Few days ago I announced the publishing of the latest book of Ralph Metzner, "Searching for the Philosofer's Stone"; now I sadly learn of Ralph's death happened few days ago (April 14) at the age of 82 years.
Ralph Metzner was an original member of the Harvard psychedelic "trimurti" with Tim Leary and Richard Alpert (later known as Ram Dass) and a regular at Leary's commune in Millbrook. A pioneer psychonaut, psychoterapist and prolific writer, Ralph has been a prominent figure of the international psychedelic network for decades. He wrote fundamental books about entheogens, spirituality, ecology and alchemy like "The Psychedelic Experience" (with Leary and Alpert, 1963), "Sacred Mushrooms of Visions: Teonanacatl" (2005) "Birth of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties" (2010) and "Ecology of Consciousness" (2017)
Fatally, the "original psychedelic generation" is gradually passing away and we've lost a great, gentle soul, and a giant of human self-discovery. RIP dear Ralph...
Ralph Metzner wiki
(Below: Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner)
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