Psychedelic Experience: A Guide to Accepting Psychedelics, based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead ( Eng. The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead ) - developed by Timothy Lear , Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert the basis of the Tibetan ritual text " Bardo Thedol ". The authors of the paper, who participated in the research program for LSD and other hallucinogens, found, in their opinion, a significant similarity between the mystical experience of dying described in Bardo Thödol, and the impressions of volunteers who experienced the effect of the substance; according to their assumption, "Bardo Thedol" reflects a similar experience and contains detailed instructions for those who are preparing to face it. The book was dedicated to Aldous Huxley and was preceded by an excerpt from his famous essay on the psychedelic experience, “The Doors of Perception ”. Fragments from "Psychedelic Experience" were used by The Beatles in the lyrics of the song " Tomorrow Never Knows ".
| Psychedelic Experience: A Guide to Accepting Psychedelics, Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead | |
|---|---|
| The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead | |
| Genre | Instruction, philosophical prose |
| Author | Timothy Leary , Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert |
| Original language | English |
| Date of writing | 1962 - 1964 |
| Date of first publication | 1964 |
| Electronic version | |
Contents
"Psychedelic Experience" was written on the basis of the "Tibetan Book of the Dead . " The official purpose of the Tibetan Book of the Dead is to describe the experience, impressions experienced by a person at the time of death, in an intermediate phase lasting forty-nine (seven times seven) days, and in the phase of rebirth into a new physical form. The authors of the book, however, believe that this:
“The exoteric side of the book, designed to hide the mystical teaching. The language and symbolism of the deadly rituals of Bonism, the traditional pre-Buddhist Tibetan religion, were expertly mixed with the concepts of Buddhism. The esoteric meaning of the teaching revealed by this manual indicates that death, described in the Book of the Dead, is related not to the body, but to consciousness. ”
Original Text (Eng.)This however is merely the exoteric framework used by the Buddhist Buddhists used to teach their mystical teachings. Tibetan religion, it was a skillfully blended with Buddhist conceptions. It has been interpreted to be the death of the body.
This is also indicated by the words of Lama Govinda, told by him about the Tibetan Book of the Dead:
"This is the book of those living to the same degree as the dying."
Literature
- Leary T., Metsner R., Alpert R. The practice of taking psychedelics. A guide based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead / Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert.
- Leary T., Metzner R., Olpert R. Psychedelic Experience: A Guide Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead / Trans. from English G. A. Lubochkova. - Lviv: Initiative; K .: Nick Center, 2003. - 244 p. - (Series "New Psychology"; issue. 4). - ISBN 966-521-203-6 .