"Turn on, tune in, drop out ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"" is a counterculture-era phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1966. In 1967 Leary spoke at the Human Be-In, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and phrased the famous words, ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"". It was also the title of his spoken word album recorded in 1966. On this lengthy album one can hear Leary speaking in a monotone, soft-spoken voice on his views about the world and humanity and describing nature, Indian symbols, ""the meaning of inner life"", the LSD"
"of Timothy Leary to ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"", hoped to change society by dropping out of it. Looking back on his own life (as a Harvard professor) prior to 1960, Leary interpreted it to have been that of ""an anonymous institutional employee who drove to work each morning in a long line of commuter cars and drove home each night and drank martinis ... like several million middle-class, liberal, intellectual robots."" As members of the hippie movement grew older and moderated their lives and their views, and especially after US involvement in the Vietnam War ended in the"
"it. We thought, 'This is happening in the streets,' and we wanted to bring it to the stage.'"" Also at this event, Timothy Leary voiced his phrase, ""turn on, tune in, drop out"". This phrase became the chisel for shaping the entire hippie counterculture, as it voiced the key ideas of 1960's rebellion. These ideas included communal living, political decentralization, and dropping out. The term ""dropping out"" became popular among many high school and college students, who would often abandon their education for a summer of sex, drugs and rock n' roll. The event was announced by the Haight-Ashbury's hippie"
"drop out."" In a 1988 interview with Neil Strauss, he said that this slogan was ""given to him"" by Marshall McLuhan when the two had lunch in New York City, adding, ""Marshall was very much interested in ideas and marketing, and he started singing something like, 'Psychedelics hit the spot / Five hundred micrograms, that's a lot,' to the tune of [the well-known Pepsi 1950s singing commercial]. Then he started going, 'Tune in, turn on, and drop out.'"" Though the more popular ""turn on, tune in, drop out"" became synonymous with Leary, his actual definition with the League for Spiritual"
"New York City on September 19, 1966. It urged people to embrace cultural changes through the use of psychedelics by detaching themselves from the existing conventions and hierarchies in society. It was also the motto of his League for Spiritual Discovery. The phrase was derided by more conservative critics. In his speech, Leary said: Leary later explained in his 1983 autobiography ""Flashbacks"": ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"" is also the title of a book () of essays by Timothy Leary, covering topics ranging from religion, education, and politics to Aldous Huxley, neurology, and psychedelic drugs. Leary later (during the"
"be used as an aid to LSD trips), and underground newspapers to which the group subscribed. The League for Spiritual Discovery's belief structure was based on Leary's mantra: ""drop out, turn on, tune in."" Though the more popular ""turn on, tune in, drop out"" became synonymous with Leary, his actual definition was: """"Drop Out"" – detach yourself from the external social drama which is as dehydrated and ersatz as TV. ""Turn On"" – find a sacrament which returns you to the temple of God, your own body. Go out of your mind. Get high. ""Tune In"" – be reborn. Drop"
"for NBC Radio's Talknet nighttime programming block of call-in advice shows. Another variation, ""Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out"", was the title of a 1993 single by the band 'Freak Power'—the name itself being a reference to the hippie culture. Turn on, tune in, drop out ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"" is a counterculture-era phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1966. In 1967 Leary spoke at the Human Be-In, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and phrased the famous words, ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"". It was also the title of his"
"pleasurable and benign. On the East Coast of the United States, Harvard University professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass advocated psychotropic drugs for psychotherapy, self-exploration, religious and spiritual use. Regarding LSD, Leary, a prominent hippie thinker, said, ""Expand your consciousness and find ecstasy and revelation within."" These attitudes greatly influenced the hippie movement and culture, not just on the topic of LSD but with drugs in general, including cannabis. The term ""Hipsters"" define two cultural groups, the 1940s subculture dedicated to jazz, and the contemporary subculture today. Both are stereotyped as enjoying cannabis. In fact the early hipsters"
"attempts were made to move the training center to Dominica and Antigua. In August 1963, with the help of wealthy patrons, Leary and their group moved to Millbrook, New York, where they stayed until 1968. Leary talks extensively about the project on the rare, out-of-print 1966 recording, ""Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: Timothy Leary Ph.D. speaks on L.S.D."" Zihuatanejo Project The Zihuatanejo Project was a psychedelic training center and intentional community created during the beginning of the counterculture of the 1960s by Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert under the umbrella of their nonprofit group, the International Federation for Internal"
"One such hippie ""high priest"" was San Francisco State College instructor Stephen Gaskin. Beginning in 1966, Gaskin's ""Monday Night Class"" eventually outgrew the lecture hall, and attracted 1,500 hippie followers in an open discussion of spiritual values, drawing from Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu teachings. In 1970, Gaskin founded a Tennessee community called The Farm, and he still lists his religion as ""Hippie."" Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. On September 19, 1966, Leary founded the League for Spiritual Discovery, a religion declaring LSD as its holy sacrament, in part as an"
"""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"", the ""poet"" Henry Gibson would randomly say, ""Marshall McLuhan, what are you doin'?"" McLuhan was credited with coining the phrase ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"" by its popularizer, Timothy Leary, in the 1960s. In a 1988 interview with Neil Strauss, Leary stated that slogan was ""given to him"" by McLuhan during a lunch in New York City. Leary said McLuhan ""was very much interested in ideas and marketing, and he started singing something like, 'Psychedelics hit the spot / Five hundred micrograms, that’s a lot,' to the tune of a Pepsi commercial. Then he started"
"his untenured position as an instructor on the Psychology Faculty at Harvard University, Timothy Leary became a major advocate for the recreational use of psychedelic drugs. After taking psilocybin, a drug extracted from certain mushrooms that causes effects similar to those of LSD, Leary endorsed the use of all psychedelics for personal development. He often invited friends as well as an occasional graduate student to consume such drugs along with him and colleague Richard Alpert. On the West Coast, author Ken Kesey, a prior volunteer for a CIA-sponsored LSD experiment, also advocated the use of the drug. Soon after participating,"
"Paris. Timothy Leary, a former Harvard professor, extolled students and young professionals to ""Turn on, tune in, drop out"", a phrase that became a catch-cry for the hippie phenomenon. With the Beatles as the most popular and influential act of the era, music was the principal agent of these changes. Having become a leading publicist in Los Angeles following his work with the Beatles in 1964, Derek Taylor co-founded the Monterey festival. This event showcased the diversity of musical styles and influences that constituted the new ""rock"" medium, as well as pop music's ascendancy to the level of art. Pop's"
"attempting an artistic replication of the LSD experience. He said that the League for Spiritual Discovery was limited to 360 members and was already at its membership limit, but he encouraged others to form their own psychedelic religions. He published a pamphlet in 1967 called ""Start Your Own Religion"" to encourage people to do so. Leary was invited to attend the January 14, 1967 Human Be-In by Michael Bowen, the primary organizer of the event, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. In speaking to the group, Leary coined the famous phrase ""Turn on, tune in,"
"to clinicians and physicians all across the world, which then used the drug as an aiding substance in psychedelic psychotherapy. In August 1960, Timothy Leary, a psychology professor from Harvard University, traveled to Mexico to conduct a self-experiment using psilocybin mushrooms. After trying pure, extracted psilocybin he decided to experiment even more with the substance, even administering it to his students. In conducting his experiment, he was assisted by his colleague, prof. Dr. Richard Alpert. One of their experiments consisted of administering psilocybin to prisoners, attempting to find out whether it could help reduce recidivism rate and constitute an effective"
"things which sprang most readily to the LSD-heightened Anglo-Saxon mind."" Author and journalist Graham Reid highlights the same line as being the British equivalent of ""Tune in, turn on, drop out"", the phrase coined by Timothy Leary that came to define the American psychedelic experience. Writing for ""Rolling Stone"" in 2002, Greg Kot admired the song, saying: ""once again, a raga-flavored groove brings out Harrison's best in the walloping 'It's All Too Much.'"" That same year, Nigel Williamson of ""Uncut"" described it as ""a psychedelic classic"" that, had it been recorded earlier in 1967, ""would have made ""Sgt Pepper"" an"
"that those who were most respected in hippie settings were the spiritual leaders, the so-called ""high priests"" who emerged during that era. One such hippie ""high priest"" was San Francisco State University Professor Stephen Gaskin. Beginning in 1966, Gaskin's ""Monday Night Class"" eventually outgrew the lecture hall, and attracted 1,500 hippie followers in an open discussion of spiritual values, drawing from Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu teachings. In 1970 Gaskin founded a Tennessee community called The Farm, and he still lists his religion as ""Hippie."" Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. On"
"Discovery was: """"Drop Out"" – detach yourself from the external social drama which is as dehydrated and ersatz as TV. ""Turn On"" – find a sacrament which returns you to the temple of God, your own body. Go out of your mind. Get high. ""Tune In"" – be reborn. Drop back in to express it. Start a new sequence of behavior that reflects your vision."" Repeated FBI raids ended the Millbrook era. Leary told author and Prankster Paul Krassner regarding a 1966 raid by Liddy, ""He was a government agent entering our bedroom at midnight. We had every right to"
"experience, peace and many other issues. In a 1988 interview with Neil Strauss, Leary said the slogan was ""given to him"" by Marshall McLuhan during a lunch in New York City. Leary added that McLuhan ""was very much interested in ideas and marketing, and he started singing something like, 'Psychedelics hit the spot / Five hundred micrograms, that's a lot,' to the tune of a Pepsi commercial of the time. Then he started going, 'Tune in, turn on, and drop out. The phrase was used by Leary in a speech he delivered at the opening of a press conference in"
"case further cemented Leary's growing reputation as a counter cultural guru. Around this time, President Richard Nixon described Leary as ""the most dangerous man in America."" Repeated FBI raids instigated the end of the Millbrook experiment. Leary refocused his efforts towards countering the tremendous amount of anti-LSD propaganda then being issued by the United States government, popularizing the slogan ""Turn on, tune in, drop out."" Many experts blame Leary and his activism for the near-total suppression of psychedelic research over the next 35 years. Historically, LSD was distributed not for profit, but because those who made and distributed it truly"
"High Priest (book) High Priest is a book by Timothy Leary. It was originally published in 1968 by New American Library, and was reprinted in 1995 by Ronin Publishing. Written before Leary's incarceration on drug-related charges, it is an autobiographical account of his experiences from 1959 to 1962, a period that roughly coincides with his employment as a lecturer in clinical psychology at Harvard University. The book is written in the form of 16 ""trips,"" each involving a ""guide,"" among whom are such influential 1960s figures as Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Ralph Metzner, Huston Smith, and"
"LSD in the U.S., further raising interest in LSD in the mass media. Following Wasson's report, Timothy Leary visited Mexico to experience the mushrooms. Dr. Timothy Leary, a lecturer in psychology at Harvard University, was the most prominent pro-LSD researcher. Leary claimed that using LSD with the right dosage, set (what one brings to the experience), and setting, preferably with the guidance of professionals, could alter behavior in dramatic and beneficial ways. Dr. Leary began conducting experiments with psilocybin in 1960 on himself and a number of Harvard graduate students after trying hallucinogenic mushrooms used in Native American religious rituals"
"Cyberdelic Cyberdelic (a portmanteau word combining prefix ""cyber-"" and ""psychedelic"") is a term used to refer to either: Timothy Leary, an advocate of psychedelic drug use who became a cult figure of the hippies in the 1960s, reemerged in the 1980s as a spokesperson of the cyberdelic counterculture, whose adherents called themselves ""cyberpunks"", and became one of the most philosophical promoters of personal computers (PC), the Internet, and immersive virtual reality. Leary proclaimed that the ""PC is the LSD of the 1990s"" and admonished bohemians to ""turn on, boot up, jack in"". In contrast to some of the hippies of"
"Kesey, Arthur Koestler, G. Gordon Liddy and other prominent cultural figures. The collection became available in September 2013. Timothy Leary Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. As a clinical psychologist at Harvard University, Leary conducted experiments under the Harvard Psilocybin Project in 1960-62 (LSD and psilocybin were still legal in the United States at the time), resulting in the Concord Prison Experiment and the Marsh Chapel Experiment. The scientific legitimacy and ethics of his research"
"former Harvard University psychology lecturer Timothy Leary claimed that in the spring of 1962, Pinchot Meyer, who, according to her biographer Nina Burleigh ""wore manners and charm like a second skin"", told Leary she was taking part in a plan to avert worldwide nuclear war by convincing powerful male members of the Washington establishment to take mind-altering drugs, which would presumably lead them to conclude that the Cold War was meaningless. According to Leary, Meyer had sought him out for the purpose of learning how to conduct LSD sessions with these powerful men, including, she strongly implied, President John F."
"and thinking, though he also wrote songs critical of hippies. Following in the footsteps of the Beats, many hippies used cannabis (marijuana), considering it pleasurable and benign. They enlarged their spiritual pharmacopeia to include hallucinogens such as peyote, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and DMT, while often renouncing the use of alcohol. On the East Coast of the United States, Harvard University professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) advocated psychotropic drugs for psychotherapy, self-exploration, religious and spiritual use. Regarding LSD, Leary said, ""Expand your consciousness and find ecstasy and revelation within."" On the West Coast of the United"
"of his narrative as 'On the third floor of the Castilla Foundation' in New York, a countryside house used as a sanctuary for psychedelic experiences. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (album) Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out is a 1967 album credited to Timothy Leary, created to accompany the documentary film of the same name. It contains narrated meditation mixed with freeform psychedelic rock music. Side A Side B All selections written by Maryvonne Giercarz/Lars Eric/Richard Bond Guide: Timothy Leary, Ph.D. Voyager: Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. Divine Connection: Rosemary Woodruff Veena: Maryvonne Giercarz Guitar: Lars Eric Tabla: Richard Bond Executive"
"a lay teacher. He made that decision principally to mitigate students' becoming distracted by exotic cultures and dress and to undercut their preconceptions of how a guru should behave. He drank, smoked, slept with students, and often kept students waiting for hours before giving teachings. Much of his behavior has been construed as deliberately provocative and sparked controversy. In one account, he encouraged students to give up smoking marijuana, claiming that the smoking was not of benefit to their spiritual progress and that it exaggerated neurosis. Students were often angered, unnerved and intimidated by him, but many remained fiercely loyal,"
"1964, is a guide for LSD-trips, written by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert, loosely based on Yvan-Wentz's translation of the ""Tibetan Book of the Dead"". Aldous Huxley introduced the ""Tibetan Book of the Dead"" to Timothy Leary. According to Leary, Metzer and Alpert, the ""Tibetan Book of the Dead"" is They construed the effect of LSD as a ""stripping away"" of ego-defenses, finding parallels between the stages of death and rebirth in the ""Tibetan Book of the Dead"", and the stages of psychological ""death"" and ""rebirth"" which Leary had identified during his research. According to Leary, Metzer and"
"The LSD pioneer Timothy Leary, who made an appearance at the Mantra-Rock Dance along with Augustus Owsley Stanley III and even paid the entrance fee, pronounced the event a ""beautiful night"". Later Ginsberg called the Mantra-Rock Dance ""the height of Haight-Ashbury spiritual enthusiasm, the first time that there had been a music scene in San Francisco where everybody could be part of it and participate,"" while historians referred to it as ""the ultimate high"" and ""the major spiritual event of the San Francisco hippy era."" Moby Grape's performance at the Mantra-Rock Dance catapulted the band onto the professional stage. They"
"for the use of LSD, enjoying its spiritual benefits, with one of his catchphrases being ""Turn on, tune in, drop out."" The song is perhaps best known for its opening lines: ""Timothy Leary's dead / No, n-n-no he's outside looking in"", which allude to Leary's use of eastern mysticism (most notably the Tibetan Book of the Dead) to frame the psychedelic experience. The song's lyrics describe both Leary and the effects of LSD, such as: <poem> He'll fly his astral plane Takes you trips around the bay Brings you back the same day </poem> as well as: <poem> He'll take"
"the center, and other guest speakers included Ralph Metzner and Allen Ginsberg. During late 1966 and early 1967, Leary toured college campuses to spread the psychedelic gospel by presenting a multi-media performance called ""The Death of the Mind"" which attempted to artistically replicate the LSD experience. It had initially opened at a theater that became the location for the Fillmore East. Leary said the League for Spiritual Discovery was limited to 360 members and was already at its membership limit, but he encouraged others to form their own psychedelic religions. He published a pamphlet in 1967 called ""Start Your Own"
"have to do it and whenever you want. Drop out. Leave society as you have known it. Leave it utterly. Blow the mind of every straight person you can reach. Turn them on, if not to drugs, then to beauty, love, honesty, fun."" It is estimated that around 100,000 people traveled to San Francisco in the summer of 1967. The media was right behind them, casting a spotlight on the Haight-Ashbury district and popularizing the ""hippie"" label. With this increased attention, hippies found support for their ideals of love and peace but were also criticized for their anti-work, pro-drug, and"