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The Harvard Psychedelic Club

How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
Book • 2010
The Harvard Psychedelic Club explores the lives of Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil, who were involved in the Harvard Psilocybin Project in the early 1960s.

This book delves into how their experiences with psychedelics influenced the counterculture movement and the Mind/Body/Spirit movement, popularizing practices like yoga and Eastern mysticism in the West.

The narrative also touches on the personal conflicts and cultural shifts that emerged from their work.

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Steven Hassan
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Don Lattin
as Lattin's well-known book about key figures in the 1960s psychedelic movement.
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