This collection of essays & articles became one of the best-selling LSD books of the '60s. Later printings are easy to find. It was conceived at a time when psychedelic research was still mainly an academic concern for shrinks & MDs. The tone is rather dry & technical. However the contributors are very impressive—a virtual who's who of the original scene. Editor David Solomon went on to new adventures as author of "The Marihuana Papers" & hands-on involvement with the "Brotherhood of Eternal Love" in the 1970s. The collection contains: Introduction-Timothy Leary Psychopharmacology: The Manipulation of the Mind-Humphry Osmond Culture & the Individual-Aldous Huxley The Hallucinogens: A Reporter's Objective Eye View-Dan Wakefield A Visit to Inner Space-Alan Harrington How to Change Behavior-Timothy Leary A Psychedelic Experience: Fact or Fantasy-Alan Watts A Review of the Clinical Effects of Psychotomimetic Agents- Humphrey Osmond Do Drugs Have Religious Import-Huston Smith Points of Distinction Between Sedative & Consciousness Expanding Drugs-Wm S. Burroughs LSD Transcendence & the New Beginning-James Terrill, Chas Savage & Donald D. Jackson Mescaline, LSD, Psilocybin & Personality Change-Sanford M. Unger Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-Roy R. Grinker The Psychotomimetic Dugs: An Overview-Jonathan O. Cole & Martin M. Katz Pain & LSD 25: A Theory of Attenduation of Anticipation-Eric Kast LSD & Psychotherapy: A Bibliography of the English Language Literature-Sanford M. Unger