Chris Gray

Christopher Gray (22 May 1942 – 14 May 2009) was an activist in the Situationist International and follower of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

Christopher Nelson Gray was born on 22 May 1942 in London; he was raised by his grandmother in Crosby, Merseyside, and educated at Repton School.

He died at the age of 67 at the London Hampstead Marie Curie Hospice (Eden Hall) on May 14th 2009. Gray then became a contributor to Radcliffe's magazine Heatwave.

In 1967 Gray translated situationist Raoul Vaneigem's Banalités de Base (1962-63) which he published as the pamphlet The Totality for Kids. The reasons cited were the English Section's refusal to disassociate themselves from Ben Morea and Black Mask. The expelled English situationists then formed London radical group King Mob with twin brothers David and Stuart Wise, who had recently arrived in London from Newcastle.

The Acid Diaries For three years Gray self-administered the psychedelic drug LSD, applying the theories of Stanislav Grof to analyse his own experiences. He also used the works of Aldous Huxley, Albert Hofmann and Gordon Wasson to develop an account of the possible value of LSD as a tool for transpersonal growth and spiritual development.

Publications Leaving The Twentieth Century: The incomplete works of the Situationist International (1974) Free Fall Publications, London. Republished by Rebel Press (London) 1998. Life of Osho (1997) published under the pseudonym of "Sam" by Sannyas, London. The Acid, published under the pseudonym of "Sam" by Vision Press (2009). Republished as Christopher Gray - The Acid Diaries: A Psychonaut's Guide to the History and Use of LSD (2010) London: Park Street Press.