This is the story of lsd told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist albert hofmann. Reflections on sacred drugs, mysticism and science. Pdf for lsd my problem child by albert hoffman reddit. Hoffman was a humble and kind person who writes very well. Wrong and inappropriate use has caused lsd to become my problem child. 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. He traces lsds path from a promising psychiatric research. Lsd, my problem child appears in this library under the fair use rulings regarding. 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. Im prone to anxiety, depression and just bad habits if left unchecked.
He traces lsds path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. Smallpdf the platform that makes it super easy to convert and edit all your pdf files. 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. Driven by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and serendipitously noticed its profound effects on. Pdf lsd my problem child by albert hofmann download lsd. Instantly divide your pdf into individual onepagers, or extract specific pages to form a new pdf document. Lsd my problem child cmu school of computer science. Albert hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide lsd in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned.
I hope thereby to emphasize possible uses of lsd that are compatible with its characteristic action. Here, at last, the father of lsd details the history of his problem child and his long. How lsd originated first chemical explorations ergot lysergic acid and its derivatives discovery of the psychic effects of lsd selfexperiments 02. Solving all your pdf problems in one place and yes, free. I get anti social, i become disinterested, my sense of humour leaves me and i just let my life spiral out of control. In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared. Lsd, psilocybin, and the other hallucinogens do indeed, as albert hofmann.