Chemical ecstasy;: Psychedelic drugs and religion [Hardcover]

Walter Houston Clark (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 179 pages
• Publisher: Sheed and Ward (1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836204123
• ISBN-13: 978-0836204124
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,376,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Ho hum, February 18, 2002

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david eisenman (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chemical ecstasy;: Psychedelic drugs and religion (Hardcover)

In this work, Clark is a defender of, and cheerleader for, Timothy Leary, working from the "establishment" side. This is a rather insubstantial, repetitive book. It compares and equates mystical experiences induced by psychedelics to other types of mystical states. Hardly earth-shattering. Not much here beyond what Leary has said. A very slim volume. clark was part of the famous Good Friday Experiment with Pahnke and Leary.