LSD, My Problem Child: Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism, and Science
- ISBN-10
- 0966001982
- ISBN-13
- 9780966001983
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Assoc. for Psychedelic Studies
- Author
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Description
This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann. He traces LSDs path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition.We follow Dr. Hofmanns trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery.Underlying it all is Dr. Hofmanns powerful conclusion that mystical experience may be our planets best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend 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.Now, 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.
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