Review of 'Psychedelic Prayers' by Timothy Leary

Originally published in 1966, 'Psychedelic Prayers after the Tao Te Ching' by Timothy Leary is a work of textual interpretation, an exercise in creativity and an attempt to illuminate and guide the psychedelic experience through the lens of an ancient text. The cover drawing, a psychedelic, red horse motif, is illustrated by Michael Bowen.

Having already published 'The Psychedelic Experience: A manual based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead', as an LSD guide book, Timothy Leary decided to look further East for his next inspiration. A fresh framework for exploring the "awareness-of-energy" and the "patterns of neurological signals which are usually censored from mental life."