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The psychedelic experience : a manual based on the Tibetan book of the dead

Author Timothy Leary American
Author Ralph Metzner American, born Germany
Author Richard Alpert American
1972
Not on view
Contains adaptation of the edition of the Bardo thödol translated by the Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, compiled and edited by W. Y. Evans-Wentz, and called the Tibetan book of the dead

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  • Title: The psychedelic experience : a manual based on the Tibetan book of the dead
  • Author: Timothy Leary (American, Springfield, Massachusetts 1920–1996 Beverly Hills, California)
  • Author: Ralph Metzner (American (born Germany), 1936)
  • Author: Richard Alpert (American, 1931–2019)
  • Date: 1972
  • Geography: New York, N.Y.
  • Dimensions: 159 pages; Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
  • Object Number: BF207 .L4 1972

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