nrfobar 11. 1968
The N.C. Essay
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.THE NAME OF THE GAME
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Leary said that in the future
man will use drugs to bring himself
in union with God and fellow man.
All of man's ills, i.e., race con
flict, wars, poverty, will be done
away with, because they stem from
not knowing how to find God, "In
the future, when machines are doing
everything for us, man will have to
either confront or destroy himself,"
said Leary.
Most of the time was spent on
the last and surprising aspect of
his lecture, Twenty-One reasons why
a novice should not take drugs. He
said that taking LSD, if you are un
prepared, "is like a cave man trying
to fly a jet plane."
He explained that it takes a
great deal of preparation before an
individual can meanfully turn on
with drugs.
Leary then produced a list of
yogas or disciplines, all of which
should be mastered before drugs. He
condemned people who dwell only upon
certain facets of the entire twenty-
one. Among those things on his list
were: The If^nses, Leary said that
Americans have flunked their senses
and do not use them or their full
extent; The Body, Diet, "How can you
go to God with food in you that was
wrapped in saran?"; Ritual, The Holy
Book, "I don't care whether it's the
Koran, the Bible, Playboy, or what,
but something you can read at any
time and be comforted by it," or the
Mantra (secret^player).,o,," to use
as a guide as a navigator would use
equipment to find the way and center
himself."
Leary then said that one can
not attain full union with God un
less there is the union of ‘ihe
sexes. "If you are tuned into this
world, and how it operates," he
said, "you know that everything
works in opposites and that opp-
sites attract as well as repel."
"Any attempt to find God by your
self," he explained, "was sterile
and would not work."
Last of all the Yogas was
drugs. He said that this yoga
should not be tried until all others
were mastered, and warned that pos
sible confusion and fear might re
sult for the unprepared.
He left the podium,, his hand
aloft in the triumphant symbol of
peaces,
Doctor Cohen then mounted the
rostrum and proceeded to remove his
tie and jacket. This was greeted
with spontaneous "yahoos" from the
football faction of the audience, as
well as others who were uncomfort
able after Leary's disquieting
speeach.
Dr. Cohen explained that "this
type of thing (drugs) "is definitely
not new.
He said that throughout history
man has felt that he found the ulti
mate truth through the use of drugs.
He cited as examples the opium and
chloroform used in the 19th century
and the ether-heads of the 1920's.
Dr. Cohen felt that Timothy
Leary had done a great deal of harm
to an important and hopefully bene-
ficial drug (LSD), He said that
there were hundreds now in the st^t-e
mental hospitals because several
years ago hyt. advised his aud
ience to "tune in, turn on, drop
out."
Cohen explained that he had
worked with LSD soon after its dis
covery. He warned the Wake Forest
gathering that untrained, unobserved
useage of the drug could lead to
permanent injury and possi^l^^ 'leath.
He refuted any truly creative
aspect of the drug, and said that
most thoughts which seem so reveal
ing while under its effect proved,
"ridiculous" and "incomnrehensible"
after "coming down and viewing
things realistically."
"If LSD is such an enlighten^no
experience," asked Cohen, "w h y
should one have to take it over and
over again?"
Cohen then told the audience
that it was their decision as to
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WEDNESDAY
'.TUDENT RECITAL
Mr. Ransom Wilson, flutist,
played a recital Wednesday October
9, 1968 in the school auditorium
which marked the beginning of the
musical recitals for the fiscal
year of 1968 and 1969.
The program was of great
variety. He opend with Michael
Blavet's "La Vibray," Sonata in D
minor, followed by W. A. Mozart's
Sonata in A major, K. V, 12. These
pieces were accompanied by Glen
Wilson, harpsichordist. Then,
Niccolo Castiglioni's Gymel, Serge
Lancen's Cinq Printanieres, and Bela
Bartok's Suite Paysanne Hontroise,
accompanied by Hal Tyson.
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