Michael Johnson and Oz Fritz have both posted new reviews of The Occult Timothy Leary, the new book by Joseph L. Flatley that I've written about on this blog.
Both of them give the book and close reading, and both recommend it. In his review at his Substack newsletter, Michael writes, "Joseph L. Flatley’s invigorating research and lucid style in The Occult Timothy Leary has much to recommend it, beyond my own elaborations and predilections."
On his blog, Oz writes, "All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and commend the author, a true Evolutionary Agent, for all the hard work and time he devoted to help bring the work of Timothy Leary to a wider and perhaps younger audience."
I agree with Brian's comment to Michael's review that Michael has "a fantastic reviewing style that would fit easily into a scholarly journal or a 'serious' newspaper such as The Guardian, but with a more knowledgeable and insightful take than one usually finds in such reviews."
Oz's review is full of fascinating details. He argues to my satisfaction that Gurdjieff also was a big influence on Leary, and points us to a movie about Leary, "Timothy Leary's Dead," currently available free on Tubi.
In the comments to Michael's review, Oz modestly writes that Michael's review is "much better." While I also have pointed out that Michael is good with book reviews (see my comment here), I think both reviews are very good, I disagree with Oz, you should read both.
If you missed it, I posted an interview with Flatley.
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