- Religions and Spirits, Scholarship11 min
The Esoteric Scholarship of Antoine Faivre
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ABSTRACT: In 1964, Timothy Leary and a few colleagues published The Psychedelic Experience, a manual for "tripping" explicitly based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead. At the core of the Tibetan materials lies the concept of the bardo, the "in between" realm of the afterlife. While acknowledging the problematic nature of Leary’s radical appropriation, this essay argues that his application of these materials to the orchestration and regulation of psychedelic experience reflected a productive reframing of the phantasmagoria common... - Psychedelics, Scholarship33 min
The Psychedelic Book of the Dead (Paper)
Timothy Leary and the BardoTimothy Leary and the Bardo
ABSTRACT: In 1964, Timothy Leary and a few colleagues published The Psychedelic Experience, a manual for "tripping" explicitly based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead. At the core of the Tibetan materials lies the concept of the bardo, the "in between" realm of the afterlife. While acknowledging the problematic nature of Leary’s radical appropriation, this essay argues that his application of these materials to the orchestration and regulation of psychedelic experience reflected a productive reframing of the phantasmagoria common... - Expanding Mind Podcast57 min
Studying Esotericism
History, gnosis, and the challenges and rewards of studying rejected knowledge: a fascinating talk with Dr. Wouter Hanegraaff, historian of…
History, gnosis, and the challenges and rewards of studying rejected knowledge: a fascinating talk with Dr. Wouter Hanegraaff, historian of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. http://amsterdamhermetica.nl/
ABSTRACT: In 1964, Timothy Leary and a few colleagues published The Psychedelic Experience, a manual for "tripping" explicitly based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead. At the core of the Tibetan materials lies the concept of the bardo, the "in between" realm of the afterlife. While acknowledging the problematic nature of Leary’s radical appropriation, this essay argues that his application of these materials to the orchestration and regulation of psychedelic experience reflected a productive reframing of the phantasmagoria common...