Wilson's Blogmanac (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
From new e-mate George Douvris 's fantastic blog, this evening I meandered to: http://www.venosa.com/home.html http://www.mousestudios.com/ http://www.alexgrey.com/ (Check out the magnficent painting of the late Albert Hofmann, also at these sites ) http://www.sacredmirrors.org/flash/sm_full.html (wait for full loads) Categories: psychedelic , art
MAPS news (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
MAPS Summer Bulletin has been Mailed to Members: The latest edition of the MAPS Bulletin will be arriving in MAPS members mailboxes soon. The new edition (Volume 18: #2, PDF format, 656 kb) features an exclusive piece by the late Albert Hofmann, "To be read at my funeral." Members will also find updates and insights from MAPS President Rick Doblin, Director of Operations Valerie Mojeiko, researchers...
MAPS news (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, passed away at 9AM CEST on Tuesday April 29, 2008 at his home in Basel, Switzerland. Cause of death was a heart attack; two caretakers were there with him at the time. MAPS President Rick Doblin said, "[Albert and I] spoke on the phone the day after the Basel conference and he was happy and fulfilled. He'd seen the renewal of LSD psychotherapy research with his own...
gearfuse (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
It may seem like we’re acid heads with our tribute to Albert Hofmann but the truth of the matter is: we don’t love LSD, we merely enjoy taking it. It’s not the woman of your dreams you yearn so longingly for, but rather a short fling after karaoke night at Chauncy’s Pub. Yea, that’s [...]
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jason 'Spaceman' Pierce: The ghost between the notes In 1953, a decade after the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann produced his 25th synthesis of lysergic acid ...
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jason 'Spaceman' Pierce: The ghost between the notes In 1953, a decade after the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann produced his 25th synthesis of lysergic acid ...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of hope and solemnity for Rick Doblin, the only American to attend the funeral of Dr. Albert Hofmann, the inventor of LSD who had just died at the age of 102. Doblin, a Harvard-educated Ph.D and founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies , an organization that conducts legal research into the healing and spiritual potentials of...
a sibilant intake of breath (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
As an additional offering to see readers through my canoe-induced absence, here is an interesting article from The New York Times about lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) - the ‘problem child’ of Albert Hofmann. It includes a description of his remarkable first experiences, when experimenting with the medical potential of ergot derivatives, as well as his [...]
Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Link for this Post: A Psychedelic ‘Problem Child’ Comes Full Circle By Benedict Carey in the New York Times My mother read this article about Albert Hofmann and his legacy, LSD. Here is a snip from the piece: Dr. Hofmann's...
GaragePunk.com (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Hosts: Gringo Starr & Reverend Beat-Man This episode is dedicated to Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, who died as a result of a heart attack on April 29, 2008 in the village of Burg im Leimental, near Basel, Switzerland at the age of 102! This episode will showcase the effect Herr Hofmann's discovery had on [...]
gwadzilla (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
albert hofmann albert hofmann died last week www.economist.com I could not find a photo of Hofmann on a bike on the WIKI PAGE
The Economist (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Our Contents box last week in some editions referred to Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, as German. He was, of course, Swiss. Our apologies. ...
Dilated Choonz (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Phuture – Acid Tracks Continuing the more-spurious-by- the-day Acid House tribute to Albert Hofmann (RIP), here’s another trio of acid house tunes, this time all featuring DJ Pierre – one of the originators of the genre, and master of the archetypal “Just a 303 and a drum machine” style of Acid House. This track is a must for any kind of acid house run-down. It is widely regarded as being the first...
Scientific Misconduct Blog (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
This is the last in a series of posts marking the death of Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD. Over two decades starting in 1953 a CIA project named MK-ULTRA controlled a U.S. academic chemical interrogation research program. The seeds for many of the current problems of medicine lie in the story of MK-ULTRA. The research involved murder and the torture of tens of thousands of unwitting human participants....
World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
RIP, Dr. Hoffman ---Quote--- Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102 By CRAIG S. SMITH Published: April 30, 2008 PARIS Albert Hofmann, the mystical Swiss chemist who gave the world LSD, the most powerful psychotropic substance known, died Tuesday at his hilltop home near Basel, Switzerland. He was 102. The cause was a heart attack, said Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary...
