first edition
1967 · Cambridge, MA
by Bieberman, Lisa
Cambridge, MA: Psychedelic Information Center, 1967. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of this practical trip manual, by a disciple of Leary and Alpert and early advocate for sensible use of psychedelics. A guide from one end to the other of the complete process, from "So You're Going to Take LSD" all the way through to "So You've Had LSD." Written to fill a gap in the existing literature, which (Bieberman writes) tended heavily to the poetic and mystical and away from the practical. Titled in reference to the GAMES PEOPLE PLAY pop-psychology of Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis, the author's mostly-joking classification of all predictable human reactions to unfamiliar sensations as one evasive "game" or another is more disquietingly dated than the relentlessly down-to-earth pharmaceutical advice - though both are of considerable historical interest.
Bieberman was a Radcliffe graduate in math and philosophy, heavily involved with Timothy Leary's Harvard Project, and founder of the Psychedelic Information Center and the film production company Liquid Sky. In later years, she was drawn to religious uses and interpretations of psychedelic drugs and ultimately to Quakerism, rising to a second round of notoriety after originating the Farmington Prophecy: that is, the prediction that the town of Farmington, Maine would be transformed into the New Jerusalem on June 6, 2006, at which time death and illness would cease within its borders. Regrettably, this did not come to pass.
OCLC shows seven scattered locations. 9'' x 6''. Original tan printed textured wrappers. 36 pages. Small discoloration to lower right of front cover. Production crease to one page. Mild wear. (Inventory #: 41044)
Bieberman was a Radcliffe graduate in math and philosophy, heavily involved with Timothy Leary's Harvard Project, and founder of the Psychedelic Information Center and the film production company Liquid Sky. In later years, she was drawn to religious uses and interpretations of psychedelic drugs and ultimately to Quakerism, rising to a second round of notoriety after originating the Farmington Prophecy: that is, the prediction that the town of Farmington, Maine would be transformed into the New Jerusalem on June 6, 2006, at which time death and illness would cease within its borders. Regrettably, this did not come to pass.
OCLC shows seven scattered locations. 9'' x 6''. Original tan printed textured wrappers. 36 pages. Small discoloration to lower right of front cover. Production crease to one page. Mild wear. (Inventory #: 41044)