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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

Lattin examines the lives and times of four men--Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), Andrew Weil, and Huston Smith--whose paths crossed in the 1960s at Harvard, and who consequently launched the mind, body, spirit movement.

Main Author: Lattin, Don, 1953-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Enfield : HarperOne ; Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2011.
Subjects:
Leary, Timothy, > 1920-1996.
Ram Dass.
Smith, Huston.
Weil, Andrew.
Harvard University. > Dept. of Social Relations > Biography.
Hallucinogenic drugs > Research > Massachusetts > Cambridge > History > 20th century.
Religion and sociology > United States > History > 20th century.
Counterculture > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
Summary: Lattin examines the lives and times of four men--Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), Andrew Weil, and Huston Smith--whose paths crossed in the 1960s at Harvard, and who consequently launched the mind, body, spirit movement.
Physical Description: 256 p. : ill. ; cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780061655944 (pbk.)
0061655945 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Don Lattin is one of the nation's leading journalists covering alternative and mainstream religious movements and figures in America. His work has appeared in dozens of U.S. magazines and newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, where Lattin covered the religion beat for nearly two decades. He is the author of Jesus Freaks and Following Our Bliss. Visit the author online at www.donlattin.com.

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