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Dr. Timothy Leary
[1920-96]
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"Turn on, tune in, drop out."
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
"Higher has always been the trajectory of intelligent evolution."
"The universe is an intelligence test."
"Think for yourself and question authority."
— Tim Leary
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1920 Oct 22: Birthday of counterculture icon Timothy Leary, PhD in Springfield, Massachusetts; he died in Beverly Hills, California in 1996.
official Timothy Leary website [est. 1992]
Timothy Leary entry at Wikipedia
Timothy Leary credits [since 1967] at Internet Movie Database
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LEARY, TIMOTHY --http://www.leary.com/archives/ --December 1968 laguna beach Timothy Leary, his wife and son are arrested in Laguna for possession of L.S.D. by Patrolman Neil J. Purcell, who will later become Chief Purcell --Brotherhood of Eternal Love ranch outside laguna beach --great timeline http://www.markriebling.com/leary.html --"Storming Heaven: LSD & The American Dream" by Jay Stevens --good bio [UK only?] "I Have America Surrounded" by John Higgs
Major Books by Tim Leary
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Other Works by Tim Leary
 | "The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures In The Chemistry of Consciousness" [Pantheon 1962] by Allan W. Watts, Foreword by Timothy Leary & Richard Alpert Random House [12/65] out of print/used |
 | "Smiling Through The Apocalypse: Esquire's History of The Sixties" [1970] Edited by Harold Hayes contributors include Saul Bellow, Wm. F. Buckley Jr., Wm. S. Burroughs, Jean Genet, Timothy Leary, Norman Mailer, Malcolm Muggeridge, Adam Clayton Powell, Rex Reed, Terry Southern, William Styron, Gay Talese, Gore Vidal, Tom Wicker, Garry Wills, Tom Wolfe, and many more Random House Value Publng 9x6 pb [4/87] out of print/many used McCall Publng Co. 9x6 hardcover [1970] out of print/many used |
Works About Tim Leary
"Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to " [] isbn=1429996668
"Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of Lsd : The Cia, the " [] isbn=0802130623
"The Strange Case of the Hippie Mafia [] by Eszterhas
"I Have America Surrounded: A Biography of Timothy Leary" [] by John Higgs
http://www.amazon.com/Have-America-Surrounded-Biography-Timothy/dp/1569803153/
"The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the " [] by Don Lattin
http://www.amazon.com/The-Harvard-Psychedelic-Club-Timothy/dp/0061655937/
FORGET bio by Robert Greenfield = "Timothy Leary: A Biography" [] isbn=0156032066
Movies of Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary credits [since 1967] at Internet Movie Database
 | "Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds: The Beats of Naropa" [indep 1979] Classroom footage and interviews at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Colorado. Produced & directed by Costanzo Allione; featuring Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary & Peter Orlovsky Mystic Fire Video VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
 | "Growing Up In America" [Cinephile May 1989] Filmmaker shows archival footage to participants in the upheavals of the Sixties, then interviews them about what they just saw. 90-minute film co-produced & directed by Morley Markson; featuring Don Cox, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Hampton Jr., Fred Hampton, Abbie Hoffman, Deborah Johnston, lawyer William Kunstler, Timothy Leary, Jerry Rubin, Deborah Russell & John Sinclair First Run Features b&w/color VHS [11/99] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"The Life & Times of Allen Ginsberg" [Feb 1994; re-release Aug 2004]
 | Directed by Jerry Aronson; won IDA Award 1993; includes interviews with Joan Baez, William F. Buckley, Wm. S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary & Norman Mailer, with archive footage of Abbie Hoffman & Jack Kerouac
New Yorker Video DVD [7/2007] 2 disks for $30.99 First Run Features color VHS [9/2002] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
"Timothy Leary's Dead" [Strand Releasing June 1997]
 | 85-minute documentary of Leary's last year of life Co-produced, written & directed by Paul Davids; co-produced & hosted by Todd Mills; featuring Mark Bernheimer, Michael Bowen, Ram Dass {Dr. Richard Alpert}, Timothy Leary, Zach Leary, Vicki Marshall & Dr. Ralph Metzner New Concorde color DVD [3/2003] out of prodn/used New Concorde color VHS [3/2003] for $19.98 full credits at IMDb |
"Timothy Leary's Dead" Starring Todd Mills, Mark Bernheimer, Zach
http://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Learys-Dead-Todd-Mills/dp/6304955251/
http://www.mfilms.com/programs.php?id=612 dTimothyLearysDead.jpg
"Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr." episode "The World of LSD" starring Timothy Leary
Taped on April 10, 1967 http://www.amazon.com/Firing-Line-William-Buckley-World/dp/B001E50RTO/
"Firing Line: Twenty-Five Years and Still Going Strong" [1991]
Starring Norman Thomas, Timothy Leary, Muhammad Ali, et al
http://www.amazon.com/Firing-Line-Twenty-Five-Years-Strong/dp/B00ANCWW6U/
"The Tomorrow Show - Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show" [1973]
starring Tom Snyder, The Grateful Dead, Timothy Leary
http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Show-Snyders-Electric-Kool-Aid/dp/B000GG4XWO/
http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Show-Snyders-Electric-Kool-Aid/dp/B000JJS64O/
"20 Years After: Woodstock Reunion Concert" [1989]
Timothy Leary, Blood Sweat & Tears, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly
http://www.amazon.com/20-Years-After-Woodstock-Butterfly/dp/B000294SES/
"Cyberpunk" [1990]
Starring William Gibson, Timothy Leary, Annette Hunt
http://www.amazon.com/Cyberpunk-VHS-William-Gibson/dp/B00000F7XE/
"Roadside Prophets" [1991] directed by Abbe Wool
http://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Prophets-Abbe-Wool/dp/B000CZ2R4K/
http://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Prophets-John-Doe/dp/B00008H2LV/
"Virtual Reality: Timothy Leary" [1995]
http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Reality-Timothy-Leary-VHS/dp/6303540139/
"Beyond Life With Timothy Leary" [1997]
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Life-Timothy-Leary-VHS/dp/6304539509/
"The Ghost of Haight Ashbury Meets Timothy Leary" [1998]
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Haight-Ashbury-Meets-Timothy/dp/0916147754/
"Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of L.S.D." documentary [Canada Sept 2002]
 | hour-long documentary on the history of the psychedelic drug L.S.D. • Produced by Kent Martin; written & directed by Connie Littlefield; featuring Duncan Blewett, Ram Dass, Stanislav Grof, Abram Hoffer, Albert Hofmann, Laura Archera Huxley, Humphry Osmond, Myron Stolaroff, Dr. Ralph Metzner, with archive footage of Aldous Huxley [1894-1963] & Dr. Timothy Leary
Alive Mind color DVD [8/2009] for $23.78 full credits at IMDb • watch full movie [56:38] online at National Film Board of Canada |
"Timothy Leary's Last Trip" [2006] Title?0164203
http://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Learys-Last-Trip-Babbs/dp/B0000A02TQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Learys-Last-Trip-Babbs/dp/157252202X/
http://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Learys-Last-Trip-VHS/dp/1572521104/
"Walden: Diaries, Notes & Sketches" [2009]
by Jonas Mekas; starring Allen Ginsberg, Dr. Timothy Leary, Judith Malina
http://www.amazon.com/Walden-Diaries-Notes-Sketches-Jonas/dp/B002DPPH7Q/
"The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD" [2011]
Starring Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Carolyn Garcia, et al
http://www.amazon.com/Substance-Albert-Hofmanns-LSD/dp/B00E0NK0XK/
"Magic Trip" [2011]
Starring Stanley Tucci, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Trip-Stanley-Tucci/dp/B005HI4LLO/
"Tim Leary: Return Engagement"
"In Joyous Memory of Timothy Leary" []
Frank Barron, Ralph Metzner, Ram Dass, Robert Anton Wilson, John Lilly, John Perry Barlow,
Nina Graboi, Country Joe, Zach Leary, Rosemary Woodruf
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000EPOPQQ/
"Mindbenders, Vol. 1" [] starring Timothy Leary and Richard Lynch
http://www.amazon.com/Mindbenders-Vol-1-Timothy-Leary/dp/B000PBVW92/
"Fatal Skies" [VHS]
starring Timothy Leary, Tim Burke, J. Michael Esposito
http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Skies-VHS-Timothy-Leary/dp/B00005Y756/
"The Acid Test" [] featuring The Grateful Dead & Neal Cassady
http://www.amazon.com/Acid-Test-featuring-Grateful-Dead/dp/B000FPE0SS/
Friends & Family
Counterculture icon Timothy Francis Leary was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1920; he died in Beverly Hills, California in 1996.
first wife Marianne Busch Leary [?-1955] - married 1944-55
daughter Susan [1947-90]
son Jack [b. 1949]
wife #2 Mary Della Cioppa Leary [] - married 1956, divorced 1957
wife #3 Birgitte Caroline 'Nena' von Schlebrügge (Leary Thurman) [b. 1941] - married 1964, divorced 1965)?
wife #4 Rosemary Woodruff Leary [1935-2002] - married 1967, divorced 1976
'common-law wife' socialite Joanna Harcourt-Smith [1946-2020] - together 1972-77
son Marlon Gobel [b. 1976]
wife #5 filmmaker Barbara Blum Chase Leary [] - married 1978, divorced 1992
Zach Chase Leary [b. 1973] - her son, adopted by Tim
Charlene 'Charlie' Almeida [1951-69]
Beautiful Charlie grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada; she moved in at the Brotherhood Ranch in Idyllwild, California in 1968 with older boyfriend Rick Bevan; she was found drowned in a pond on the ranch in July 1969, at age seventeen. The autopsy revealed traces of LSD in her system, which gave the Sheriff probable cause to raid the ranch; five residents were arrested on drug charges and Leary was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor (later dropped).
L i n k s
official Timothy Leary website [est. 1992]
Timothy Leary entry at Wikipedia
Timothy Leary credits [since 1967] at Internet Movie Database
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'Declaration of Evolution' fansite
RS's Timothy Leary fansite [est. 1999]
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