American Book Of The Dead by E.J. Gold
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And/Or Press, San Francisco, 1975. Paperback. Some wear to wrappers and spine, minor fraying at foredges and general signs of shelf wear. Fair condition.
Written in 1975 by Gurdjieff inspired “Fourth Way” author E.J. Gold, the American Book of the Dead was designed to serve as a 20th-century update for the Tibetan Book of the Dead, aligning it with the culture and language of modern Americans.
Like the Tibetan Book of the Dead that inspired it, this text is designed as a guidebook to the Bardo, the 49-day period between death and rebirth according to Buddhist tradition. Each of its 49 chapters is intended to be read daily, either by or to a person at the end of their life, or on behalf of another who has died to help them prepare for the trials and experiences ahead.
While traditional Tibetan versions prepare the reader for encounters within the Vajrayana cosmology, this book borrows heavily from the work of Timothy Leary and his 8-Circuit Model of consciousness and includes a variety of psychedelic illustrations. This book includes a forward by John C. Lily, the early proponent of sensory deprivation tanks and dolphin communication investigator.
