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Albert Hoffman RIP

topic posted Tue, April 29, 2008 - 2:10 PM by  Pilsbury
Albert Hoffman who invented LSD passed away today at age 102 .
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  • ergo...
    ergonaut
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    Re: Albert Hoffman RIP

    Tue, April 29, 2008 - 3:41 PM
    Thank you for EVERYTHING good Doctor. Go now, Anita awaits you in eternity. Your work is done -we will take it from here.
    -ergonaut
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    • cinn...
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      Re: Albert Hoffman RIP

      Tue, April 29, 2008 - 5:46 PM
      Hopefully as a speices we can soon start to use these magical metaphysical gifts such as LSD, to help us with the further development and understanding of our soul and why we are indeed here in the cosmos. The future is upon us. Its about to get a whole lot more interesting. When these petty wars are extinguished, and the whole system that is designed to create billionares off the suffering of others is vanquished, when the people of this earth are able to use the plants they share this existence with freely, we will finnally be able to create the paradise that awaits us all.
      Much love to all with the courage to spread there open hearts, , the well being of everyone is the ultimate goal.
      No more Conflict!!!
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      • Larry
        Larry
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        Re: Albert Hoffman RIP

        Tue, April 29, 2008 - 6:19 PM
        I too am not a bit tamed—I too am
        > untranslatable;
        > I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the
        > world.
        >
        > The last scud of day holds back for me;
        > It flings my likeness after the rest, and true
        > as any, on the shadow’d wilds;
        > It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk.
        >
        > I depart as air—I shake my white locks at the
        > runaway sun;
        > I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in
        > lacy jags.
        >
        > I bequeathe myself to the dirt, to grow from the
        > grass I love;
        > If you want me again, look for me under your
        > boot-soles.
        >
        > You will hardly know who I am, or what I mean;
        > But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,
        > And filter and fibre your blood.
        >
        > Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged;
        > Missing me one place, search another;
        > I stop somewhere, waiting for you.
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  • Dan
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    Hoffman's Potion

    Thu, May 8, 2008 - 10:39 AM
    Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," D-lysergic acid diethylamide (or LSD) was being used by researchers to understand the human mind. Discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, LSD was hailed as a powerful tool to treat alcoholism and drug addiction and to provide a window into schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

    Much of that pioneering research was done by the team of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer and Duncan Blewett, all working in Saskatchewan, Canada. While some researchers were establishing the medical benefits of LSD, others - like author Aldous Huxley - promoted the drug as a powerful tool for mental exploration and self-understanding. Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass (then known as Richard Alpert) became popular heroes after the university cancelled their Harvard research project into psychedelics.

    www.youtube.com/watch
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  • Dan
    Dan
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    Hofmann's Potion & CBC's Coverage of Hofmann's Controversial Legacy

    Thu, May 8, 2008 - 10:44 AM
    Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," D-lysergic acid diethylamide (or LSD) was being used by researchers to understand the human mind. Discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, LSD was hailed as a powerful tool to treat alcoholism and drug addiction and to provide a window into schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

    Much of that pioneering research was done by the team of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer and Duncan Blewett, all working in Saskatchewan, Canada. While some researchers were establishing the medical benefits of LSD, others - like author Aldous Huxley - promoted the drug as a powerful tool for mental exploration and self-understanding. Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass (then known as Richard Alpert) became popular heroes after the university cancelled their Harvard research project into psychedelics.

    Preview: www.youtube.com/watch

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    From the CBC website: The Swiss chemist who discovered LSD, Albert Hofmann, died this week at 102. We examine the legacy of the man who became a hero to a rebellious generation, and look back at the history of this controversial drug - now in the midst of a research revival.

    www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/05/050408_3.html

    Includes a collage of people such as Rick Doblin and Stansislav Grof remembering Albert Hofmann. Broadcast May 4 on the Canadian Broadcasting Company's Sunday News program.
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