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Focusing on the historical and scientific significance of ergot alkaloids, this work offers an in-depth exploration of the botany, cultivation, and pharmacological potential of the ergot mushroom and other magical plants. Albert Hofmann chronicles the evolution of their use, from early medical applications to modern psychotherapy, detailing the synthesis of key compounds like ergotamine. The book also highlights indigenous practices surrounding psychotropic plants and introduces various classifications of hallucinogens, enriching the understanding of their ceremonial and therapeutic roles.

Dieser Sammelband taucht ein in die Gedanken des brillanten Geistes Albert Hofmann, des berühmten Schweizer Chemikers, der LSD entdeckte. Er verbindet rationales Wissen mit emotionalen Erfahrungen und präsentiert die Ergebnisse seiner Beobachtungen und Forschungen, um besser zu verstehen, was man Realität nennt. Welcher Mechanismus schafft die Realität? Warum haben Worte eine so große Bedeutung für unser Bild davon? Wie kann Meditation eine gleichzeitige Betrachtung der Oberfläche und der Tiefe der Realität ermöglichen? Was sind die Grenzen der Wissenschaft in ihrem Verständnis davon? Wie beeinflusst die Entwicklung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung unseren Blick auf die Realität? Welche Rolle spielt die Sonne beim Aufbau der materiellen Welt, in der unser Alltag stattfindet? Inspiriert von mystischen Erfahrungen aus seiner Kindheit, seinen Forschungen als Chemiker und seinen psychedelischen Reisen, teilt Albert Hofmann hier die Antworten auf diese Fragen, in denen Spiritualität und Wissenschaft untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind.

Die Naturphilosophie und mystische Weltanschauung von Albert Hofmann. Lob des Schauens / Tun und Lassen im Set.

Welches ist die wahre Wirklichkeit? – Das nüchterne Weltbild des Naturwissenschaftlers oder das rauschhafte des Mystikers? Eigene spontane und drogeninduzierte mystische Erlebnisse drängten den Autor, den Entdecker des LSD, Albert Hofmann, dieser Frage nachzugehen. Er gelangte dabei zu Einsichten in das Wesen der Wirklichkeit, die dieses zentrale Problem der Philosophie in neuer Weise anschaulich machen.Laut Albert Hofmann ist dieses Buch der Kern seiner Weltanschauung.

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Welches ist die wahre Wirklichkeit? - Das nüchterne Weltbild des Naturwissenschaftlers oder das rauschhafte des Mystikers? Eigene spontane und drogeninduzierte mystische Erlebnisse drängten den Autor, den Entdecker des LSD, Albert Hofmann, dieser Frage nachzugehen. Er gelangte dabei zu Einsichten in das Wesen der Wirklichkeit, die dieses zentrale Problem der Philosophie in neuer Weise anschaulich machen.

This work reveals entheogens as catalysts for spiritual growth and direct encounters with the sacred. Contributions from notable figures such as Albert Hofmann, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, and Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin provide insights into how psychedelics can facilitate primary spiritual experiences that underpin all religions. The text discusses protocols for the ceremonial use of psychedelics and the challenges of integrating entheogenic insights into lasting change. It questions the reliance on secondary religious experiences, suggesting that powerful sacraments could enable direct experiences of the divine. The book examines psychoactive sacraments in the Bible, myths surrounding LSD, and transformative ayahuasca rituals of Santo Daime. Personal accounts, including Walter Pahnke’s Good Friday Experiment and a 25-year follow-up with participants, illustrate the potential of entheogens to foster spiritual development. By dispelling fears of inauthentic spirituality and ill-prepared encounters with the sacred, it posits that entheogens can lead to genuine encounters with God’s power, marking the dawn of a new religious era rooted in personal spiritual experience.

The sensationalism surrounding LSD in the late 1960s led to a dramatic decline in psychotherapeutic research, distorting much of the knowledge gained over thirty years. This book provides an objective overview of this significant yet overlooked chapter in the exploration of human consciousness. It presents controlled studies that offer intriguing insights into consciousness, perception, and reality. Stanislav Grof uses this research to propose a new understanding of the human mind, incorporating experiences such as shamanic trances and near-death experiences. This framework also underpins Grof's innovative Holotropic Breathwork techniques. Additionally, the book is visually enriched with color drawings and paintings by research participants, including archetypal images from the collective unconscious, enhancing the narrative. It serves as a vital resource for anyone interested in LSD, including parents, teachers, researchers, legislators, and students of psychology. The healing approach discussed is rooted in humanity's enduring quest for wholeness and a deeper understanding of reality.

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This comprehensive guide covers the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of 414 psychoactive plants and related substances. It explores how culturally sanctioned use of these plants can provide insights into the nature of reality and includes 797 color photographs along with 645 black-and-white illustrations. Throughout history, plants have been valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties, with the most powerful ones often regarded as sacred. The author details the botany, history, and preparation of over 400 psychoactive plants, discussing their ritual and medicinal uses, as well as cultural artifacts and art inspired by them. The text begins with 168 well-known psychoactives, such as cannabis and datura, and expands to include 133 lesser-known substances, “legal highs,” and plants from mythological contexts. Additionally, it covers products like ayahuasca, incense, and soma. Lavishly illustrated with images from the author’s global fieldwork, the book showcases the people, ceremonies, and art associated with the ritual use of these sacred psychoactives.

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"In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. In this book, the world's most renowned authorities on psychoactive flora provide a fascinating and moving testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their use throughout the world and their significance in shaping history and culture. Of the ninety-one hallucinogenic plants beautifully illustrated and characterized in their lexicon, the authors elaborate in vivid detail on fourteen that have had profound significance for human beings. Drawing on fourteen years of field work, Dr. Richard Evans Schultes describes pilgrimages made to gather the sacred plants as well as the rites, prayers, songs, and dances associated with their use. His accounts are augmented by Dr. Albert Hofmann's lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these psychotropic substances. The text is accompanied by numerous illustrations, more than on hundred of which are in full color. Included are rare photographs - many published here for the first time - of plants and the people who have used them as well as ceremonies, sculpture, paintings, pottery, and weavings related to the ritual use of these sacred hallucinogens" -- Back cover

This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann, Ph.D. 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. Underlying it all 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 "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 more relevant, and more needed, than ever.

Presented here is an astonishing solution to the Mysteries of Eleusis, the secret religious rites of ancient Greece that have remained a riddle for the Western World for close to 4,000 years. Acting on an insight into the true nature of the rites, R. Gordon Wasson sought the collaboration of Albert Hofmann, the renowned chemist who discovered LSD, and Carl A. P. Ruck, a classical scholar specializing in Greek ethnobotany. Wasson, the author of three books on the role of hallucinogenic mushrooms in human societies, has already uncovered the mushroom cult of Mesoamerica and identified the elusive "Soma" of the Vedic hymns. Closely coordinating their research, the three scholar-scientists first offered documentation on the religious rites at an International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms in late 1977. These sensational findings, given here in a much expanded version, leave little doubt that the ancient secrete of Eleusis has at last been unveiled.