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Brian Barritt new article content ... Brian Barritt was born in Coventry in 1934, to white working class parents. He is a writer and is known for his contribution to the 1960's and 70's counter culture movement. A friend of Timothy Leary, Alex Trochi and Alan Ginsburg and many other notorious cultural icons of the time. He collaborated on the original 7 Levels of Consciousness Maps and the book The Confessions of a Hope Fiend with Timothy Leary. Brian has also written 4 other books and many articles primarily concerning expanded consciousness through the use of drugs.

Early Life: Born in Coventry shortly before WW2 Brian was six years old when the Blitz started, due to the bombing of his school he received very little formal education in the early years. Later Brian attended Broadheath School in the area of Foleshill, Coventry. He left school at the age of 15 and went to work in a local Jaguar car factory where he worked on the Jaguar XK120 upholstering seats, two years later he joined the Merchant navy as a seaman. Brian was at sea for three years and during that time he travelled around the world going as far afield as Japan, The Cape of Good Hope, and Madras and everywhere in between. Brian later joined the British Army and served in The Royal Warwickshire Regiment as an infantryman. After the initial six months training he spent six months in Cyprus and two years in Northern Ireland, for which he received the General Service Medal. He left the army with a "Very Good Discharge". Once he had left the army Brian returned to Coventry where he did a further two years in the Morris Minor factory.

1958 - 1965 London / Beatnics / First acid / Albert Hall / Alex Trochi

1965 - 1966 India, Afganistan traveling adventures

1966 - 1969 Arrested in London on Return, Prison misadventures, writes wispa.

1969 - 1971 (?) London, Ladbroke grove, Publishes Wispa, David Ball.

1972 - 1973 Algears, Swizzerland, meets Tim Leary, Black Panthers,

Krout rock

Amersterdam

Ladbroke grove

California

Ladbroke Grove, Arabella.

Battersea, The stones, Acoustic,

Books (This is a precie of The books Brian has written)