Alexander Shulgin était un pharmacologue et chimiste américain réputé pour sa découverte et sa vulgarisation de plus de 230 composés psychoactifs. Son travail s'est concentré sur le domaine des substances psychoactives, explorant leur recherche, leur synthèse et la description de leurs effets. Aux côtés de sa femme, Ann Shulgin, il a rédigé des ouvrages détaillant méticuleusement les drogues psychoactives et leur développement. Les contributions de Shulgin aux phénéthylamines et aux tryptamines ont jeté les bases d'une exploration plus approfondie dans ce domaine complexe.
Contains over 70 experiments, complete with notes and ingredients with the focus on Tryptamines. The first half concentrates on Shulgin's spiritual journey, ideas and philosophy. Foreword by Daniel M Perrine and preface by Nicholas Saunders. Edited by Dan Joy.
PIHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved) is a unique book written by renowned psychopharmacologist Alexander Shulgin and his wife Ann Shulgin. This book gives details of their research and investigations into the use of psychedelic drugs for the study of the human mind, and is also a love story. The second half of the book describes in detail a wealth of phenethlyamines, their physical properties, dosages used, duration of effects observed, and commentary on effects.
The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact, Volume 2, presents lectures from Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin's popular course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlight Shulgins's engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides. Ostensibly taught as an introductory course on drugs and biochemistry, these books serve as both a historical record of Shulgin's teaching style and the culmination of his philosophy on drugs, psychopharmacology, states of consciousness, and societal and individual freedoms pertaining to their use, both medicinal and exploratory. Building on the introductory lectures in The Nature of Drugs, Volume 1, this second volume contains extensive examinations of dozens of compounds, featuring lectures 9 through 23 of the course. The Nature of Drugs series presents the story of humanity's relationship with psychoactive substances from the perspective of a master psychopharmacologist and beloved luminary in the study of chemistry, pharmacology and consciousness.
The Nature of Drugs presents Sasha Shulgin's popular San Francisco State University course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. The course also delves into social issues and reactions involving drugs, and discussions of governmental attempts at controlling them and features Sasha's engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides.
Die Fortsetzung
Nachdem PiHKAL von der einen großen Hemisphäre der psychedelischen Moleküle handelte, nämlich von Phenylethylaminen, komplettieren die Shulgins in TiHKAL die Kugel durch die zweite Hemisphäre, namentlich durch die der Tryptamine. Auch in TiHKAL bekommt der Leser einen tiefen Einblick in das Leben, die Forschung, die Arbeit und das Denken der beiden herausragenden Figuren in der New Science of Psychedelics, wie sie Michael Pollan in seinem viel beachteten Buch titelte.
In PiHKAL wird die Lebensgeschichte von Alexander und Ann Shulgin anhand einzelner Stationen ihres Lebens nachgezeichnet, oszillierend zwischen Selbsterfahrung, der verzwickten Entwicklung ihrer Beziehung und psychedelischen Experimenten. Mit unerbittlicher Aufrichtigkeit und Herzensgüte wenden sich die beiden fiktiven Charaktere Shura und Alice aneinander, thematisieren auf Vorträgen ebenso wie in privaten Diskursen die großen Fragen der menschlichen Existenz, immer auf der Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens.