To Barbara

PUBLISHER'S DISCLAIMER

This is a work of social, moral, religious and scientific satire, set in the Future.  Pieces attributed to others (except the newspaper items acknowledged below) are parodies by the author.  This work does not intend to malign any individual, race, organization or religion.  It does intend to entertain the reader while increasing hir intelligence.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Boston Globe for "CIA Funded Research by Opponent of Leary", by Al Larkin, September 1, 1977; Robert Clark for the unique charts and maps throughout the book; Mrs. Yvonne Halsman for the photograph of Marilyn Monroe, Copyright © by Philippe Halsman; Los Angeles Times for "British Fans Put Sock Into Soccer", by William Tuohy, 1978; San Francisco Chronicle for "Writers Petition Swiss to Give Asylum to Leary", by Donovan Bess, July, 14; The Viking Press for the cover of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon; Julian Watkins for the many illustrations from The 100 Greatest Advertisements, Dover Publications, Inc. 1959.

Cover photograph of Marjatta DeAnnA by Richard Wardell

BACK COVER

The Intelligence Agents

To the memory and spirit of one of the greatest men of the 20th century -- and to those in whom his spirit still lives.

"Think for Yourself, Question Authority."

TIMOTHY LEARY, PH.D.
OCTOBER 22, 1920-MAY 31, 1996

It is with great joy that New Falcon Publications releases the fifth and final volume of DR. TIMOTHY LEARY'S "Future History Series."

During his extraordinary life Dr. Leary was known as (among many other things) a world-renowned psychologist; a student at West Point; a defrocked Harvard professor; a hero; a relentless champion of brain-change; a counterculture guru; a stand-up philosopher; a prisoner of the U.S. Federal Government; a developer of computer software; friend to such notables as Aldous Huxley, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; "the most dangerous man on the planet"; and an inspiration for millions of freedom-loving and free-thinking people throughout the world.

Among Dr. Leary's favorite metaphors was that of baseball.  Of his ideas, he said: " ... the performing philosopher does not come down the mountain with truths carved in stone.  He/she comes to bat several times a day, trying to whack out a conceptual hit.  In baseball, a batter who gets one hit out of three will usually lead the league.  A thought-inventor is voted into the Hall of Fame or wins the coveted MVP (Most Valuable Philosopher) award on the basis of batting average over the years.  For example, one-third of [my] ideas are kinda silly, one-third are kinda boring.  But one-third are home runs.  When they enter your brains they can impregnate, fuse with your other thoughts and create software for programming your life."

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