Psychology Consciousness Studies
MYSTIC CHEMIST
THE LIFE OF ALBERT HOFMANN AND HIS DISCOVERY OF LSD
Albert Hofmann was a chemist working for the Sandoz pharmaceutical company who synthesised Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, LSD, from ergot, (Claviceps purpurea), a parasite of rye. Ergotised bread had been the cause of various outbreaks of mass hallucinogenic hysteria, "St Anthony's…
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