tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post655805919687236807..comments2024-03-27T03:03:44.660-04:00Comments on Vleeptron_Z: First Day Issue: Tierra de los Sueños / TdSPosta / Albert HofmannVleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-30952359509726024152008-05-02T16:55:00.000-04:002008-05-02T16:55:00.000-04:00Interesting BBC doc on the history, includes foota...Interesting BBC doc on the history, includes footage from US Army experiments like MKULTRA etc etc etc<BR/>Part One (both about 40 mins)<BR/>http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-978009422965092359&q=beyond+within&ei=TX0bSKviOKLu2wKEsInHAQ<BR/><BR/>Part Two<BR/>http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-1637990216567018276&q=beyond%20within&hl=de<BR/>Bonus<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVER6hyoyJoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-13294774023970623612008-05-02T13:29:00.000-04:002008-05-02T13:29:00.000-04:00Hmmm ... the chocolate ... I think that was the Az...Hmmm ... the chocolate ... I think that was the Aztecs (and VANILLA too!), but the Suisse figured out how to make liquid chocolate solid. A remarkable achievement that led directly to the Nestle Crunch Bar and Milk Duds.<BR/><BR/>He's still travelling, I think. I don't think this Life & Death thing is as Simple as it seems. And it depends on what we mean by Who We Are. <BR/><BR/>But I think millions and millions of people of the last 60 years happily carry Dr Hofmann around in their hearts and minds. He is hitchhiking into the Future on a huge crowd of Smiles & Gratitude.<BR/><BR/>He is our Community Inner Tivoli.<BR/><BR/>And not to be overlooked is the intransigent resistence of mental illness to medicine and science. LSD had -- and I'll bet still has, if you know where to look -- important theraupeutic value for many people. I think it's mostly the police and ignorant government people who banned LSD from medical practice.<BR/><BR/>It strenghtened friendships, and probably romances, too.<BR/><BR/>But boy I sure do miss the music of the Acid Years, the power, the vibrancy, the experimentation, the originality, the thrill, the courage. <BR/><BR/>from Wikipedia:<BR/>===============<BR/>Bicycle Day<BR/><BR/>On April 19, 1943 Dr. Hofmann intentionally ingested 250 µg of LSD, which he hypothesized would be a threshold dose, based on other ergot alkaloids. After ingesting the substance Hofmann was struggling to speak intelligibly and asked his laboratory assistant, who knew of the self-experiment, to escort him home on his bicycle, due to the lack of available vehicles during wartime restrictions. On the bicycle ride home, Hofmann's condition became more severe and in his journal he stated that everything in his field of vision wavered and was distorted, as if seen in a curved mirror. Hofmann also stated that while riding on the bicycle, he had the sensation of being stationary, unable to move from where he was, despite the fact that he was moving very rapidly. Once Hofmann arrived safely home, he summoned a doctor and asked his neighbor for milk, believing it may help relieve the symptoms. Hofmann wrote that despite his delirious and bewildered condition, he was able to choose milk as a nonspecific antidote for poisoning.[5] Upon arriving the doctor could find no abnormal physical symptoms other than extremely dilated pupils. After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane. In his journal Hofmann said that the doctor saw no reason to prescribe medication and instead sent him to his bed. At this time Hofmann said that the feelings of fear had started to give way to feelings of good fortune and gratitude, and that he was now enjoying the colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind his closed eyes. Hofmann mentions seeing "fantastic images" surging past him, alternating and opening and closing themselves into circles and spirals and finally exploding into colored fountains and then rearranging themselves in a constant flux. Hofmann mentions that during the condition every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a passing automobile, was transformed into optical perceptions. Eventually Hofmann slept and upon awakening the next morning felt refreshed and clearheaded, though somewhat physically tired. He also stated that he had a sensation of well being and renewed life and that his breakfast tasted unusually delicious. Upon walking in his garden he remarked that all of his senses were "vibrating in a condition of highest sensitivity, which then persisted for the entire day".[5]Vleeptron Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-11570265004945237852008-05-02T12:31:00.000-04:002008-05-02T12:31:00.000-04:00Cheese, Chocolate, the Army Knife, Bank Accounts, ...Cheese, Chocolate, the Army Knife, Bank Accounts, Neutrality, Direct Democracy, the Red Cross, Multilingualism...and LSD.<BR/><BR/>I can be proud of what my Country has achieved. this substance has inspired the pop culture from Ken Kesey to the Beatles, Hippies and later the Techno Generation, numerous writers, musicians , film makers etc etc. Some tings would not be the same without it.<BR/><BR/>(Note: this story was Nr 1 on SF1 Evening News at 1930, covered quite extensively, other Obitiaries, articles and podcasts (i.e. Swissinfo in english) have followed suit in CH)<BR/><BR/>I also would like to take the time to say a word of thanks for a few nights spent with his invention, chasing a runaway dog, driving home on a bike and later listening to music which will never sound the same. I bow and wish you well on your last trip, Mr HofmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com