Leary Under the Glass

Some Impressions by a Turned-Off Observer

That obscurely impelled university professor and clinical psychologist Dr. Timothy Leary has undertaken the task of bringing spiritual relief to a largely puzzled public through a series of theatrical entertainments entitled “celebrations.” Lacking the verbal pyrotechnics of Dr. Billy Graham, or the burning stare of Bishop Fulton Sheen, Dr. Leary relies on the show- biz know-how of his collaborators, light and movie technicians Miss Jackie Cassen and Mr. Rudi Stern. Thus, armed with moral fervor, and sublimely indifferent to the honors of the academic world he forsook, Dr. Leary has assumed the perilous role of prophet to a society which dis- honors its prophets almost faster than TV eats up comedy routines.

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Don McDonagh

Some Impressions by a Turned-Off Observer

That obscurely impelled university professor and clinical psychologist Dr. Timothy Leary has undertaken the task of bringing spiritual relief to a largely puzzled public through a series of theatrical entertainments entitled “celebrations.” Lacking the verbal pyrotechnics of Dr. Billy Graham, or the burning stare of Bishop Fulton Sheen, Dr. Leary relies on the show- biz know-how of his collaborators, light and movie technicians Miss Jackie Cassen and Mr. Rudi Stern. Thus, armed with moral fervor, and sublimely indifferent to the honors of the academic world he forsook, Dr. Leary has assumed the perilous role of prophet to a society which dis- honors its prophets almost faster than TV eats up comedy routines.