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The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts - a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian - argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The authors then expand the discussion to show that natural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual rituals across history and cultures.

This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann, PhD. He traces LSD's path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. In LSD: My Problem Child, we follow Dr. Hofmann's trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery.

“Caleidoscopiche immagini si agitavano dentro di me, si alternavano, si aprivano e si richiudevano in cerchi e spirali.” Sebbene l’Lsd abbia già compiuto più di settant’anni, è tuttora dominante presso l’opinione pubblica una visione distorta di questo principio attivo psicotropo. Questo libro del suo scopritore contribuisce a fare chiarezza. “Ci sono esperienze di cui la maggior parte delle persone evita di parlare perché non si conformano alla realtà quotidiana e sfidano ogni spiegazione razionale.

Jene Abenteurer, Pioniere, die den Welteninnenraum befahren und tief eintauchen in das Mysterium ihrer Selbst, können sich niemals sicher sein...