As the fringe guru himself put it, "Mademoiselle Cancer moved in to share [his] body." But in the days before he died, Leary -- never one to miss an opportunity for a party -- used his approaching death to create an exuberant new vision of what dying can be. Optimism, courage, joy and spirituality were central to Leary's final days and his death. Design for Dying -- Leary's last book -- shows us how we too can make dying the high point of life. 
 Irreverent, thought-provoking and hilarious, Leary's parting shot pioneers new ways to die and new ways for the living to think about death. Urging us to take control of our deaths (and even to determine when and how we will die), Leary relates his own plan for "directed dying," a death we plan and orchestrate to reflect our own lives and values. 
 And the psychedelic prophet flings open a whole new range of beyond-death possibilites for the wired generation. From downloading consciousness onto the Net -- so that our souls can outlive our bodies -- to the way technology can enhance the final days of the dying to the far-out promises of cryogenics, Leary provides fascinating insights into how technology may eventually help us improve, and even sidestep, death. A thorough guide to death and dying resources and to online tools and further reading lists completes this surprising, funny and totally original look at the new frontiers of death. 
 Speaking to everyone who has ever wondered if there's more to death - -if there's life beyond the final frontier, if death really means the end, if dirges and hearses and funeral flowers are really how we want to be remembered -- Leary's flamboyant final statement rteveals revolutionary ways to die and redefines, with Leary's trademark creativity and joy, how the living can think about death.

Design for Dying

Computers & Technology

LEARY, Timothy

Computer Science

HarperOne

Shares thoughts on how and what dying can be, suggests that readers take control of their own deaths, and offers a guide to death and dying resources and on-line tools

Design For Dying

Essays examine human behavior, the nature of consciousness, political conditions in the United States, and the use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs

Changing My Mind Among Others

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Prentice Hall Direct

"The Psychedelic Experience", created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzer and Richard Alpert, is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries. In this wholly unique book, the authors provide an interpretation of an ancient sacred manuscript, the "Tibetan Book of the Dead", from a psychedelic perspective. "The Psychedelic Experience" describes their discoveries in broadening spiritual consciousness through a combination of Tibetan mediation techniques and psychotropic substances.

The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert

Self-Help

Stress Management

Penguin??Books

Excerpt from Confessions of a Hope Fiend If there are two words in the English lan guage which set the editorial heart throbbing like no other, they are in confidence. So when the well-known international lawyer Alan U. Schwartz, friend and representative of important authors and publishers alike, came to my door in the summer of 1972 with a manuscript purportedly written by Timothy Leary, the heart did indeed beat faster as the nerve endings began to tingle expectantly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Confessions of a Hope Fiend (Classic Reprint)

Children's Books

Forgotten Books

Multilevel Measurement of Interpersonal Behavior: A Manual for the Use of the Interpersonal System of Personality (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Multilevel Measurement of Interpersonal Behavior: A Manual for the Use of the Interpersonal System of PersonalityThe Interpersonal System of Personality is a complex combination of methods and measures for assessment of personality. This system is objective, employing reliable ratings of units of behavior which are then manipulated by standardized statistical methods. The system is interpersonal since it selects for analysis those aspects of personality which concern a subject's relationship to others. The system is multilevel in that it studies how a person acts with others, how he describes his actions with others, how he fantasies his actions with others, how he idealizes his actions with others. The system is func tional since it is aimed at predicting interpersonal behavior in specified, crucial situations, particularly in psychotherapy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Excerpt from Exo-Psychology: A Manual on the Use of the Human Nervous System According to the Instructions of the ManufacturersRocket-ships have attained the escape velocity necessary to ascend beyond the gravitational pull of the womb-planet.Radio-telescope dishes now look out to the stars, ready to receive electro magnetic messages from intelligent neighbors.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Exo-Psychology: A Manual on the Use of the Human Nervous System According to the Instructions of the Manufacturers (Classic Reprint)

What Does Woman Want? (Classic Reprint)

Your Brain Is God (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Your Brain Is GodWe tried to avoid this insidious buzzword. God knows, at one point we talked about lsd as a brain vitamin or dietary supplement - but this more accurate label sounded dodgy in those day - who knows, perhaps it would &#64258;y today in this age of mega, suppliments, smart drugs and life, extension. However, self control of one' s diet was not to become respectable until the holistic medicine of the 19705.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Motivational

Info-psychology: A Manual on the use of the Human Nervous System According to the Instructions of the Manufacturers and A Navigational Guide for Plotting the Evolution of the Human Individual

History

Franklin Classics

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