2007-12-15 01:40:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Timothy Leary was a psychologist who pioneered and promoted the use of L.S.D.
He is credited with the phrase " Turn on, Tune in, Drop out ".
In 1970, as a result of Leary fighting the "1937 Marijuana Tax Act ", Congress passed the "Controlled Substances Act."
2007-12-15 01:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by Louie O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tomothy Leary was an author and wrote several books. His own autobiography 'Flashbacks' is a good read - why not find this book and read out about the real Timothy Leary in his own words?
"I had just finished typing a manuscript 'The Essential Transaction' on an old-fashioned rented Olivetti. This book suggested new, humanist methods for behavior change. For the first time since my thirty-fifth I was feeling some flickers of enthusiasm. I thought I knew how humans could direct their personal evolution. The next step was to find a clinic or a university where I could put these ideas to the test."
With a little hindsight, it can be seen as the only people in the general public who were afraid of the man were those who believed what their conservative leaders (who themselves were afraid of the idea of people directing their own personal evolution) told them about Timothy Leary and LSD.
2007-12-15 02:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by WMD 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was a Shrink and had a great PR presence.He was a total freak show on acid. He had a tremendous influence on a very stupid generation (mine). We were floundering about looking for something while Johnson and Nixon were killing my brother and others in Vietnam. Leary sounded like fun. And, and this is a big and, it was the beginning of the information age. The press was free to print what they wanted and TV was coming onto its own by then.
2007-12-15 01:53:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first respondent is correct. Leary was a leading psychologist in the academic world, but became a missionary for LSD, and eventually became a ridiculous figure. He even tried to become a comedian at one point.
2007-12-15 01:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was a very forthright homosexual and the public was afraid of such antics. It was as though he was a poltergeist.
Times have changed though.
2007-12-15 01:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/sixties/leary.html
http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/timothy_leary.html
2007-12-15 02:02:22 · answer #6 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋