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Browsing the Web I Discover the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary on the Open Library

Link for this Post: Read the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary at the Open Library In  April 1995,  I moderated a panel at an event called the Whole Life Expo in San Fransisco, California called “The Future of Consciousness.” Among the panel members was Timothy Leary. There was quite a bit of attention on Dr. Leary that afternoon. Earlier in the day, at his own workshop at the annual expo, Leary had announced to the world that he had untreatable, and most likely terminal Prostate Cancer. I wanted to give Tim a good introduction, so when it was my turn to Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Celebrating the 69th Annual Bicycle Day

Sixty-nine years ago, on April 19th, 1943, the late Swiss biochemist Dr. Albert Hofmann took the first planned LSD session. This day has been celebrated by members of the psychedelic culture since the Sixties. In 1983, Dr. Thomas Roberts began calling the day, Bicycle Day and it has been celebrated with increasing enthusiasm ever since. In San Fransisco, the city probably best associated with the sixties counterculture, Bicycle Day is being celebrated by Alex Grey and his Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors crew with a special event which looks like it will be a lot of fun. Presenters at the event include Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

They say its my birthday . . . gonna have a good time

When I went to college in LA back in 1967, I used to drop acid (LSD) almost every weekend. My friends and I would have either small gatherings and sometimes larger ones, in which most or all of the group tripped together, listening to record albums on a stereo phonograph, engaged in intense conversation or wordless connections. At almost of of these gatherings, one album that was sure to be among those that would be cued up was the Beatles ultras mash hit, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Even without chemical psychedelic enhancement, that album takes you on a trip. Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Sailing to a New Island

Link for this Post: Island Web Counterculture Guide

In my last post, I told you I was going to give you a tour of the website projects that have I have working on recently. I will start with the oldest of the websites I have created and the one that has kept me busy just this week.

Island Web was launched in 1995, on of the first psychedelic culture websites on the Internet. at Island.Org The site began as the official site of the Island Group, a Santa Cruz California Group which held Bay Area potluck, organized conferences and published Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

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