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Ram Dass
American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr. Richard Alpert (April 6, 1931 ā December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was a spiritual teacher. He was the writer of Be Here Now, the bestseller book of 1971.
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In the 1960s, professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert collaborated on a book titled The Psychedelic Experience, which adapted portions of the Tibetan Book of the Dead as a guide for use in LSD experiences. They hoped to give users of LSD a simulation of death and rebirth, to "liberate" them from past problems or mistakes in their lives.
Dass died on December 22, 2019 in Maui, Hawaii at the age of 88.[1]