Ralph Metzner is a psychotherapist, consciousness researcher and the author of many books including Opening to Inner Light, Ayahuasca: Human Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature, and co-authored with Leary and Alpert, The Psychedelic Experience.
Metzner, Ralph

Code	Name	Price	Description
01601	Metzner, Ralph Metaphors and Symbols Of Transformation	$11.95	One needs to find words for one's experiences in order to bring them from the inner world through to the outer world. Metzner describes ten classic metaphors for transformation and evolution to other dimensions of being. - 1980 Esalen - One Audiotape
01602	Metzner, Ralph Insights From Gurdjieff	$11.95	Gurdjieff was one of the most controversial teachers of the century. Though his teachings have been largely underground, he has had a large impact on great numbers of people. Metzner speaks of Gurdjieff's life and the basic structure of the Gurdjieffian system. - 1968 Esalen - One Audiotape
01603	Metzner, Ralph Psychedelics and The Inner World	$11.95	Metzner reviews psychedelic compounds and their effects, explores the relationship between the psychedelic experience and Eastern philosophy and practice, and speaks of the rituals of traditional peoples who carefully design and control psychedelic use. - 1968 Esalen - One Audiotape
01604	Metzner, Ralph Actualism and Inner Alchemy	$11.95	Alchemy is a metaphor for personal transformation. Metzner shows how it can be applied as a working, practical system. He introduces Actualism, a Western practice based on Agni Yoga - the yoga of fire - as a usable tool for channeling energy to dissolve blocks in consciousness, thereby enacting alchemical transformation. This is the symbolism and the mythology of bringing fire to earth - the Prometheus myth - the myth of the light-bringer, the fire-bringer that you find in every culture. - 1978 Esalen - One Audiotape