celebrating the release of

The Birth of a Psychedelic Culture

published by Synergetic Press

An evening of spirited discussion exploring Ralp Metzner's newly released  conversational memoir. The Birth of a Psychedelic Culture is an in-depth examination of the legacy of the 1960's by the two surviving facilitators of the mind-altering Harvard experiments, Professor Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner, who, working with Professor Timothy Leary, touched off a revolution in psychology.

Professor Metzner shall also be discussing his recently released book

Alchemical Divination

published by Regent Press.

Alchemy, like shamanism and yoga, with which it is related, involves teachings and practices of physical, psychic and spiritual transformation. Divination is the practice of seeking healing and spiritual guidance from inner sources of wisdom and knowledge. The basic purpose of the alchemical divination processes is to help individuals obtain problem resolution and visionary inspiration for their life path in its interpersonal, professional, creative and spiritual dimensions.

Ralph Metzner, PhD, part of the famed triad of psychologists who became world famous as pioneers of psychedelics in the 1960's, continues to practice psychotherapy and to teach workshops nationally and internationally. Editor of the Psychedelic Review and The Ecstatic Adventure, he wrote Maps of Consciousness, Know Your Type, The Unfolding Self (1986), The Well of Remembrance (1994), and Green Psychology (1999). He has published edited collections on the science and phenomenology of MDMA (Through the Gateway of the Heart, 1985); ayahuasca (Sacred Vine of Spirits, 2006); and psilocybin mushrooms (Sacred Mushroom of Visions, 2005). Academic Dean at the California Institute of Integral Studies during the 1980s, where he is now Professor Emeritus, Metzner is founder and president of the Green Earth Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation. Most recently, he has begun writing and publishing a new series of seven short books, with the general title The Ecology of Consciousness.  

Gary Bravo, PhD, is Chief Psychiatrist for Sonoma County Mental Health in Santa Rosa, and has written numerous articles on psychedelics, psychiatry and transpersonal psychology.  

John Perry Barlow, former Wyoming rancher, lyricist for the Grateful Dead, cofounder and vice-chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation.