The Psychedelic Experience
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The Psychedelic Experience is a 1964 guidebook to using psychedelic drugs for spiritual and psychological exploration, inspired by and structured around the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Psychedelic Experience Context triple: [Timothy Leary, notableWork, The Psychedelic Experience]
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Psychédélices
Psychédélices is the second studio album by French pop singer Alizée, showcasing a more mature, electro-pop sound that marked her artistic evolution after her early success.
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B.
The Doors of Perception
The Doors of Perception is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1954 essay detailing his mescaline-induced mystical experiences and exploring the nature of human perception and consciousness.
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C.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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D.
The Hallucinogenic Toreador
The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a large surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that fuses images of a bullfighter, Venus de Milo figures, and hallucinatory symbolism to explore themes of death, desire, and Spanish culture.
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E.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Psychedelic Experience Target entity description: The Psychedelic Experience is a 1964 guidebook to using psychedelic drugs for spiritual and psychological exploration, inspired by and structured around the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
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A.
Psychédélices
Psychédélices is the second studio album by French pop singer Alizée, showcasing a more mature, electro-pop sound that marked her artistic evolution after her early success.
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B.
The Doors of Perception
The Doors of Perception is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1954 essay detailing his mescaline-induced mystical experiences and exploring the nature of human perception and consciousness.
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C.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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D.
The Hallucinogenic Toreador
The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a large surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that fuses images of a bullfighter, Venus de Milo figures, and hallucinatory symbolism to explore themes of death, desire, and Spanish culture.
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E.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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guidebook ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
1960s counterculture
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psychedelic movement ⓘ |
| author |
Ralph Metzner
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Ram Dass ⓘ Richard Alpert ⓘ Timothy Leary ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bardo Thodol
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead ⓘ
linked to:
Bardo Thodol
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| coAuthorRoleOf |
Ralph Metzner
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Richard Alpert ⓘ Timothy Leary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
psychedelic therapy
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transpersonal psychology ⓘ |
| genre |
psychedelic literature
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psychology book ⓘ spiritual guide ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ego death
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liberation of consciousness ⓘ non-attachment ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eastern spirituality
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Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
guide for LSD sessions
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manual for psychedelic therapy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adapting Tibetan Book of the Dead to psychedelic sessions
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influence on 1960s counterculture ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher | Citadel Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Be Here Now
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead ⓘ
linked to:
Bardo Thodol
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| structureInspiredBy |
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
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linked to:
Bardo Thodol
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| subject |
LSD
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consciousness exploration ⓘ death and rebirth symbolism ⓘ mystical experience ⓘ psychedelic drugs ⓘ psychological exploration ⓘ set and setting ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| title | The Psychedelic Experience ⓘ |
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Subject: The Psychedelic Experience Description of subject: The Psychedelic Experience is a 1964 guidebook to using psychedelic drugs for spiritual and psychological exploration, inspired by and structured around the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Psychedelic Experience
Tomorrow Never Knows
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inspiredBy
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The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert
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linked to: The Psychedelic Experience
Harvard Psilocybin Project
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notablePublication
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The Psychedelic Experience (inspired by project work)
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linked to: The Psychedelic Experience