Item #39598 Psychedelic Prayers After The Tao Te Ching. Timothy LEARY.
Psychedelic Prayers After The Tao Te Ching.

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Psychedelic Prayers After The Tao Te Ching.

London: Academy Editions, 1972. First UK edition. Stiff card wrappers. Illustrations by Peter Mayer.

Timothy Leary’s only book of poetry, written while the author was visiting India in 1965, and finished the following year in Millbrook. The prayer-poems, adapted from Lao Tse’s 6th century work, were designed to be read at the different stages of mystical experience achieved during the psychedelic session.

A tight, Very Good plus copy.

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