The new Age guru who extolled the virtues of mindfulness and grace passed away on Sunday. Born Richard Alpert, he met experimental psychologist Timothy Leary while the two taught at Harvard University.
Together they founded the Harvard Psilocybin Project and shared psychedelic drugs to explore their mind-altering effects.
The unorthodox pair were fired from Harvard in 1963 after faculty found out Alpert shared the drugs with undergrads. They became “counter-culture icons” taking more drugs to learn how psychedelics expanded their consciousness.
According to CNN, he died peacefully at home in Maui surrounded by loved ones.
