LSD My Problem Child (4th Edition): Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

Albert Hofmann

Book cover for LSD My Problem Child (4th Edition): Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science
Book cover for LSD My Problem Child (4th Edition): Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

LSD My Problem Child (4th Edition): Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

LSD My Problem Child (4th Edition): Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

Albert Hofmann

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LSD My Problem Child is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father and organic chemist, the late Albert Hofmann, PhD.Credited with synthesizing and discovering the psychedelic effects of LSD, Hofmann traces the path of the drug from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. In LSD: My Problem Child, Dr. Hofmann documents his trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD and shares correspondences with notable figures including Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Walter Vogt. The underlying current of this book is Dr. Hofmann's powerful conclusion that mystical experiences may be our planet's best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend, as Hofmann wrote, "the wonder, the mystery of the divine, in the microcosm of the atom, in the macrocosm of the spiral nebula, in the seeds of plants, in the body and soul of people." More than sixty years after the birth of Albert Hofmann's problem child, his vision of its true potential is reaching relevancy as psychedelics enjoy a new resurgence in popular discourse. In 2022, Hofmann's pioneering work was featured in the Netflix documentary series, "How to Change Your Mind."


Critical Reviews

"The discovery of the psychedelic properties of LSD was a milestone in the history of consciousness. Albert Hofmann's personal story of that discovery and its consequences is one of my favorite books." -Andrew Weil, MD

"Aldous wrote about LSD that 'it is a gratuitous grace neither necessary nor sufficient for salvation.' Probably The Doors of Perception might not have been written were it not for Albert's 'problem child.'" -Laura Huxley

"It is our good fortune that Dr. Albert Hofmann, a nature mystic and Nobel Prize-worthy scientist, made such an amazing discovery." -Martin A. Lee

Publishing Information

Publisher: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic
Pub date: 2017-09-27
Length: 224 pages

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