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The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

艾伯特·霍夫曼的LSD

2011-01-0190 min

In1943,theyearinwhichthefirstA-bombwasbuilt,AlbertHofmanndiscoveredLSD,asubstancethatwastobecomeanA-bombofthemind.Fractionsofamilligramareenoughtoturnourframeworkoftimeandspaceupsidedown.Thestoryofadrug-itsdiscoveryintheBaselchemistrylab,thefirstexperimentsbyAlbertHofmannonhimself,the1950sexperimentsofthepsychiatrists,theconsciousnessresearchers,theartists.Coulditactuallybepossibletofindapathtothecoreofourhumanexistencebymeansofachemical?Spiritualityattheflickofaswitch?Dotheenigmaticeffectsofthisdrugreallyhelpustobetterunderstandthehumansoul?CouldLSDbeaninstrumentofcontemporarypsychiatry?Ofmodernbrainresearch?

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