I could write about the wide effect psychedelic consciousness expansion had on society. I could write that he'd been working just as carefully as always with the substance, but something changed just after the first controlled nuclear reaction in Chicago in 1942, and LSD became more psychoactive. A few (not afew) months later, Hofmann had his first accidental trip, and the first calculated trip a few days later.
Much of the history of how LSD affected modern society is either hidden, for obvious reasons, or little reported or understood. This really deserves a great, detailed, perhaps ongoing diary. I sure won't get to it for a while, though I have a wealth of subjects to write about.
But I do not want to let this anniversary pass without mention, because a great and sweet and visionary man had been born on this day. You can begin searching here, or perhaps Here, or even here at MAPS.
I will only say that i am indebted to this man for providing me a tool of consciousness expansion without which i wouldn't have been able to see and understand as well. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
In penance for not clicking, here's a link to one of the most artistic children of Albert Hofmann's discovery, one of my oldest friends, and the man who married me. Here's a path into his art.
Enjoy "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
and i'll bet against any odds that he will go down in history as one of the greatest, beginning when Prohibition is lifted. His work will be treated like Van Gogh, or Bach, or...
I've never met him, but friends of mine spent much time personally with him. i remain in awe. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
