From The Research Vault: The Politics of Ecstasy by Timothy Leary From The Research Vault: The Politics of Ecstasy by Timothy Leary Writings that sparkle with the psychedelic revolution. The Politics of Ecstasy is Timothy Leary’s most provocative and influential exploration of human consciousness, written during the period from his Harvard days to the Summer of Love. Includes his early pronouncements on the psychedelic movement and his views on social and political ramifications of psychedelic and mystical experience.Here is the outspoken Playboy interview revealing the sexual power of LSD-a statement that many believe played a key role in provoking Leary’s incarceration by the authorities; an early outline of the neurological theory that became Leary’s classic eight-circuit model of the human nervous system; an insightful exploration of the life and work of novelist Hermann Hesse; an effervescent dialogue with humorist Paul Krassner; and an impassioned defense of what Leary called “The Fifth Freedom”-the right to get high. — Amazon Receive on-going info about “Why The Monkees Mattered” book and more! Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture Order Your Copy Now! Related posts: Timothy Leary & The Monkees from 1960’s TV Censorship and The Monkees with Dr. Rosanne Welch [Video] (1:04) From The Research Vault: The Monkees’ FBI File via FBI Vault From The Research Vault: Daydream Believers: The Monkees’ Story. Canada: World International Networks. From The Research Vault: La Merica: Images Of Italian Greenhorn Experience by Michael La Sorte From The Research Vault: Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion (Console-ing Passions) by Aniko Bodroghkozy