The Harvard Psychedelic Club

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 

How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America

By Don Lattin

I'll never forget the day that Timothy Leary came to campus, freshman year. My psychology professor, a four student of Leary's, began the class by saying: "I know that you are impressed by his work in consciousness, but when I was a graduate student at Harvard he taught his dog to play the piano,  now that was impressive!"