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Enclosed please find a cache of documents from the Michael Horowitz collection on Timothy Leary from the New York Public Library, collected under the title: The Periodic Table of Energy (Correspondences Among: the Periodic Table of Elements, the Neurogenetic Theory of Evolution, the Tarot, the I Ching, the Zodiac) - Transmitted by Joanna and Timothy Leary with Robert Anton Wilson. Vacaville Prison, CA, USA: May 1974. [Amended]
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS: The Periodic Table of Energy - Leary & Wilson (PDF)
These appear to be black and white scans of the original Leary manuscript documents that were auctioned off back in 2012, which were estimated to sell for $30k – $50k.
All of the sample pages match exactly, as does the title and description.
However! There do indeed appear to be small differences between the pages available here and those offered in the manuscript for sale by Tree and Leaf Books for $3,999.99.
Some of the sample pages match exactly, whereas others appear to be different iterations of the same text.
I haven't done a detailed comparison yet, but from a decent skimming of these pages and my memory of The Game of Life and Info-Psychology, I would say The Periodic Table of Energy represents a distinct formulation of Leary's ideas, though clearly early drafts of concepts that he would revisit, and further develop, in later works.
Maybe the most interesting item amongst the documents comes from Berkeley Barb, Vol. 21, No. 9(500) (March 14-20, 1975). A double page spread featuring a condensed formulation of The Periodic Table of Energy, credited to both Leary and Wilson.
The original collection of documents had a low quality scan that was quite difficult to read, but fortunately the complete Berkeley Barb archives are available online and I was able to replace those pages with high definition full color scans. It really is a thing of beauty, so here's a stand alone PDF of just that piece for easy access and appreciation.
The original collection of documents had a low quality scan that was quite difficult to read, but fortunately the complete Berkeley Barb archives are available online and I was able to replace those pages with high definition full color scans. It really is a thing of beauty, so here's a stand alone PDF of just that piece for easy access and appreciation.
UPDATE! And here's more on the Berkeley Barb version of The Periodic Table of Energy from Gabriel Kennedy. (With thanks to MG for the link!)
As with the previous drop of RAW archival material, I'm curious how much of this will turn out to be previously unknown, or at least exceedingly rare.
I should probably point out that the cover art provided at the top of this post and on the PDF itself is not archival, but rather something I put together for this release.
Thanks to Tom Jackson for bringing this lost book to my attention!
The pages in this recovered manuscript are probably too early in the editorial draft process to consider The Periodic Table of Energy fully found, but I'd say it's at least now in a maybe state.
The pages in this recovered manuscript are probably too early in the editorial draft process to consider The Periodic Table of Energy fully found, but I'd say it's at least now in a maybe state.
Also! So very many thanks to the New York Public Library for freely providing scans of this material. Especially notable given how expensive this information had been previously! Libraries are the absolute super very best <3<3<3
