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Mystic chemist : the life of Albert Hofmann and his discovery of LSD / Dieter Hagenbach and Lucius Werthmü̈ller ; foreword by Stanislav Grof.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hagenbach, Dieter A., author.
- Werthmüller, Lucius, 1958- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Albert Hofmann und sein LSD. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Chemists--Biography.
- Chemists.
- LSD (Drug)--History.
- LSD (Drug).
- Hofmann, Albert, 1906-2008.
- Hofmann, Albert.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages ) illustrations (chiefly color) ;
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Fe, New Mexico : Synergetic Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Mystic Chemist begins at the start of the twentieth century, in the Swiss town of Basel which is evolving from a popular health spa into a major industrial city. The story concludes more than a century later, after celebrating Albert Hofmann's 100th birthday. It tells the unique story of a soon to be famous scientist, highlighting his academic journey, his research at Sandoz and then, as the discoverer of LSD, his meetings and interactions with illustrious writers, artists and thinkers, from all over the world, whose common interest is a fascination with the new wonder-drug. Luminaries like Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert appear on the scene and Hofmann begins a prolific correspondence with them and other interested parties. Sometimes he sends a sample, other times he hears of their 'trips' on LSD or other psychedelic substances, like mescaline or psilocybin. From the beginning he takes a positive view towards efforts by physicians and psychotherapists to include LSD in new approaches to the treatment of illnesses. He sees the 'psychedelic' potential of this 'wonder drug' as beneficial to all. And he expresses his conviction that mystical experiences and trips to other worlds of consciousness are the best preparation for the very last journey he and every one of us well must eventually make. At the age of 102, Albert Hofmann dies at home. His vitality and open mindedness stay with him until his last breath. The life of Albert Hofmann, the Mystic Chemist, is a testimony to how one can reach a great age all the while remaining physically and mentally fit and spiritually aware. ..."-- From the publisher's statement on Amazon.com
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Foreword by Stanislav Grof
- 1 Industry and Idyll in the Provinces
- The Beginnings of the Modern Era
- From Health Resort to Industrial Town
- Founding a Family
- The Mystical Wonders of Nature
- 2 With a Clear Goal
- Illness and Social Poverty
- A Model Student
- Brighter Horizons
- From Clerk to Chemist
- 3 Call of the Plants
- The Chemistry is Right in Basel
- In the Footsteps of Paracelsus
- Squill and Foxglove
- 4 Marriage and Family Bliss
- Turning Point
- Beginning of an Eternal Love
- War and Peace
- 5 LSD Finds Its Discoverer
- In the Beginning was the Ergot
- The Synthesis
- Potency
- The First Trip
- The Assistant
- 6 The Dose Makes the Poison
- Successful Drugs
- From Phantasticum to Entheogen
- The Effect of LSD
- Classification of Psychoactive Substances According to Their Effect
- Drugs
- 7 Researchers Discover LSD
- Mescaline
- Experiments on Animals
- The First Experiment on Humans
- The Psychotomimetic Paradigm
- A Helpful Tool for Psychotherapy
- Realms of Consciousness
- Trauma Therapy
- LSD Comes to England
- Studies in Saskatchewan
- Behind the Iron Curtain
- LSD Conquers America
- 8 The Search for a Truth Serum
- Dividing the World
- Experiments without Limits
- Understatement
- Iron Silence
- Serious Sweden
- In the Name of the Fatherland
- The Mystery of the Cursed Bread
- 9 Flesh of the Gods
- The Mushrooms Reach Basel
- The Kingdom of Sacred Plants and Mushrooms
- Teonanácatl
- Exploration
- Banker and Mycologist
- The Active Substance
- Psilocybin and Psilocin
- The Magic Vine
- Distrust
- The Magic Circle
- 10 The Mexico Expedition
- In the Land of the Mazatecs
- Ceremony with a Magical Plant
- The Spirit in the Pill
- The Consequences
- 11 Friendships and Encounters.
- Family Life
- Circles
- Interweavings
- Hermit in the Crystalline World
- Radiance and Convergence
- Almost a Friendship
- The Networker
- The Coronation
- 12 Metamorphoses at Harvard
- Vision of a New Psychology
- Psychedelic Revelation
- Academic Mushroom Circles
- Liberation Behind Bars
- The Man with the Mayonnaise Jar
- The End of Peace, Joy and Magic Mushrooms
- Millbrook
- Bureaucratic Hurdles
- The Woman from Washington
- Founding Years
- Multimedia Spectacle
- Changes of All Kinds
- Turn on, Tune in, Drop out
- 13 Fuel of the Sixties
- A Molecule Changed the World
- The Bohemians of Manhattan
- From the Laboratory into the Cuckoo's Nest
- Can You Pass the Acid Test?
- The Hog Farm
- Chemistry in the Underground
- The Trips Festival
- Dionysian Festivals
- Hippies? Hippies!
- A Peaceful Cultural Revolution
- Chemists for a Better World
- Flowers in Their Hair, Love in Their Hearts, LSD in Their Heads
- The Diggers
- Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
- Sounds of the Sixties
- Acid House, Psytrance, Goa Trance
- The Desert Lives
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Woodstock
- Hair
- Swinging London
- Trips Around the World
- 14 The Great Repression
- Brotherhood of Eternal Love
- Demonization
- Verdict and Prohibition
- Underground Therapy
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Crime Scene Missile Silo
- Dedication to Freedom
- Outrage
- 15 Humane Therapies, Transpersonal Visions
- Divine Lightning
- Thirty Years of Research
- Encounter With Death
- The Cartographer
- Expanding of the Image of Humanity
- The Spectrum of Consciousness
- Human Potential
- An Alternative
- Interaction at Esalen
- 16 Spiritual Dimensions
- Mushrooms Instead of Fish
- The Missing Taboo
- Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy
- Journeys to the East
- In the Here and Now
- Buddhists and Psychedelics.
- Ecologist and Buddhist
- Zen Priest and Animal Welfare Advocate
- Instant Nirvana
- Cosmologist of Joy
- Psychosis and Enlightenment
- Tool of the Mind
- 17 Creativity and Art
- Intoxicated Literati
- Bee God and Sacred Mirrors
- A New Dimension of Art
- The Creativity Pill
- Psychedelia
- A New Perspective
- Encounters with Artists
- Comic Strips
- Art Instead of LSD
- High in Hollywood
- 18 Source of Inspiration
- From Uranium to LSD
- Open Minds, Open Systems
- All is One
- Legal, Illegal, Digital
- Gaia
- Symbiosis
- Nobel Prizes
- Peak Experiences
- 19 Ways of Life
- Another Discovery
- Paradise Found Again
- The Company
- Farewell to Sandoz
- Father and Apostle
- 20 Legacies
- The Problem Child
- The Translator
- The Media
- Plants of the Gods
- Wisdom of the Greeks
- Scholarly Dialogue
- At Eleusis
- 21 Insights and Outlooks
- A Good Question
- A Model of Reality
- Philosophy and Ecology
- Honors and Awards
- 22 Stimulus and Impetus
- A Belgian in Burg
- Visitors From Around the World
- Border Crosser
- The Tank and the Deep Self
- The Indian from Hamburg
- The Trip Advisor
- The Third Member
- 23 Wisdom of Years
- Reflections on Nature
- Secrets of a Long Life
- Frontier Areas
- Art and Ability
- A Grandson Remembers
- Albert Hofmann Turns One Hundred
- The Old Man and His Child
- Yet Another Tribute
- 24 Between Earth and Heaven
- Connections with the Whole World
- The Albert Hofmann Medal
- From Problem Child to Wonder Drug
- Back to the Future
- Behind Every Strong Man
- Farewell and Mourning
- Echo of a Life's Work
- The Ultimate Journey
- Appendix
- Retrospective on a Researcher's Life
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Publications by Albert Hofmann
- Photo Credits
- Index of Names
- About the Authors
- Other Books from Synergetic Press.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Albert Hofmann und sein LSD.
- Translation: William Geuss and Linda Sperling.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-907791-45-X
- OCLC:
- 1293263438
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