Fact Sheet : Timothy Leary Press Conference / September 19, 1966 - New York City, New York
  • ephemera
  • mimeograph
  • staple bound
  • monochrome
  • 28 x 21.6 cm
  • 4 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Fact Sheet : Timothy Leary Press Conference / September 19, 1966 - New York City, New York

Timothy Leary

Fact Sheet : Timothy Leary Press Conference / September 19, 1966 - New York City, New York

description

Orignal four-page mimeograph press release for Timothy Leary's press conference held on September 19, 1966, in New York City, announcing "the formation of a new religion, based on the sacramental use of psychedelic plants and drugs. The name of the new religion is the League for Spiritual Discovery. According to Dr. Leary, 'Every historical era develops its own form of worship. An agricultural society develops a pastoral religion. The industrial revolution created religions which emphasize external events. We are now involved in the molecular-chemical era. Our material life is completely dependent upon the us of chemicals--petroleum, plastics, fertilizers, etc. It is inevitable that chemicals will be used to develop man's neurological and spiritual potentials. The League for Spiritual Discovery is completely orthodox in its goals. Like every great religion of the past, we seek to find the divinity within and to express this revelation in a life of glorification and worship of God. This ancient goals, we define in the metaphor of the present; 'TURN-ON, TUNE-IN, DROP-OUT. " -- from first three paragraphs of the document.

$2,500.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Sheets lightly aged. Timothy Leary's name at top of document was highlighted with now discolored yellow highlighter. Flattened, previously folded in two. Edge of last page folded.
[Object # 23369]