great War. It also provided an opportunity after the war for him to hobnob with such luminaries as General Douglas MacArthur, Captain Omar Bradley, and Lieutenant George Patton.
His wife had screamed. “That’s your problem,” he replied, then retired for the evening. In the morning, Leary reached over and unfolded the note on the pillow. “My darling,” it read. “I cannot live without your love. I have loved life, but through you. The children will grow up wondering about their mother. I love them so much and please tell them that. Please be good to them. ” Leary bolted out of bed. He could hear the car running. Shouting his wife’s name, he ran into the garage. Choking on exhaust fumes, he swung open the door.