In the previous installment we began a brief history of ergot, the fungus from which drugs as well known as LSD and Hydergine, created by Albert Hofmann, are derived. Its importance is not limited to the good doctor’s work: its bond with humankind began in antiquity.

We continue the article begun in our previous installment. Hofmann now describes the properties of the most well-known entheogens of the 1950s—referred to as "psychotomimetics" or "hallucinogens" at the time—among which LSD is counted.

LSD, the medicine of Dr. Albert Hofmann

A new installment from the original writings of the discoverer of LSD.