The Harvard Psilocybin Project 1960-1963. An Archival History of Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Harvard's Psychedelic Pioneers. Second Edition

Psilocybin changed the world—but first, it shook Harvard. The Harvard Psilocybin Project, 1960-1963 reveals how a daring research initiative at the heart of academia challenged postwar cultural norms and set in motion a revolution in psychology, medicine, law, and spirituality that still echoes today.

“The Harvard Psilocybin Project, 1960-1963 is, in my view, one of the most thoughtful and even-handed accounts of that turbulent and groundbreaking era.…