Joanna Harcourt-Smith

Joanna Harcourt-Smith was born in 1946 in Switzerland.[1] She speaks a total of five languages, speaking three very well and two well enough to build relationships.[1] Harcourt-Smith currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2] She is the younger sister of the mother of Arpad Busson.[3]

Harcourt-Smith has written two unpublished biographies and many poems[4] She is also the author of Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story.[5] The book recounts her experiences while "she was a flower-power teenager in the Sixties, lived with the Rolling Stones in France, cavorted with playboy Gunther Sachs, Salvador Dali and the Aga Khan, before falling in love with the LSD guru Timothy Leary, by whom she has a son, Marlon Gobel."[6]

Although they were never legally married, the book describes Harcourt-Smith's experiences as Timothy Leary's fourth wife. They met while he was a fugitive in Europe, and from there the pair traveled to Afghanistan together. He was arrested in Afghanistan and the couple was sent to California. While in the US, Harcourt-Smith advocated for Leary's release during his four-year imprisonment. Following his release they entered the Witness Protection Program.[7]

On her weekly podcast, Future Primitive, Harcourt-Smith has over 400 interviews archived beginning in 2006.[8] The interviews focus on preserving oral traditions and uniting emergent communities for a future that honors the planet.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Wise Woman Radio with Susun Weed http://www.wisewomanradio.com/interviews/smith.html
  2. ↑ SantaFe.com My Book Report: ‘Tripping the Bardo With Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story’ http://www.santafe.com/blogs/read/my-book-report-tripping-the-bardo-with-timothy-learymy-psychedelic-love-sto
  3. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392207/Sex-drugs-100m-lost-legacy.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
  4. ↑ The Self-Care Revolution, Power of Community: Joanna Harcourt-Smith http://www.jointheselfcarerevolution.com/speakers/month-9-power-of-community/september-10-2013/
  5. ↑ Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story http://www.futureprimitive.org/tripping-the-bardo-with-timothy-leary-book/
  6. ↑ Sex, drugs and a £100m lost legacy By Richard Kay for The Daily Mail 29 May 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392207/Sex-drugs-100m-lost-legacy.html
  7. ↑ Dying to Know, a film by Gay Dillingham http://dyingtoknowmovie.com/
  8. ↑ Future Primitive http://www.futureprimitive.org/
  9. ↑ The Marion Institute - Serendipity Projects http://www.marioninstitute.org/serendipity/future-primitive

Acid Queen - Excerpt from Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story, on Reality Sandwich http://realitysandwich.com/214613/acid-queen/

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