LSD: A Journey into the Asked, the Answered, and the Unknown
By Richard Alpert, PhD, a.k.a. Ram Dass , Sidney Cohen, MD , and Lawrence Schiller
Foreword by Jessica Hundley
Read by Robert Fass , Eric Jason Martin , Arthur Morey , and Natasha Soudek
Unabridged
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2 Formats: Retail CD
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$36.95
ISBN: 9798212341912
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ISBN: 9798212341929
| Runtime: | 5.36 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Body, Mind & Spirit |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
In 1966, two authorities on LSD—Richard Alpert, PhD, AKA Ram Dass, and Sidney Cohen, MD—spoke out on the merits and dangers of the psychedelic drug as acclaimed photographer Lawrence Schiller documented the experiences as they were happening. This Commemorative Edition of LSD looks back at the public’s use of LSD in the 1960s and features a new introduction that explores the book’s relevance to today’s psychedelic renaissance.
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Author Bio: Ram Dass
Ram Dass is the author of the landmark classic Be Here Now and the acclaimed Still Here. After meeting his guru in India in 1967, Ram Dass became a pivotal spiritual influence on American culture. He currently resides in Maui.
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Author Bio: Sidney Cohen MD
Sidney Cohen, MD (1910–1987) was a pioneer in research on LSD and other mood-altering drugs as an academic and as the first director of the Division of Narcotic Abuse and Drug Addiction at the National Institute of Mental Health. He was a psychiatrist, professor of medicine, and prolific author.
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Author Bio: Lawrence Schiller
Lawrence Schiller began his career as a photojournalist for Life, Newsweek, and Paris Match, among other periodicals, photographing some of the most iconic figures of the 1960s, from Marilyn Monroe to Lee Harvey Oswald to Robert F. Kennedy; from Ali and Foreman to Redford and Newman. The author of several New York Times bestselling books, including American Tragedy, his many collaborations include Norman Mailer’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book The Executioner’s Song. He has also directed and produced motion pictures and television miniseries, which have garnered an Oscar and seven Emmys. Schiller has been a consultant to NBC News and has written for the New Yorker, Daily Beast, and other publications. In 2008, he cofounded the Norman Mailer Center and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Body, Mind & Spirit |
| Runtime: | 5.36 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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