Popular Culture Review Vol. 8, No. 1, February 1997 | Page 23

C H R ISTM A S 1 98 8. Ti m o t h y h a n d e d m e a n un p u blis h e d m a nuscrip t
a n d s a id, “Y o u must r e a d this. T h e y s a y I us e p e o pl e a n d th e n throw
th e m a w a y. Y o u gott a k n o w.”
“The four dominant, controlling
I too k th e b o o k; h e t urn e d a nd
factors [in forming Timothy’s
w a l k e d a w a y. Ty p e s cri p t, b o un d
personality] were feminine kinds of
influences, masculine kinds of
in blue, e ntitled THE LEGEND OF
influences, the Roman Catholic
A MIND: A PSYCHO-BIOGRAPHY
church and lastly a very strong
OF TIMOTHY LEARY, w h o h a d
feeling of aloneness (60). T i m
t h oro ug hly a nn o t a t e d P e t e r O w e n
in s e rt e d a c a rrot b e tw e e n “o f a n d

W h i t m e r’s work .
“a lo n e n e s s. " It poin t e d to “joy ful”
I gl a n c e d thro ugh th e text
writt e n a b o v e . A line from th e e n d
w h e n h e g a v e it to m e , but I did n’t
of th e line e x t e n d s to th e bl a n k
re a d it until I st art e d writing a
b a c k of th e p r e v io u s p a g e , w h e r e
boo k a b o u t m y life with L e a ry.
Ti m o t h y wro t e “I o f t e n re ”: th e
T h e n , I d id n ’t w a n t a n y o n e
writt e n t h o ugh t w a s not c o m pl e t e d.
e ls e ’s e x p e ri e n c e s with DR.
This early childhood prominence was
also to lead to feelings of being
TIMOTHY LEARY to s h a p e , clo ud,
different and of aloneness
or c olor m y o w n.
(Whitmer, 93). Ti m o t h y u n d e rlin e d
N o w , I d o ub t if r e a ding it th e n
“f
e e lings o f b e in g dif f erent a n d of
w o uld h a v e c h a n g e d a n y t h in g...
a lo n e n e s s ” a n d wro t e “Y e s ” a b o v e .

But no one has ever accused Tim Leary
of being stable or secure or of having
a well-integrated personality .

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from page 97:
His short attention span. His fluctuating moods. His agueness [sic]—
vagueness. I have never known a man who could be so tender and
so loving, yet who could turn it off so quickly. W h i t m e r s a ys this
p a r a gra p h w a s writt e n by “o n e of his [Ti m o t h y’s] w iv e s " in d is cu s s in g
“the br e a k -u p of th e ir rel a tionship.” A b o v e th e p a r a gr a p h Tim o t h y
wro t e ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! H e und erlin e d th e s e c o n d s e n t e n c e
a n d wro t e TRUE in th e m argin b e s id e it.

from pages 99-100:
Without a keen sense for right and wrong and with a very selfcentered, narcissistic perspective on the world, young Tim's abilities
to manipulate people knew no bounds. Blessed with good looks, wit
and intelligence, he pretty much got what he sought. In perfecting