{"product_id":"dying-to-know-ram-dass-timothy-leary-9798887620909","title":"Dying to Know: RAM Dass \u0026 Timothy Leary","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDying to Know \u003c\/i\u003eis an intimate portrait of two complex controversial characters, Ram Dass and Timothy Leary, in an epic friendship that shaped a generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1960s Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing the edges of consciousness through their experiments with psychedelics. Leary became an LSD guru, igniting a global counterculture movement and landing in prison after Nixon called him \"the most dangerous man in America.\" Alpert journeyed to the East and became Ram Dass, a spiritual teacher for an entire generation and the author of \u003ci\u003eBe Here Now\u003c\/i\u003e. Including interviews spanning 50 years, \u003ci\u003eDying to Know \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates the lasting legacy of Leary and Alpert and encourages critical thinking about life, drugs, and the biggest mystery of all: death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParvati Markus\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhisper in the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (Mandala Publishing, 2022); \u003ci\u003eLove Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperOne, 2015); and a children's book, \u003ci\u003eIsabella Castaspella\u003c\/i\u003e (SitaRam Press, 2022), with co-author Radha Baum (in development as an animated series \u003ci\u003eIzzy Casts A Spell\u003c\/i\u003e). She is a substantive editor who has been midwifing spiritually-oriented, non-fiction books and memoirs since her first efforts with Ram Dass's classic \u003ci\u003eBe Here Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and has helped with spiritual organizations (past President of the Board of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Temple in Taos, NM) and events (as a development consultant for the Global Peace Initiative of Women). She is on the Board of Advisors for the Love Serve Remember Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mandala Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892051546386,"sku":"9798887620909","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8008cab3-b86f-48f3-b08e-b7213229d8c2.jpg?v=1738175195","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dying-to-know-ram-dass-timothy-leary-9798887620909","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}