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Timothy Leary
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Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken

by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain

everythingness of everything, in cahoots

with the everythingness of everything else.

Diane Ackerman’s poems for the planets, which Carl Sagan sent Timothy Leary in prison on this day in 1974.
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2-19-2013
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How to Operate Your Brain – a “user manual” from Timothy Leary circa 1993, exploring how to reconcile the limitations of the brain with the infinitely chaotic and incomprehensible nature of life.

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11-18-2012
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Carl Sagan sends Timothy Leary a letter, delights in his typo.

Carl Sagan sends Timothy Leary a letter, delights in his typo.

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10-22-2012