The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead

This book changed my life for the better. I could say the same for Be Here Now by Ram Dass (Alpert) but i found that book before i found this one ironically. I wish it was the other way around but it had to happen the way it did... I am now able to concentrate on doing things i couldnt imagine of looking at years ago.I cannot recommend this book enough for any and every person's education. There's probably a reason a majority of people won't read this book but that doesn't change the fact that this book is one of the best and most important historical translations of the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

The media could not be loaded. Here is the cover that comes with the book that is ordered here. This is a great read and a must for anyone interested in the history of the psychedelic revolution.

This for me was really quite interesting . Leary et al using a portion of the Tibetan book of the daed to inform a psychedelic experience. It was written in the 60's when the LSD fad was raging. There are insights here but bear in mind that the whole book of the dead was only translated recently. This portion has been what passed for the whole has been around longer is what Leary is using here.The first bardo of clear light is a far cry from everyday awareness and I am presuming this Harvard crew assumes it in the use of their psychedelic drug of choice that their experience would be or be analogous to the car light state. At any rate that approach is flawed but the intro gives some insight to that. I think the Tibetan aspect was probably inspired by Alpert. Instant enlightenment is of course tempting and that was the religion Leary was selling.In general its a quite interesting document to the Leary Years and one might even get some insight in Tibetan Buddhism traditions.

I was there, or you could say now, then. My friends and I took our first hit on sugar cubes in 1963. Just before the book came out . One of my friends ordered it special cause it came out in 1964 so we waited for it by the mail-box daily till it came . When it did, as a group we used it to navigate through the difficult places the book suggest. Seeing the whole structure of the material world on a micro / macro level. Understanding the structure of the mind/brain/personality process. We discovered the clear light and used to say when we saw each other weeks after we took trips together "Are you still where it's at". We could maintain 2-3 days of total awareness of the effects of the L.S.D. At this time that we took it, It was still Legal. It became Illegal in 1966 at which time we stopped taking it. (disclaimer) Ha! Ha!. The book was responsible for changing the way we view the world and our selves. We did loose our ego's. We did experience most of the levels in the book as real to us. Nothing short of a full on Eastern Mystical experience. The real thing only from a drug and an instruction book. With out the book we had no way of labeling our experiences so as to identify them as they happened. We missed a lot without the book, although the intensity of the experience was self explanatory with out it.Today My feet are on the ground but still I study and practice being in the "Now" Echart Tolle is a good source for today on getting there on the Nach! I dont recommend use of any drugs or mind altering substances because with drugs you come down and forget how you got there. But today we have many books and practices that get you there for real and forever. Remember this is a life time work to be done by everybody regardless of your religion or belief but without Drugs. The bottom line is to see and diminish the ego domination of you personality and see and feel your pure, innocent nature as a human being. I'm 70 years old now. I took my first L.S.D trip when I was 18. That experience changed the way I saw the whole system so I had problems adjusting to society and life in general. But today I have a good handle on whats real and what's not real. Remember It's your mind that interprets everything.Your mind is all stored past memory. So you see through the past. When you loose the ego the past dies' so whats left is "what is". Thats where you start to understand whats true and whats false in life. Good Luck, R

Let me just say if you can find this book with out the introduction from Daniel Pinchbeck get that one instead. Because it seems he didn’t really read the book. It just seems like he wanted to get his name out there for his own books. Talking about global warming and over population in the introduction. Those things are not talked about in the book.The rest of the book is well written and presented.

This has been an interesting read so far. I appreciate the idea of it, I guess I was hoping for some more psychological background to it. Instead I get more background glares from people when I read it on the train. Oh well, never asked them. This is more presented as if he is a Shaman of some sort, guiding you through your journey. Leary does not ponder academically (or western academically) as to what goes on in the mind during this, but goes straight into preparing you for what's ahead. While the topic interests me, I was hoping for a combination of psychology and psychedelics, but I read the reviews and really should've picked up on what it was from the get-go. Still a great read for perspective.

Helps you learn about what to expect in a journey and how you can prepare for it

This slim volume should be in the hands of anyone who participates in the psychedelic experience. Altered states of consciousness can sometimes present disturbing and potentially traumatic confrontations with Reality. A little familiarity with ancient wisdom interpreted for contemporary seekers is often all it takes to meet these challenges with a calm and receptive perspective, and resolve possible negative responses.I'm grateful to have had access to this guidebook when I was young. Being informed by this book has helped me access the wisdom of my experiences and avoid falling into fear when encountering unfamiliar insights.If you are going to participate in psychedelic travel, enter into it with a little preparation and a few guideposts. This book is a small, inexpensive, and timeless gem for all seekers.

Si estás interesado en el mundo psicodélico y empezar a tener tus experiencias con plantas de poder pero no tienes idea de donde empezar es una súper buena guía de inicio, vienen dosajes, que hacer en caso de mal trips, etc, padrísimo! Es una guía informativa ☺️

A must read

Written by 3 of the first, if not, amongst the first great experimenters of LSD, giving guidance by using interestingly the ancient Tibetan Book of the Dead, as a reference.

A mi amigo, que es un colgado, le encantó.

Sobre o livro:O livro é uma espécie da manual ao mesmo tempo místico, individual e técnico sobre a experiência de Timothy Leary com substâncias que alteram a consciência. Utilizando o Livro Tibetano dos Mortos como base, a obra se propõe a guiar o entusiasta dos psicodélicos nos diversos estágios da jornada, que Leary argumenta que é estereotipada em "bardos" para a maioria das pessoas e que, por conta disso, se relaciona com o processo de morte descrito pelos tibetanos antigos. Ele ensina como não cair em armadilhas de ego, como não se maravilhar com os visuais e com isso perder a real experiência sensorial completa e no final fornece alguns apêndices que, segundo sua própria instrução, podem ser gravados na voz do próprio psiconauta para ouvir durante a psicodelia, trazendo assim à lembrança os conceitos discutidos de forma racional no livro. Se você é entusiasta deste universo, vale a pena, ainda que não seja uma obra definidora da experiência e que esteja carregada desnecessariamente de alguns simbolismos que podem não ter o mesmo significado para todo mundo. Quatro estrelas!