About the Author

Dieter Hagenbach was programme executive of the international symposium in Basel on the occasion of Albert Hofmann's 100th birthday. Lucius Werthmuller is a consciousness researcher and parapsychologist. He was project director of the international symposium held in Basel. As a child he met Albert Hofmann, a good friend of Werthmuller's parents, and remained close to him until the end of his life.

Reviews

..".more than a superb biography, it's the story of LSD, covering everything in the scientific, social, spiritual and artistic realms that resulted from his epochal discovery." -- Michael Horowitz, Psychoactive Drug Historian

"Much more interesting than a conventional biography, this book is a grand sweep of how his discovery affected civilization. That they chose to highlight how his work affected vast areas of world culture makes this a reference book as well as a history of one very long and valued life. Hofmann's inf

."..more than a superb biography, it's the story of LSD, covering everything in the scientific, social, spiritual and artistic realms that resulted from his epochal discovery." -- Michael Horowitz, Psychoactive Drug Historian

"Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD, the most potent mind-expanding substance ever found, was an event of multiple synchronicities..." -- Ralph Metzner, Ph. D., The Unfolding Self, Green Psychology

."..is more than a superb biography of Hofmann, it's the story of LSD and covers everything in the scientific, social, spiritual and artistic realms that resulted from his epochal discovery." -- Michael Horowitz, Psychoactive Drug Historian

"The best compendium of the birth and transformative effect of one of the greatest discoveries ever made." -- Alex Grey, Visionary Artist

"This book is more than a superb biography of Albert Hofmann, it's the story of LSD and pretty much covers everything of importance in the scientific, social, spiritual and artistic realms that resulted from his epochal discovery." -- Michael Horowitz, Psychoactive Drug Historian, Editor