Albert Hofmann

LSD My Problem Child (4th Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

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Produktbeschreibung

LSD My Problem Child is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father and organic chemist, the late Albert Hofmann, PhD.

Credited with synthesizing and discovering the psychedelic effects of LSD, Hofmann traces the path of the drug from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition.

In LSD: My Problem Child, Dr. Hofmann documents his trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD and shares correspondences with notable figures including Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Walter Vogt. The underlying current of this book is Dr. Hofmann's powerful conclusion that mystical experiences may be our planet's best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend, as Hofmann wrote, the wonder, the mystery of the divine, in the microcosm of the atom, in the macrocosm of the spiral nebula, in the seeds of plants, in the body and soul of people.

More than sixty years after the birth of Albert Hofmann's problem child, his vision of its true potential is reaching relevancy as psychedelics enjoy a new resurgence in popular discourse. In 2022, Hofmann's pioneering work was featured in the Netflix documentary series, How to Change Your Mind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780998276588
• Artikelnr.: 63425098

Autorenporträt

Albert Hofman (1906 - 2008) was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). He authored more than 100 scientific articles and a number of books, including LSD: My Problem Child: Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science. In 2007, Hofmann was named #1 out of 100 in Telegraph magazine's 2007 'Top 100 Living Geniuses' list, and in 2022 his pioneering work with LSD was featured in the 2022 Netflix documentary series How to Change Your Mind.

Inhaltsangabe

Note from the Publisher
Live of Albert Hofmann
Foreword by Stanislav Grof, MD
Preface by the author
Translator’s preface
Introduction
How LSD Originated
LSD in Animal Experiments and Biological Research
Chemical Modifications of LSD
Use of LSD in Psychiatry
From Remedy to Inebriant
[Color plates follow page 88]
The Mexican Relatives of LSD
Radiance from Ernst Jünger
Meeting with Aldous Huxley
Correspondence with Walter Vogt
Various Visitors
LSD Experiences and Reality
Appendix: The Digital Hofmann Collection
Index
About the Publisher