![]() ![]() We were using these chemicals to open doors to other dimensions, with no idea how to navigate them, using ourselves as the subjects of the experiment. It was like jumping from a plane without knowing if you have a parachute. We didn’t exactly know how to go about doing this. Wanting to understand the potential of psychedelics-especially their creative and therapeutic power-Tim and I famously designed experiments to explore human consciousness. Behind it all was a deeper consciousness.įor a materialist like me, this was a cataclysmic shift. There was more to existence, I realized, than my professorial self. These substances, which were not illegal at the time, promised such a transformative view of reality that we felt as if we’d stumbled on a key to enlightenment. There, I met Timothy Leary, in whose company I first tried psychedelic drugs. ![]() ![]() That is where I found myself in the 1960s, when I was Richard Alpert, a professor of psychology at Harvard. In many ways, this drive has also put me in the position of trailblazer for a changing American culture. This adventurer side-the curiosity, the impulsivity, the optimism-has defined my life. There is a part of me that is impulsive, leaping into the moment without regard for consequences. I’ve always had this penchant for risk-taking. I loved to roar up the hills in California at 95 miles an hour, the wind rushing in my ears. In graduate school, I bought a Triumph motorcycle and a small Harley. ![]()
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