Mavericks of the Mind: Conversations with Terence McKenna, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, John Lilly, Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Laura Huxley, Robert Anton Wilson, and Others (Second Edition) (Paperback)
By Richard Rasa “Rasa”
This remarkable book of interviews was originally written on the fulcrum between what could be called the psychedelic age and the current cyber-information age. At that time we desperately needed a fascinating and concise book that let the luminaries of that psychedelic age speak for themselves, rather than to hear the noise of critics and reactionaries who more often than not interpreted their words through a filter of mud colored lenses. Mavericks of the Mind is more crucial than ever. The wisdom contained in these excellent interviews not only described our history in luscious detail, but left us with a road map crucially needed for understanding our current exciting and treacherous path. David Jay Brown & Rebecca McClen Novick’s gift to the interviewer’s craft is an uncanny ability to ask the big questions – questions that lead us through the fine details of the many subjects discussed, and onto the often abstract larger picture of our constantly changing reality. Rather than getting a handle on these issues, and like the critics, figuring out ways to pigeon-hole the facts, and thus diminish their relevance, Mavericks of the Mind serves more as an instruction manual for teaching us how to navigate and surf with intelligence, compassion and joy!
