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Vale, Albert Hofmann

A DOSENATION reader has received confirmation of the passing of Dr. Albert Hofmann, from Dr. Rick Doblin:
Peter Gasser, MD, the PI on MAPS' LSD/end-of-life anxiety study, just called me with details. Albert died at home at 9 AM Basel time from a myocardial infarction, quick and relatively painless. Two caretakers were there with him at the time. The only people who were told were people from Burg, the village where he lived, and Peter and others were surprised the word of his death had gotten out so quickly. It's the age of the internet...

Albert had been increasingly thinking of death these last few months. He had stopped leaving his home, where he said he could feel the spirit of Anita, his wife who died December 20, 2007. He didn't come to the World Psychedelic Forum a month ago, but did entertain some visitors at his home. We spoke on the phone the day after the Basel conference and he was happy and fulfilled. He'd seen the renewal of LSD psychotherapy research with his own eyes, as had Anita. I said that I looked forward to discussing the results of the study with him in about a year and a half and he laughed and said he'd try to help the research however he could, either from this side or "the other side".

Now it even more falls on younger generations to transform LSD into a legal medicine and beyond that into a tool for personal growth legally available to all.


There's more to say - and I'm sure many people will be saying it. It will be interesting to read the New York Times obituary...
Posted By amazingdrx at 2008-04-29 17:02:28 permalink | comments
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jean. : 2008-05-02 12:59:49
On death, Hofmann said, “I go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, that’s all.”
On April 19th, 1943, Hofmann created the most powerful psychotropic substance: LSD, and experienced the first LSD “trip”. He was a chemist who valued a drug as a way to understand people’s oneness with nature. For the complete story on “Bicycle Day”, be sure to watch this amazing documentary [link] Hofmann’s Potion
Robert Cox. : 2008-05-01 13:43:07
RIP Albert Hofmann
charlie25 : 2008-04-29 17:27:19
"Every Mortal Loss is an Immortal Gain - The Ruins of Time Build Mansions in Eternity" - William Blake

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