Timothy Leary Prison Interview - Part One

[DAFUNK213]

Both cameraman and editor suck.Stop with the shitty effects its distracting.Great interview and  message though.

[TheFelixSlider]

I fucking love LSD, Mushrooms, DMT...etc.

And they help.

[Kramnosnits]

Thank you! Thank you for underscoring what a bonehead this creep Leary really was.

[DrRocksotheClown]

@Kramnosnits okay ..where do i start....he was a notorious womanizer...he used to cheat on his wife...he was a deadbeat dad...wanna be aldous huxley..drug addict...charlatan..oh yeah and he snitched on people to get outta prison...

[jimixsx]

What on earth is someone doing with their vision mixer here?

[MyFacefaceface]

2 people a buried deep within themselves, and i hope sincerely for their sake they make it back to us.

[sejd213]

The Pranksters were able to slip LSD to Tim via books,which were sent to him while in the Pen. He sure as heck appears to be on a trip with a hit of mild acid.

[diesel691]

Nobel Laureate Professor Francis Crick admitted on his death bed a few years ago that he was under the influence of LSD on the day he made his famous twin strand DNA discovery

[diesel691]

"LSD has been known to cause psychotic episodes in certain people that have not taken it " Dr. Timothy Leary

[smallpotatoes989]

the power elite do not want smarth people, they want brain washed robots to do the work for them. tim was a legend. revolution!

[AnneFox7]

The closed mind does not need support to open nor any drug to damage it. The doors of perception themselves are a falsehood. Leary has been simply playing games with people's heads. The idea is only radical in that it is an effort to destroy inhibitions to a different direction which is unnatural perhaps depraved. The love of life and of humanity of course rules out the experimentation of a Leary or a Mengele. Did he know this was as harmful as it was for his subjects? The answer is yes.

[faridjabba]

@AnneFox7 may i ask why wud those @doors@ be false? in what sense? may i ask if uve done lsd?

[AnneFox7]

@faridjabba The issue is not that anyone has done LSD but have they seen it done. What were the studies and what happened to those who were involved. This ass knows all about it. He personally held a series of parties in which the girls who danced naked on his lawns were seriously effected. He knows it, or he would not have done it. How do you convince a person who's human biology, instinct, culture and life-ways would prevent them from making a decision that could be ruinous?

[DrRocksotheClown]

@AnneFox7 anyone here should read the new yorker expose article that was published about him..he was a womanizer...a deadbeat dadf...criminal..drug addict..snitch...plus he stole a lot of his ideas from aldous huxley ..he was a a FAKE...

[AnneFox7]

@DrRocksotheClown The people looking for happiness here, are really into this. It's sad. A whole generation of people tried this. Now they're all saying that they are bi-polar and all the shameful or stupid and cruel things they did, were due to manic phases... Some claim that they are schitzoprenic after a life of pot smoking. "Tune in, turn on and drop out" people are now in power and abusing kids with their philosophy. BLAME everything & everybody but themselves. PHONIES.

[palasz13]

1:32 priceless

[Evenindeath6]

this guy is amazing!!!

[jebre1]

his smile, the happiness is what validates him and puts him above all of his critics.

[tazabilly]

"but they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go" What is that supposed to mean?

[happysmellyfish]

@tazabilly It's about the disconnect between what we learn at higher education (art, the classics, whatever) and the actual opportunities in society.

[psydruify]

@tazabilly actually i think that Leary from saying this in one of his books was referring to the fact that the hippies had achieved activating fifth circuit of their nervous system and that to proceed to go into higher circuits permanently technology must be used hence "nowhere to go" for the 1960's hippy

[91Sheerin]

@tazabilly We have a brain over-flowing with brilliant ideas, but the opportunities we're shown in life, don't reflect on our brain capabilities.

[treadlightlynow]

Walt Disney became aware of the creative potentials of Mescaline (Peyote) and was experimenting with it often by 1936 ..he gave us Fantasia & Disney . Then there is Steve Job's who created Pixar & Apple who took at least 50 LSD trips when young whos company is now worth $360Bil equal to Exxon. To think that psyhedelics did not singly change the direction of the human race , you have a trip of learning awaiting you ;o)

[treadlightlynow]

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[Flipper79able]

"God Bless Timothy Leary and his Knowledge" These interviewers are Morons.

[mushroomagical]

The "war on drugs" is a waste of time, money, ideas, and life.

[djindox3]

brilliant. can u recommend any other open-minded thinkers like Timothy Leary?

[sukumvit]

@djindox3 Robert Anton Wilson, Terrence McKenna

[shordyinabox]

favourited, Timothy Leary is one of the greatest form of life ever.

[BigAndTall666]

Alcohol is the bigger killer.

[dirtynuke]

They tossed him in the slammer, for one reason, and one reason only. Timothy Leary was becoming powerful. He was threatening the establishment. The government can't handle that man. They'll come after anyone with guts like rats.

[Sliptodance]

Fas forward to today, and one of the easiest places to get drugs is a place created to be the final word in societies authority over it's citizens, prison. The war on drugs has failed and doesn't know itself to be dead.

[spasemonkey05]

time will always tell, GOD BLESS YOU T.L

[eduardoobregon]

joanna hancourt-smith!!!! back then! wow, not too bad, check out her podcasts!

futureprimitivedotorg

[YeOldClipper]

LSD was first legal, then made illegal and a crime that created the stigma of "criminal" for most American kids that experimented with the drug. Whoever introduced this drug as first legal is the most culpable.

[rasila88]

wanted to change the spirituality of america.. wah! no wonder he got stung, sombutnall americans seem sooooo conditioned not to think for themselves..

0mph

[numbersoma]

brilliant man

[TerrySleeper]

This is superb.

[shantih433]

Robert Anton Wilson visited Leary while he was in prison, and later described him as more alive and optimistic while jailed than most people were who were 'free'.

Remarkable man. Not right about everything--he's human, after all--but still, he was a stepping stone on the path of human evolution, I think.

[windstorm1000]

Well, happysmellyfish, in answer to youre question, this best educated generation needs to get moving and using that brain-as Dr. Leary would have said----because if they are waiting for a charismatic figure like Dr. Leary to light a fire in their belly, its going to be a loooong wait. KNOW THYSELF--and everything wil get going from there. Lets start by saving the earth for starters--that's a good place to go---and maybe changing gv.ts that respect ALL beings..

[windstorm1000]

Dr. Leary never been jailed--he didn't hurt anybody. They should have thrown Robert McNamera into jail for sending thousands of US militray men to their doom in Vietnam. The establishement had to cage the songbird---he was a threat to their divide and conquer form of government. We are still stuck in a war zone--but work on your self first--KNOW THYSELF--and that'll give you more to tackle mainstream issues.

[tehf00n]

@windstorm1000 he never hurt anyone? he promoted the use of LSD to influential children. He made some sense but even a broken clock is right twice a day. the downside to lsd is its not for everyone and its destroyed the consciousness of many people and permanently changed everyone else whos used it. for the better? i doubt it. certainly not in my case. TURN ON. TUNE IN. IGNORE THIS FOOL

[windstorm1000]

@tehf00n You don't know what you are talking about. Leary has been voted one of the most influential figures of the 20th cent. LSD was not for everyone--but many benifited by the drug by opening up their consciousnesses. Were there some who went on bad trips? Sure--they were on other drugs, drinking, bi-polar--none of these are candidates for LSD. They were messing around & it cost them. On the other hand, those who did it under controlled cir.--which Leary advocated--experienced beauty.

[PsychedelicDragon]

@tehf00n Actually, as I have pointed out in other Leary vids, Leary never really advocated un-cautioned widespread misuse of every drug. Even as he pointed out in this video10-15%of his material had to do with "drugs". And even then, he did not advise people to take LSD or any other psychedelic lightly or to misuse it by not respecting their power.In fact he advocated a license system similar to what we have with automobiles.He also never suggested that people use psychedelics with professionals

[tehf00n]

@PsychedelicDragon

quote "“I am 100 percent in favor of the intelligent use of drugs, and 1,000 percent against the thoughtless use of them, whether caffeine or LSD. And drugs are not central to my life.”.

quote "Turn on, Tune in, Drop out".

Consider the fact he was distributing LSD also I would say you are 50% right. He did advocate them but not to everyone.

[PsychedelicDragon]

@tehf00n Well that's my point, he did not advocate them for everyone such as the ones who would misuse LSD. And the "Turn On, Tune in, Drop Out" has many meanings, and I don't think he ever said that LSD was the only way to "Turn on".

I'm not saying he didn't advocate LSD/psychedelics....but he did not, as many people stereotyped him to have done, promote an all out free for all with LSD throwing all caution out the window. It's quite clear he advocated caution and respect for these substances.

[jobedied]

@tehf00n Timothy got over exuberant and became the fall guy for all the problems. When the population cries for a head on a stick someone has to be sacrificed that is basic human law.

[VanostranIV]

he seems like a nice enough guy.

[dannyhood66]

He certainly enjoys the camera..Then again, hes got a lot to say for being who he is and being incarcerated..

[Greig1424]

What a brilliant mind and so good to listen too

[Homieg89]

This would probably be interesting but I can't hear the video

[SpiritMolecule1]

fuck the government, leary is an awesome guy

[spayspay]

Thanks!

[rongravy]

philosophy and bigheadedness do not mix well. even the smartest of us are victim to our own minds. sure, his intentions were good, but just what did he accomplish? nothing that can't be washed away at a moment's notice...

[ahovda10]

Thousands of people during the sixties had experiences that changed their lives thanks to psychedelics. Internet itself was invented by guys that had interest in psychedelics. Not to mention things like meditation, yoga etc. These came only after the psychedelic revolution. And none of these things are washed away. They are here to stay

[rongravy]

Hope you're right. I was drinking pretty heavily when I wrote that. Kinda funny to see it now with a clearer head. Very depressingly bleak, was I...

[shinken101]

@ahovda10 - uh, i think meditation and yoga existed before the 60's

[ahovda10]

@shinken101 Not so in the west. And now such practices are defintely here to stay ;)

[JacobsJaffa]

@ahovda10

Yoga and meditation have been around for centuries in other parts of the world. Maybe Psychedelics helped the West catch up.

[smokasomeweed]

@ahovda10 so are the psychedelics. there is a lot out there right now. it is us the consumer that will keep them in production. it is our duty as humans to access these RIGHT part of our brains whenever we can. there is never an over consumption if these psychoactive plants- that is the biggest and most trusted myth. yeah you might see tracers all the time if you trip a lot but that is because you are seeing what is really there andsome people feel crazy if they see somethin no one else can see

[ahovda10]

@smokasomeweed I have to disagree with you here. Psychedelics have to be respected very highly if they are to be used positiviely with positive results for the individual and society. If one take alot of psychedelics without respecting the substance and without purifying oneself before taking them - one may be harmed by the experience. Psychedelics is a tool. And just as a knife it may be used creating good and bad. Respect the psychedelics!

[smokasomeweed]

@ahovda10 ok i agree that not everyone should take them all the time but for me i could never trip too much and even bad parts of my trips eventually have a purpose in the end. i think if anything people should gradually move to psychedelics starting with weed first and eat vegan or vegetarian to respect the psychedelics

[mrmott44]

@ahovda10 The internet was developed by very sober military analysts concerned with surviving a Soviet first strike. They had no interest in psychedelics or any drug. They were interested in winning Global Thermonuclear War.

[faridjabba]

@mrmott44 who invented internet?

[faridjabba]

@ahovda10 may i ask if u did lsd?

[faridjabba]

@faridjabba who invented internet? someone here comented it was military guys with no lsd interest at all

[pushkar000]

@ahovda10 wtf? meditation and yoga were invented 1000's of years ago in india...wtf drugs made yoga WTF?

[dalethomasdewitt]

There is a bit of big headed-ness when he make comparison with Hiroshima and Dr. Einstein. And there's the element of truth telling. He is on record a advocating ingestion where in this interview he sizes his vocal output a bit more cosmetically. I took in a 1976 LA Bookfair with he and Laura Huxely. The only import I found was his reminder of the Latin derivation of the the word Author. And by the way I spent 11 years Fed time for two psychedelic home labs so I've studied his output.

[natmanprime]

@dalethomasdewitt one must lie to one's jailers whenever one can get away with it.

That's a divine moral imperative.

: )

[leaffx]

One interesting affect of LSD is the Eagle Eye pupil dilation. Your field of vision (what you can see in a single snapshot) turns from a Kodak disposable into a Lyca 3000 super-lens. His hands show he's calm, but his movement shows a casual relaxation that allows him to swing about and visually absorb as much information about the world around him. Politicians and teachers take a singular eye focus to show us they have "focus" Its an oratory technique to stay on tract and seem driven in our eyes

[WharfRat44]

love it! :) RIP Dr. Leary, you're a great man.

[imjus1rockinout2]

He's right kids. Don't listen to EVERYTHING your parents, teachers, and cops say. Take everything real lightly, have a open-mind but a mind of your OWN. YOU have your OWN mind, so USE it, and don't let other people tell you how to use it, or else your wasting a BRILLIANT, INTELLIGENT mind.

[yellow6100]

@imjus1rockinout2 dont listen to EVERYTHING Leary says kids.you do have mind of your own.take it lightly.

[bukk3t]

@imjus1rockinout2 thats the most god damn fucking amazingly clearly and well said statement ive read in a long time. problem is, thoughts can never be transmitted, they can only be translated (from one's thoughts into communication). it is OUR DUTY, to properly receive intelligent transmissions, and to propagate our own. too bad, everyone is so dumb, that everyone just conforms to everyone else's bullshit in order to achieve the cheapest way out for the human ego. Dumb fuckin scrubs.

[Pittounikos]

Leary was in the habit of swinging his head from left to right but keeping his hands still whilst talking. So on telly (or youtube) it looks like his head is bouncing about inside a box! Thats why newscasters and politicians talk with their hands. Thats what they teach these days anyway lol. See... Look as his head..its too aratic isnt it?. ... Look at his body language man... Didn't Marshal tell you dude? You got the smiling part right tho...

[leaffx]

One interesting affect of LSD is the Eagle Eye pupil dilation. Your field of vision (what you can see in a single snapshot) turns from a Kodak disposable into a Lyca 3000 super-lens. His hands show he's calm, but his movement shows a casual relaxation that allows him to swing about and visually absorb as much information about the world around him. Politicians and teachers take a singular eye focus to show us they have "focus" Its an oratory technique to stay on tract and seem driven in our eyes

[apostoutehace]

thank you so much! but can anyone tell me what tim' s saying in part 5'58'' to 6'06''

[happysmellyfish]

From 5:58 to 6:06 he says: "There's a question of whether I may be off in the right direction, and perhaps the great centre, movement, of society and science won't follow me. These are the risks that the scientist takes."

[leaffx]

He mentions a "time war" he's in. LSD and other life illuminating experiences (not always drugs) generally make people more conscious of whats around them. Every experience we have generally makes us more practiced and perceptive in general (More so with topics that pertain to what we've experienced). LSD is powerful. Revolutionary right off the bat. The time war is either, one day we'll all know this, use, and evolve because of it, OR the war goes on, LSD users are crucified and seen as twisted

[greeniem]

Fucking great posting. Thanks for posting this for us to enjoy. Thanks so much!

[kines68]

Interesting interview with a brilliant mind.

[superfuzzymomma]

Excellent! Seems the only place to go is OUT!