Albert Hofmann

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Albert Hofmann was born in Baden, Switzerland, the oldest child of a factory toolmaker. In 1926, he went to the University of Zürich, while working to support his family. His main interest was the chemistry of plants and animals. He graduated in 1929, and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1930. After graduating, Hofmann went to work in the pharmaceutical-chemical department of Sandoz Laboratories, now Novartis, in Basel. In 1938, he made his most famous discovery when he became the first scientist to synthesize lysergic acid (LSD). While working with the chemical in 1943, he accidentally absorbed a small quantity through his fingertips and discovered its powerful effects. Hofmann became director of the natural products department at Sandoz and continued his studies of hallucinogenics. He synthesized psilocybin, the active agent of many magic mushrooms. He traveled to southern Mexico to research other hallucinogens. He advocated for the use of LSD in psychoanalysis, but was critical of the use of it by the Counterculture of the 1960s, which he believe led to its wide prohibition. He wrote about his experiences with and views about LSD in his book LSD: My Problem Child.

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Hofmann's Elixir LSD and the new eleusis
Representative edition published 2008
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The Physics of Synchrotron Radiation (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)
Representative edition published 2007
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LSD
Representative edition published 2005
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Plants of the Gods
Representative edition published 2001
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LSD. Mein Sorgenkind. Die Entdeckung einer 'Wunderdroge'
Representative edition published 2001
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Los enteógenos y la ciencia
Representative edition published 1999
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LSD, mon enfant terrible
Representative edition published 1997
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Welten des Bewusstseins
Representative edition published 1993
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Insight, outlook
Representative edition published 1989
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LSD, my problem child
Representative edition published 1980
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LSD, mein Sorgenkind
Representative edition published 1979
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LSD, my problem child
Representative edition published 2013
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Tun und Lassen
Representative edition published 2011
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The Road To Eleusis
Representative edition published 2004
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Einsichten, Ausblicke
Representative edition published 2003
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Mundo Interior Mundo Exterior
Representative edition published 1998
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L.S.D., ha-yeled ha-beʻayati sheli
Representative edition published 1996
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LSD, completely personal
Representative edition published 1996
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Naturwissenschaft & mystische Welterfahrung
Representative edition published 1994
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Interview by Stan Grof
Representative edition published 1984
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Transmitter-Receiver Concept of Reality
Representative edition published 1984
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L.S.D. & the Nature of Reality
Representative edition published 1978
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Psychoactive drugs as the meeting point of research in natural science and modern mysticism
Representative edition published 1970
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Psycho-aktive Stoffe aus Pflanzen
Representative edition published 1967
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