The Game of Life

by Timothy Leary

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Genres: Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Occult

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Timothy Francis Leary was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, modern pioneer and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

Reviews

[Pieter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book. It is a new venture of the old in a never ending loop of reinterpretation. However it deals with things which are not yet understood and provides a framework from a blind perspective.

It’s always more poetic when you find out that reality doesn’t have a working mechanism. It’s this interplay between the need to establish some kind of truth and the complete absurd ness of it all.

It is and always should and will be an interplay of building something and finding out it’s not actually that thing we thought it was.

I do believe they are aware of their own egos at play here as they clearly state the issues with rigid models. That being said, the voices are male dominant. That whole group has a male dominating voice. And in the back of head I always wondered what would have happened if there would have been a (very much needed) female voice in there. This subtle, yet not so subtle if you really look at it, underlying tone, is what’s missing if you ask me. And also what really blocks the progress for a unified self. Because after all they are quite stuck up in what they believe to be the re-ality. Which is were the work stops.

Non the less, I love and cherish this book deeply because it is the closest I’ve know to what really excites me to the core.

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tristeza. Triste terminar uma obra tão vasta e imaginar a dificuldade de encontrar outra melhor ou mesmo semelhante. Um livro que reúne ideias que eu mesmo tive em determinados pontos da minha vida, ditas em outras palavras. E ao mesmo tempo apresentar tantos insights que nunca havia pensado antes.

[PERMADREAM. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolute trip. Read it with your eyes wide open, and realize within each page there is something seemingly obvious & insightful.

While I'll admit that sometimes Leary gets a bit Verbose, I definitely have the intrigue to read more of his Future History Series. Next on my personal list to read of Timothy Leary's is "Exo Psychology".

In the midst of the graphics and hilarious drawings, you'll find an abundance of book recommendations & interesting points of view.

I definitely recommend this one! Take it with a grain of salt, and enjoy the wonders of Leary's ideas.

[Anthony O'Connor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rubbish

The brain has eight or is it twelve circuits. Normal functioning only involves the first four. These are mapped by archaic symbol systems such as the tarot or the qabalah. Doesn’t quite fit so had to invent a couple of extra cards.
Interesting enough ideas - though not at all original. Fine fodder for SF or Occult novels. But honestly what a load of nonsense.
And it’s not even written well. Garbled and rambling.
Someone did too many drugs.

[Allween D costa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical objective approach to subjective physiology. A very unique way tho, but interesting because you can observe and understand it only up to the limit of your perception. and then on, its as far as your perception grows- your understanding goes.

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dated and difficult to read. Some interesting ideas but very much from a white male priviledge position

[Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still readin it beoooooootch

[Adam Sher · Rating 5 out of 5]

whoa dude...

[Tine! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, Timmy Boy.

[Harrison · Rating 3 out of 5]

entertaining bullshit.