Description: Best known as the person who discovered LSD, Albert Hofmann was more than just a chemist. His insights into the human psyche and the nature of reality earned him a reputation as a visionary philosopher. This book--Hofmann's last work before his death at the age of 102--offers his personal insights on mind-altering drugs, the soul, and the search for meaning in life.
Brief description: Albert Hofmann (1906-2008), the father of LSD, was a world-renowned scientist, member of the Nobel Prize Committee, Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, and member of the International Society of Plant Research and of the American Society of Pharmacognosy. He was a leader in pharmaceutical-chemical research and the author of several books, including LSD: My Problem Child.
Review Quotes: "This book is a jewel box of the many facets of Hofmann's mind: as a pure scientist and still in love with the discipline, as a science mystic making a clear-eyed case for the need for the two to blend, as a nature mystic drawing out the implications envisioned and verified in altered states, and as a philosopher of science grappling with the hard questions of death and the fabric of reality itself. Each essay was a rare mix--profound and readable. The essay by Alex Grey about the symbolism in his cover portrait of Hofmann is the perfect conclusion."-- "James Fadiman, author of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide"