More than sixty years after the birth of albert hofmanns problem child, his vision of its true potential is more relevant, and more needed, than ever. Reflections on sacred drugs, mysticism and science albert hofmann, phd on. Wrong and inappropriate use has caused lsd to become my problem child. Our services include cloud file server, online storage, backup, sharing, webdav drive mapping, ftp, email and web hosting. Edited by allan beveridge, femi oyebode and rosalind ramsay lsd. Pdf lsd my problem child by albert hofmann download lsd. Albert hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide lsd in 1938, but the results of animal tests. Hoffman was a humble and kind person who writes very well. Im prone to anxiety, depression and just bad habits if left unchecked. Lsd my problem child cmu school of computer science. Hofmanns trek across mexico to discover sacred plants related to.
He authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous books, including lsd. Here, at last, the father of lsd details the history of his problem child and his long. He was a fine chemist, spending his entire career at. I get anti social, i become disinterested, my sense of humour leaves me and i just let my life spiral out of control. It is my desire in this book to give a comprehensive picture of lsd, its origin, its effects, and its dangers, in order to guard against increasing abuse of this extraordinary drug. Clearly this is a book describing a very controversial substance.
Pdf the history of lsd the original psychedelic drug. Pdf for lsd my problem child by albert hoffman reddit. Pdf in april 1943, dr albert hofmann, a swiss biochemist, dissolved. My problem childreflections on sacred drugs, mysticism. Reflections on sacred drugs, mysticism and science. Not until fifteen years later, when the secret documents about the experiments were. Lsd, psilocybin, and the other hallucinogens do indeed, as albert hofmann.
Starting with lysergic acid, the ergot nucleus, hofmann had synthesized several medically useful drugs that made sandoz a great deal of money. I hope thereby to emphasize possible uses of lsd that are compatible with its characteristic action. Lsd my problem child albert hofmann contents translators preface foreword 1 how lsd originated 2 lsd in animal experiments and biological research 3 chemical modifications of lsd 4 use of lsd in psychiatry 5 from remedy to inebriant 6 the mexican relatives of lsd 7 radiance from ernst junger. Lsd, my problem child appears in this library under the fair use. Download lsd my problem child pdf book by albert hofmann this is the account of lsd told by a concerned at this point confident dad, natural scientist.
All it takes is one gram and im completely refreshed, my goals and passions come back to me, i feel calmer, jokier and i get excited for the future. Lsd, my problem child appears in this library under the fair use rulings regarding. However whatever one feels regarding its legality etc it is a substance which does provide a fascinating insight into the human mind and things which may either be going on in the deeper strata of our consciousness or the things which our internal reality engine can create. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.
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