Timothy Leary

Timothy Francis Leary (22 Ekim 1920- 31 Mayıs 1996) Amerikalı yazar, ruhbilimci ve bilgisayar yazılımcısı. Karşıt kültür ikonu olarak özellikle LSD başta olmak üzere psikotrop (uyuşturucu) maddelerin araştırılması ve kullanımını savunmuştur. "Turn on, tune in, drop out." (Aç, ayarla, bırak) olarak bilinen sloganıyla anılmaktadır.

Biyografisi

Özgeçmişi 
İrlanda kökenli bir Amerikalı diş hekimi babanın oğlu olarak Springfield, Massachusetts de dünyaya gelmiştir. Babası Timoty 13 yaşındayken ailesini terk etti. Springfield düz lisesinde okudu. Üç farklı fakülteye girdi ve hepsinde eğitim aldı. Worcester'da College of the Holy Cross'ta iki yıl öğrenim gördü. 1943 yılında Alabama Üniversitesi Psikoloji bölümünden mezun oldu. New York Times'ta hakkında bir ölüm ilanı çıktı ve disiplin sorunu olduğu söylendi. Ama O II. Dünya Savaşı boyunca Amerikan ordusundaki tıbbi heyette çavuş olarak hizmet ettikten sonra en son diplomasına kavuştu. Daha sonra bir karşı kültür ikonu ve LSD yandaşı olan Leary, Amerikan Kara Harp Akademisi'nden atıldı. 1946 yılında Washington Devlet Üniversitesinde yüksek lisans ve 1950 yılında Kaliforniya Üniversitesinde psikoloji alanında doktora yaptı. 1950-1955 yılları arasında Berkeley'de asistanlık, 1955-1958 yılları arasında Kaiser Aile Vakfı'nda psikiyatrik bir araştırmanın yönetimini ve 1958-1963 yılları arasında Harvard Üniversitesi'nde doçentlik yaptı.

Yaratıcı çalışmalar

Kitapları 
 Intelligence Agents. Leary, Timothy. 1996. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 1-56184-038-6)
 Game of Life. Leary, Timothy. 1989. New Falcon Publications. (ISBN 0-941404-64-1).
 Change Your Brain. Leary, Timothy. 1988. (ISBN 1-57951-017-5)
 Info-Psychology: A Revision of Exo-Psychology. Leary, Timothy. 1988. Falcon Pr. (ISBN 0-941404-60-9)
 Your Brain is God. Leary, Timothy. 1988. (ISBN 1-57951-052-3)
 Info-Psychology. Leary, Timothy. 1987. (ISBN 1-56184-105-6)
 What Does Woman Want. Leary, Timothy. 1987. New Falcon Publications. (ISBN 0-941404-62-5)
 Flashbacks. Leary, Timothy. 1983. (ISBN 0-87477-497-7)
 Flashbacks. Leary, Timothy. 1983. Tarcher. (ISBN 0-87477-177-3)
 Changing My Mind Among Others. Leary, Timothy. 1982. Prentice Hall Trade. (ISBN 0-13-127829-0)
 Confessions of a Hope Fiend. Leary, Timothy. 1973.
 High Priest. Leary, Timothy. 1968. (ISBN 0-914171-80-1)

 Start Your Own Religion. Leary, Timothy. 1967. (ISBN 1-57951-073-6)
 Psychedelic Prayers & Other Meditations. Leary, Timothy. 1966. (ISBN 0-914171-84-4)
 The Politics of Ecstasy. Leary, Timothy. 1965. (ISBN 0-914171-33-X)
 The Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality. Leary, Timothy. 1957.
 Design for Dying. Leary, Timothy, with Sirius, R. U. 1997. HarperCollins Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-06-018700-X (cloth); ISBN 0-06-092866-2 (pbk.); ISBN 0-06-018250-4 (intl).
 Concrete & Buckshot: William S. Burroughs Paintings. Leary, Timothy and Benjamin Weissman. 1996. Smart Art Press. (ISBN 1-889195-01-4)
 Surfing the Conscious Nets: A Graphic Novel. Leary, Timothy and Robert Williams. 1995. Last Gap. (ISBN 0-86719-410-3)
 Chaos and Cyber Culture. Leary, Timothy and Michael Horowitz, Vicki Marshall. 1994. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 0-914171-77-1)
 Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati Wilson, Robert Anton and Timothy Leary. 1978. Pocket. (ISBN 0-671-81669-1)
 Mystery, magic & miracle;: Religion in a post-Aquarian age, (A Spectrum book). Heenan, Edward F. and Jack Fritscher, Timothy Leary. 1973. Prentice-Hall. (ISBN 0-13-609032-X)
 The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Leary, Timothy and Metzner, Ralph, Alpert, Richard, Karma-Glin-Pa Bar Do Thos Grol. 1964. (ISBN 0-8065-1652-6)
 Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality: A Functional Theory and Methodology for Personality Evaluation. Leary, Timothy. 2004. Resource Publications. (ISBN 1-59244-776-7)
 Evolutionary Agents. Leary, Timothy and Beverly A. Potter. 2004. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 1-57951-064-7)
 Musings on Human Metamorphoses. Leary, Timothy. 2002. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 1-57951-058-2)
 The Politics of Psychopharmacology. Leary, Timothy. 2001. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 1-57951-056-6)
 Politics of Self-Determination (Self-Mastery Series). Leary, Timothy. 2001. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 1-57951-015-9)
 Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out. Leary, Timothy. 1999. Ronin Publishing. (ISBN 1-57951-009-4)
 The Delicious Grace of Moving One's Hand: The Collected Sex Writings Leary, Timothy. 1999. Thunder's Mouth Press. (ISBN 1-56025-181-6)
 El Trip de La Muerte. Leary, Timothy. 1998. Editorial Kairos. SPANISH. (ISBN 84-7245-408-8)
 The Lost Beatles Interviews Leary, Timothy (Afterword) and Geoffrey Giuliano, Brenda Giuliano. 1996. Plume. (ISBN 0-452-27025-1)
 HR GIGER ARh+. Giger, H. R., with Leary, Timothy. 1994. Benedikt Taschen Verlag. (ISBN 3-8228-9642-X)
 Uncommon Quotes: Timothy Leary. Leary, Timothy. Audio tape. 1990. Pub Group West. (ISBN 0-929856-01-5)

Diskografi 
 L.S.D. (1966)
 Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1967)
 You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (1970)
 Flashbacks (1983)
 The Inner Frontier with Robert Anton Wilson (1989)
 From Psychedelics to Cybernetics (1989)
 Origins of Dance (1990)
 How to Operate Your Brain (1992)
 Right to Fly (1996)
 Beyond Life With Timothy Leary (1996)
 Timothy Leary Live at Starwood (2001) recorded in 1992 ACE ISBN 1-59157-002-6
 Timothy Leary: A Cheerleader for Change (2001) ACE/Llewellyn Collection - Recorded in 1985 ACE ISBN 1-59157-004-2
 The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on Tibetan Book of the Dead (with Richard Alpert & Ralph Metzner) (2003)

Also Appears On:
 Seven Up - Ash Ra Tempel (1972)
 Tune In (Turn On The Acid House) - (1988) Psychic TV, 12" EP, Temple Records (UK)- Samples Timothy Leary
 Trance-Techno Express: From Detroit to Berlin & Back - Various (1993)
 Ancient Lights and the Blackcore - with Scorn, Seefeel, Yanomami Shamans from the Amazon, and DJ Cheb I. Sabbah (1995)
 Krautrock - Various [Polygram] (1997)
 Sub Rosa Underwood, Vol. 3: A Sampler - Various (1998)
 Intermenstral - Various (2001)

Kaynakça 

Weil, Andrew T. "The Strange Case of the Harvard Drug Scandal" Look, 27 5 Kasım 1963.

Dış bağlantılar 

 Exo-Psychology Revisited — Leary’s Eight-Circuit model of developmental psychology assigns extraterrestrial status to the final four (psychedelic) "circuits."
 TimothyLeary.us - biography, archives, links and more 
 A page devoted to Timothy Leary & LSD with video of Reverend Lakko recalling Timothy Leary's guidance during the Marsh Chapel Experiment, an interaction with Marshall McLuhan, and other Leary links
 I Have America Surrounded - the Life of Timothy Leary - website for a Timothy Leary biography.
 Timothy Leary - Rotten Library article.
 Timothy Leary Video and Audio 
 "How to Operate Your Brain" Leary's guided meditation with video and music
 TFYQA.com - Think For Yourself; Question Authority: Timothy Leary ideals
 DMOZ.org - Open Directory links 
 Timothy Leary is Among America's Unsung Heroes  Luciferian journalist, James Donahue, tells the story of Timothy Leary.
 Dr. Timothy Leary, PhD at Deoxy.org
 
 
 TIMOTHY LEARY, APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE  - Drug Library

1920 doğumlular
Springfield, Massachusetts doğumlular
1996 yılında ölenler
Amerikalı psikologlar
20. yüzyıl Amerikalı yazarları
İrlanda asıllı Amerikalılar
Harvard Üniversitesi öğretim üyeleri
Neopaganizm
Okültistler
Chicago Seven
LSD
Hippiler
Zihin felsefesi
Prostat kanserinden ölenler