Start Your Own Religion

The articles in "Start Your Own Religion," written at the height of the psychedelic era, embody Timothy Leary's core philosophy -- unlimited personal freedom. Encouraging the youth of the 1960s to return to the temple of God -- their own bodies -- and live consciously in the here-and-now, Leary's ideas, including urging people to turn on, tune in, drop out, brought him legions of devoted followers and a host of enemies in the American government. Irreverent yet thought provoking, the ideas that revolutionized an earlier generation remain motivational principles.