▁it ▁and ▁introduced ▁the ▁theory ▁to ▁a ▁main stream ▁audience ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ' s ▁best s elling ▁Cos mic ▁Tr igger . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁they ▁appeared ▁together ▁on ▁stage ▁in ▁a ▁dialog ▁entitled ▁The ▁Inner ▁Front ier ▁hosted ▁by ▁the ▁Association ▁for ▁Cons cious ness ▁Ex pl oration , ▁( the ▁same ▁group ▁that ▁had ▁hosted ▁Le ary ' s ▁first ▁Cleveland ▁appearance ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ). Tim othy ▁Le ary : ▁An ▁L SD ▁Cow boy ▁Turn s ▁Cos mic ▁Com ic ▁by ▁Frank ▁K uz nik . ▁Cleveland ▁magazine , ▁November ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁ ▁World ▁religion ▁scholar ▁H ust on ▁Smith ▁was ▁" turn ed ▁on " ▁by ▁Le ary ▁after ▁being ▁introduced ▁to ▁him ▁by ▁Ald ous ▁H ux ley ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁The ▁experience ▁was ▁interpreted ▁as ▁a ▁deeply ▁religious ▁one ▁by ▁Smith , ▁and ▁is ▁described ▁in ▁detailed ▁religious ▁terms ▁in ▁Smith ' s ▁later ▁work ▁Cle ans ing ▁of ▁the ▁Do ors ▁of ▁Per ception . ▁Smith ▁asked ▁Le ary , ▁to ▁par ap hr ase , ▁whether ▁he ▁knew ▁the ▁power ▁and ▁danger ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁was ▁conduct ing ▁research ▁with . ▁In ▁Mother ▁Jones ▁Magazine , ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁Smith ▁commented : ▁ ▁First , ▁I ▁have ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁three ▁years ▁I ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁that ▁Harvard ▁study , ▁L SD ▁was ▁not ▁only ▁legal ▁but