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- ↑ Liner notes to Timothy Leary's album, Beyond Life With Timothy Leary. Mouth Almighty with Mercury Records (1996)
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- ↑ Timothy Leary's Mind Mirror at MobyGames
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- ↑ The Mind Mirror. themindmirror.com.