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Ralph Metzner



Ralph Metzner, PhD, (1936–2019) was a Germany-born American psychologist, writer, and researcher focused on human consciousness and consciousness expansion. He participated in psychedelic research at Harvard University in the early 1960s with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass). His interests ranged from archetypes, shamanism, spirit animals, the environmental crisis, and the inherent spiritual connection among all beings and the planet.

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Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. (on Report from Santa Fe)

This week’s guest on “Report from Santa Fe” is Ralph Metzner, PhD, psychologist, writer, and researcher, who participated in psychedelic research at Harvard University in the early 1960s with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later named Ram Dass).

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Psychedelic Prayers and Other Meditations

Written while Leary was visiting India in 1965 and finished the following year, Psychedelic Prayers is an adaptation of Book 1 of the Tao Te Ching.

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06:11

Ralph Metzner: I Wasn’t Advocating Drugs, Just Sharing My Discoveries

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Sacred Mushroom of Visions: Teonanácatl: A Sourcebook on the Psilocybin Mushroom

Over 30 contributors share their expertise on the chemical, biological, cultural, psychological, and experiential dimensions of psilocybin mushrooms • Describes in vivid detail the consciousness-expanding experiences of psychoactive mushroom users • Provides firsthand accounts of the...

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Ralph Metzner Talks About LSD at Millbrook

Ralph Metzner, circa 1966, discussing the use of yoga to integrate the LSD experience into normal life.

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Diving for Treasures: Poems & Epilogs

These poems were written over a period of about 30 years, in the course of my travels in America and Europe, teaching courses and workshops in consciousness expansion, meditation, psychedelics, shamanism, alchemy and emerging new worldviews.

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09:44

Ralph Metzner: Research and Harvard Days

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Overtones and Undercurrents: Spirituality, Reincarnation, and Ancestor Influence in Entheogenic Psychotherapy

Stories and practices from the casebook of pioneering transpersonal psychotherapist Ralph Metzner • Shows how psychological problems often derive from factors not considered in conventional psychotherapy, such as prenatal imprints and ancestral connections • Shares 15 detailed case histories...

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28:30

Uses of Psychedelics in Shamanism and Psychotherapy—Ralph Metzner

Ralph Metzner will describe and compare the use of ayahuasca in Amazonian shamanic healing practices and contemporary contexts, the use of Psilocybe mushrooms in historical indigenous Mesoamerican culture for vision seeking and their contemporary applications (as psilocybin) in pre-death...

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Present!—Ralph Metzner: A Possible Future

Psychologist, writer and consciousness researcher, Ralph Metzner, talks about the current condition of "civilization", and offers his views on "A Possible Future".

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