Albert Hofmann Libros

Las plantas han sido valoradas en diversas culturas por sus propiedades nutritivas, curativas y transformadoras. Las más poderosas, que transportan la mente a otras dimensiones de la conciencia, son consideradas sagradas. Este libro presenta un testimonio fascinante sobre estas "plantas de los dioses", explorando su uso global y su impacto en la historia y la cultura. Se destacan noventa y una plantas alucinógenas, con un enfoque especial en catorce que han tenido un profundo significado para la humanidad. El Dr. Richard Evans Schultes comparte sus experiencias de catorce años de trabajo de campo, describiendo peregrinaciones para recolectar plantas sagradas y los ritos, oraciones, canciones y danzas relacionadas con su uso. Sus relatos se complementan con las explicaciones del Dr. Albert Hofmann sobre la bioquímica de estas sustancias psicotrópicas. El texto incluye más de cien ilustraciones a todo color, así como fotografías raras, muchas de ellas publicadas por primera vez, que muestran tanto las plantas como las personas que las han utilizado, así como ceremonias, esculturas, pinturas, cerámicas y tejidos vinculados al uso ritual de estos alucinógenos sagrados.

This comprehensive guide covers the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of 414 psychoactive plants and related substances. It explores how culturally sanctioned use of these plants can provide insights into the nature of reality and includes 797 color photographs along with 645 black-and-white illustrations. Throughout history, plants have been valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties, with the most powerful ones often regarded as sacred. The author details the botany, history, and preparation of over 400 psychoactive plants, discussing their ritual and medicinal uses, as well as cultural artifacts and art inspired by them. The text begins with 168 well-known psychoactives, such as cannabis and datura, and expands to include 133 lesser-known substances, “legal highs,” and plants from mythological contexts. Additionally, it covers products like ayahuasca, incense, and soma. Lavishly illustrated with images from the author’s global fieldwork, the book showcases the people, ceremonies, and art associated with the ritual use of these sacred psychoactives.

Focusing on the historical and scientific significance of ergot alkaloids, this work offers an in-depth exploration of the botany, cultivation, and pharmacological potential of the ergot mushroom and other magical plants. Albert Hofmann chronicles the evolution of their use, from early medical applications to modern psychotherapy, detailing the synthesis of key compounds like ergotamine. The book also highlights indigenous practices surrounding psychotropic plants and introduces various classifications of hallucinogens, enriching the understanding of their ceremonial and therapeutic roles.

This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann, Ph.D. He traces LSD's path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. In LSD: My Problem Child, we follow Dr. Hofmann's trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery. Underlying it all is Dr. Hofmann's powerful conclusion that mystical experiences may be our planet's best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend "the wonder, the mystery of the divine, in the microcosm of the atom, in the macrocosm of the spiral nebula, in the seeds of plants, in the body and soul of people." More than sixty years after the birth of Albert Hofmann's problem child, his vision of its true potential is more relevant, and more needed, than ever.

This work reveals entheogens as catalysts for spiritual growth and direct encounters with the sacred. Contributions from notable figures such as Albert Hofmann, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, and Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin provide insights into how psychedelics can facilitate primary spiritual experiences that underpin all religions. The text discusses protocols for the ceremonial use of psychedelics and the challenges of integrating entheogenic insights into lasting change. It questions the reliance on secondary religious experiences, suggesting that powerful sacraments could enable direct experiences of the divine. The book examines psychoactive sacraments in the Bible, myths surrounding LSD, and transformative ayahuasca rituals of Santo Daime. Personal accounts, including Walter Pahnke’s Good Friday Experiment and a 25-year follow-up with participants, illustrate the potential of entheogens to foster spiritual development. By dispelling fears of inauthentic spirituality and ill-prepared encounters with the sacred, it posits that entheogens can lead to genuine encounters with God’s power, marking the dawn of a new religious era rooted in personal spiritual experience.

The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts—a mycologist, a chemist and a historian—argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The authors then expand the discussion to show that natural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual rituals across history and cultures. Although controversial when first published in 1978, the book’s hypothesis has become more widely accepted in recent years, as knowledge of ethnobotany has deepened. The authors have played critical roles in the modern rediscovery of entheogens, and The Road to Eleusis presents an authoritative exposition of their views. The book’s themes of the universality of experiential religion, the suppression of that knowledge by exploitative forces, and the use of psychedelics to reconcile the human and natural worlds make it a fascinating and timely read. This 30th anniversary edition includes an appreciative preface by religious scholar Huston Smith and an updated exploration of the chemical evidence by Peter Webster.

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Dieser Sammelband taucht ein in die Gedanken des brillanten Geistes Albert Hofmann, des berühmten Schweizer Chemikers, der LSD entdeckte. Er verbindet rationales Wissen mit emotionalen Erfahrungen und präsentiert die Ergebnisse seiner Beobachtungen und Forschungen, um besser zu verstehen, was man Realität nennt. Welcher Mechanismus schafft die Realität? Warum haben Worte eine so große Bedeutung für unser Bild davon? Wie kann Meditation eine gleichzeitige Betrachtung der Oberfläche und der Tiefe der Realität ermöglichen? Was sind die Grenzen der Wissenschaft in ihrem Verständnis davon? Wie beeinflusst die Entwicklung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung unseren Blick auf die Realität? Welche Rolle spielt die Sonne beim Aufbau der materiellen Welt, in der unser Alltag stattfindet? Inspiriert von mystischen Erfahrungen aus seiner Kindheit, seinen Forschungen als Chemiker und seinen psychedelischen Reisen, teilt Albert Hofmann hier die Antworten auf diese Fragen, in denen Spiritualität und Wissenschaft untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind.

The most extensive collection of Grey's visionary artwork and life's journey in one volume.

Welches ist die wahre Wirklichkeit? - Das nüchterne Weltbild des Naturwissenschaftlers oder das rauschhafte des Mystikers? Eigene spontane und drogeninduzierte mystische Erlebnisse drängten den Autor, den Entdecker des LSD, Albert Hofmann, dieser Frage nachzugehen. Er gelangte dabei zu Einsichten in das Wesen der Wirklichkeit, die dieses zentrale Problem der Philosophie in neuer Weise anschaulich machen.

Welches ist die wahre Wirklichkeit? – Das nüchterne Weltbild des Naturwissenschaftlers oder das rauschhafte des Mystikers? Eigene spontane und drogeninduzierte mystische Erlebnisse drängten den Autor, den Entdecker des LSD, Albert Hofmann, dieser Frage nachzugehen. Er gelangte dabei zu Einsichten in das Wesen der Wirklichkeit, die dieses zentrale Problem der Philosophie in neuer Weise anschaulich machen.Laut Albert Hofmann ist dieses Buch der Kern seiner Weltanschauung.

Die Naturphilosophie und mystische Weltanschauung von Albert Hofmann. Lob des Schauens / Tun und Lassen im Set.