Richard Alpert

Browse filters
The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book, 1964

The Psychedelic Experience

A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead

Leary, Metzner and Alpert recast the Tibetan Book of the Dead as a manual for LSD, psilocybin and mescaline sessions. Hosted here is a fair-use excerpt: the book's opening definition of 'set and setting,' and the full 'Preparation' and 'The Setting' sections, which give that idea its practical, session-by-session form.

Read more