Musings on Human MetamorphosesIn these collected essays, Timothy Leary explains his belief that humans are morphing into space beings. He describes eight circuits of human metamorphosis, analyzing in depth the consciousness — and its purpose — manifested by each change. Fifteen chapters cover a range of topics from “Spinning Up the Genetic Highway” to “Neurogeography of Terrestrial Politics” to “Twelve Stages of Post-Cultural Evolution.” In each of these insightful pieces the author describes the complicated psychological metamorphosis that precedes the launch of humans into space beings. This collection of Leary’s early work at his imaginative and provocative best had an enormous impact on psychology and the humanist movement. |
Contents
COSMIC GARDENERS | 13 |
CIRCUITS OF METAMORPHOSES | 20 |
THE FOUR FUTIQUE CIRCUITS | 26 |
MIGRATION | 38 |
NAVIGATIONAL CRISIS | 43 |
NEUROGENETICS | 47 |
IMPRINTING | 51 |
DOMESTICATE OR MUTATE | 62 |
POWER OF SPIN | 75 |
TERRESTRIAL POLITICS | 80 |
CASTE DIVISION | 84 |
PRIMITIVE REALITY STAGES | 88 |
FUTURE STAGES OF EVOLUTION | 97 |
SOCIOBIOLOGICAL MUSINGS | 112 |
ABOUT PAUL DAVIDS | 127 |
Ronin Books for Independent Minds | 128 |
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