“What one commonly takes as 'the reality,' including the reality of one's own individual person, by no means signifies something fixed, but rather something that is ambiguous - that there is not only one, but that there are many realities, each comprising also a different consciousness of the ego.” MeanPersonsDifferentRealityIndividualConsciousnessEgoIncludingFixedAmbiguousLsd Author:Albert Hofmann
“It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place in the framework of systematic pharmaceutical, chemical research. It could better be described as serendipity. That means that you look for something, you have a certain plan, and then you find something else, different, that may nevertheless be useful.” LooksMayMeanDifferentCertainChancePlansResearchDiscoveryExperimentsOutcomesChemicalsNeverthelessFrameworkSystematicSerendipityLsdPharmaceutical Author:Albert Hofmann
“We can study material processes and various processes at the energetic level, that is what we can do as natural scientists. And then there comes something quite different, the psychic experience, which remains a mystery.” DifferentProcessCan DoNaturalLevelsStudyMysteryMaterialsScientistRemainsVariousPsychicsEnergetic Author:Albert Hofmann
“LSD should be treated as a sacred drug and receive corresponding preparation, preparation of quite a different kind than other psychotropic agents. It is one kind of thing if you have a pain-relieving substance or some euphoriant and (another to) have an agent that engages the very essence of human beings, their consciousness.” IfsShouldHumansKindDifferentPainHuman BeingsConsciousnessDrugEssenceSacredTreatedAgentsPreparationSubstanceDifferent KindsCorrespondingLsd Author:Albert Hofmann
