About the book: 1967 / This text is a translation of a pamphlet published in 1967, just after LSD was made “illegal” in the United States. The book was published by a group called the Psychedelic Clearinghouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is a guide for those trying LSD for the first time. It reflects a common-sense position that many still held at the time of publication, preserving the purity of mind of the pre-Prohibition era. The author, Lisa Biberman, was made famous by Timothy Leary in his essay “The Crazy Maid of Psychedelia,” included as chapter 19 in his collection The Politics of Ecstasy » from 1968.