The audience input was wild and unpredictable
Unrestrained, unscripted, and exuberant, Leary refers to these gathers as “our circus”. The audience passionately embraces a wide range of issues: there are warnings about combining certain drugs, questions about Leary’s possible bias against homosexuality, and even a young woman who removes her clothes.
Sound bite: Disc 4 of 4, Track 3, 00:00-00:14
I have a special guest that I have invited tonight, who I am going to ask up in a minute. But before I invite him up to start our circus... Would you get my circus hat, please?
Sound bite: Disc 2 of 4, Track 5, 3:26-4:25
(Audience member) There’s another thing about grass I wanted to talk about, you know. . .it’s different. . .it’s a separate. . .it’s a separate phenomenon. This is the thing of mixing marijuana with LSD. There seems to be something that happens that’s really different from either the marijuana or LSD. And I think that if anyone wants to understand what hell is, I suggest that you take about 300 micrograms of LSD, and , while you’re still very, very high, smoke a lot of marijuana. I guarantee. . . I know a lot of people that this has happened to. . .
Sound bite: Disc 4 of 4, Track 7, 00:55-02:09
Uh... I’m glad you asked that question. The question has to do with, “Am I biased against homosexuality?” And, no, I am not.. . .Far from being opposed to it [homosexuality, ed.], or putting it down, I see it as providing a platform of detachment, and a mobilization and focusing of energy which is perhaps, purer than the heterosexual. I do warn people to look very carefully at which trip is right for you. As I said the other night, I think that putting pressure on people to get married, or to have a heterosexual trip, when they’re basically here not to do that, is a very distorting and destructive thing to do. I think we have to see where we’re at and which path to follow. I do object to many homosexual relationships because I don’t think they’re loving. Now this is male homosexual relationships, not female homosexual relationships. Because really... but a loving relationship between anyone is the glory and wonder of the world, and more power to it.
Sound bite: Disc 3 of 4, Track 4, 2:35-3:14
Uh, what sign are you? “A Leo”. A Leo, Uh, we have found in our research that... Leo, of course...” Excuse me-a Stephanie Leo”. Stephanie Leo. Well, we have found that Leo women have a solar principle...” A Stephanie- Lovelace- woman. Stephanie Lovelace. . .Leo. Leo. Um, do you have an electron? “Yeah, a few of them”. How many? “What one would you like?” Right. “Which one?” Which electron would I like? You mean, do I have to have a choice? “You can take your pick” Right.