Describing the work of alexander shulgin to the uninitiated is not an easy task. A naturally occurring compound found in both the animal and plant kingdoms. Heres a list for when you need to start retreatin and readin every treatise on the shelf. Alexander theodore shulgin june 17, 1925 june 2, 2014 was an american medicinal. Follow alexander shulgin and explore their bibliography from s alexander shulgin author page. S pharmacopeia crazy videos california alexander shulgin ecstasy hamiltons pharmacopeia.
Books 6, 1, and 2 demonstrate what the transcribed shulgin lab books will look like, after the process of deciphering, transcribing, and creating a facsimile takes place. Alexander hamiltons most popular book is the federalist papers. This genius chemist spent 50 years creating psychedelic drugs in. Alexander hamilton has 221 books on goodreads with 155021 ratings. It was her fourth marriage, and she had four children. Vice interviews famed psychedelic chemist alexander shulgin. Just keep in mind that while this book talks about the effects. He is known for his television series hamiltons pharmacopeia, in which he investigates the chemistry, history, and culture surrounding various psychoactive drugs. In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife ann shulgin compiled the books pihkal and tihkal standing for. For alexander shulgin, mdma had huge therapeutic potential. In a few places, given shulgin s handwriting, the age of the documents, and the peculiarities of special characters used in chemistry notation, volunteers were not able to. His book should be out within a year, if he is alive to finish.
Zeff introduced the substance to hundreds of psychologists and lay therapists around the nation, including ann born laura ann gotlieb, whom alexander shulgin met in 1979, and married in 1981. The 12 most important drugs shulgin designed, synthesised. Sciencemadness discussion board alexander shulgin books. Pihkal is the acronym for phenethylamines i have known and loved. It was too informative because shulgin believes aleph1 is the essence of power, he told journalist hamilton morris in his last interview. Hamilton morris on better living through chemistry. A friend of mine summed it up by calling alexander shulgin. Shulgin did not get his license taken away because of his books, it was a rather a grudge on the part of a certain influential official. It gives an interesting example of some thought processes associated with psychedelic intoxication, egoinflation, and what might be thought of as bits of mania. What chemists and nonchemists can get out of reading shulgin s books.
The man who birthed ecstasy in a testtube vice video. View the profiles of professionals named alexander shulgin on linkedin. The last interview with alexander shulgin by hamilton morris and ash smith, vice. In 2010, vices contributor and psychedelic connoisseur hamilton morris met with alexander shulgin and his wife ann, also a chemical. Pulitzerprize winning historian ron chernow digs deeply into alexander hamiltons life story. Ive loved him from the first moment i read about him. The selfpublished book was half autobiography of shulgin and his wife ann, half. A chemical love story, by alexander shulgin and ann shulgin is one of the strangest books ive ever read. Carol ward, executive director of the morrisjumel mansion, discusses the historical ties between alexander hamilton, aaron burr, and the mansion. Alexander shulgin is chief executive officer at ozon. Hamilton morris is the science editor of vice magazine.
At the new york society library, literary relics from the time of alexander hamilton remind us, just as the musical has, how little we can ever know about how human stories will be told and retold. Hamilton morris writes that one user in manhattan ingested a dose and. His book blood spore will be published by mcsweeneys in 2015. Alexander shulgin is a well known psychedelic chemist, and he. Books by alexander hamilton author of the federalist papers. Hamilton and the books that hamilton held the new yorker. The 12 most important drugs shulgin designed, synthesised and.
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