Fresh in the wake of the death of the father of techno, Tristram Cary, Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the now-banned hallucinogenic drug LSD that was an icon of psychedelic '60s, has died at the age of 102.
In 1938 while working on ergot, a fungus that attacks grain, Hofmann isolated the German-named "Lysergsaeure-Diaethylamid," or lysergic acid diethylamide.Put these two guys together. What a party.
Five years later, working in his lab, Hofmann spilled some synthesised LSD on his hand.
The effects were immediate: suffering from dizziness, the scientist cycled home and pedalled into his first "trip".
Hofmann later said that a wave of happiness swept over him as he recalled sensations from his childhood. He also began to hallucinate and he felt able to fly.
TRIP Albert Hofmann
Leary was eternally grateful.
ReplyDeleteHave never tried any of that kinda thing, I want to know who first discovered pot?
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