Ibhayisikili lika-Albert Hofmann

Ntambama ngo-Ephreli 19, 1943, usokhemisi waseSwitzerland u-Albert Hofmann i-asidi ehlile wagibela ibhayisikili lakhe waya ekhaya. U-Hofmann, owayesebenza emnyangweni wezakhemisi weSandoz Laboratories e-Basel, wayeqale wahlanganisa. LSD ngo-1938 ngenkathi izama ukwakha isikhuthazi ukwelapha izinkinga zokuphefumula nokujikeleza kwegazi.

Wayengazi ukuthi inhlanganisela inemiphumela ye-psychedelic, futhi ayizange iveze imiphumela ebonakalayo lapho ihlolwa ezilwaneni ezilalisiwe, ngakho wayibeka eceleni.

Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, uHofmann wanquma ukuphinde avakashele indalo yakhe. Ngo-April 16, 1943, wahlanganisa elinye iqoqo le-LSD. Kulokhu, wamunca ngephutha inani elincane esikhumbeni sakhe, futhi wacwila phakathi "isimo esingajabulisi sokudakwa, esibonakala ngomcabango ovuselelwe kakhulu."

Wanquma ukuzivivinya ngomthamo wamabomu ukuze aqinisekise imiphumela yenkomponi, kwathi ngo-4:20 ntambama ngo-April 19, wadla ama-micrograms angu-250 amakhemikhali.

Ngokushesha wabona ukuthi uhambo lwaluzoshuba, futhi wacela umsizi wakhe ukuba amsize abuyele ekhaya. Imikhawulo yesikhathi sempi yayinqabela izimoto emigwaqweni yaseBasel, ngakho-ke kwadingeka bagibele ibhayisikili - yingakho u-April 19 manje sewaziwa emhlabeni jikelele ngokuthi. Usuku lwebhayisikili.

Ngalolo hambo lwe-trippy oludumile, u-Hofmann waba unkulunkulukazi wesayensi psychedelics, igama elaqanjwa udokotela wengqondo u-Humphry Osmond elisekelwe emagameni esiGreki asho “ukwembula ingqondo”.

Intatheli uJohn Horgan wabhala Isayensi yaseMelika ukuthi uHofmann ayekholelwa ukuthi lapho esetshenziswa kahle, izazi zengqondo zingashukumisa “ikhono esizalwa nalo lokuhlangenwe nakho kombono” sonke esinakho njengezingane, futhi silahlekelwe lapho sikhula.

U-Hofmann wayenobudlelwane obuyinkimbinkimbi nomkhakha awusiza ekudaleni, ebiza i-LSD ngokuthi "ingane eyinkinga" incwadi ayibhalile mayelana namagalelo akhe ekhemistry ye-psychedelic.

Wafunda namakhowe omlingo futhi waba ngowokuqala ukuhlukanisa, ukuhlanganisa, nokuqamba izinhlanganisela ze-psychedelic i-psilocybin ne-psilocin. Yena kusho uHorgan mayelana nohambo lwe-psilocybin aluthatha lapho agcina esedolobheni lezipoki ekujuleni komhlaba.

“Bekungekho muntu lapho,” kusho uHofmann. “Nganginomuzwa wesizungu ngokuphelele, isizungu esiphelele. Umuzwa omubi!” Lapho ebuyela kule ndiza futhi ezithola enabangane futhi, uHofmann wazizwa ejabule. Watshela uHorgan, ngendlela yakhe enzima yaseSwitzerland, “Nganginomuzwa wokuzalwa kabusha! Ukubona manje futhi! Bheka futhi ukuthi ukuphila kwethu kumnandi kanjani lapha!”

Isifiso sokuzizwa uzalwa kabusha siphoqa ikakhulukazi esikhathini se-COVID-19 kanye nokuzihlukanisa. I psychedelics iphephabhuku i-DoubleBlind muva nje ishicilele indatshana ukusebenzisa i-quarantine njengesikhathi ukuhlola kwangaphakathi nokuzivuselela.

Umsunguli we-DoubleBlind uMadison Margolin uthi, kwenye indawo engaphansi kwe-COVID, uzobe ebuka uSuku Lwebhayisikili endaweni ehlala abantu abagula ngengqondo. “Besihlela ukusebenzisana nathi I-Disco Dining Club ukugubha kokubili uSuku lwamabhayisikili kanye nePhasika.”

Esikhundleni salokho, uMargolin uthi, i-DoubleBlind isingathe umkhosi wamahhala we-inthanethi ne-SPORE (iNhlangano Yezengqondo Yengqondo, Izinguquko, Nezemfundo) ngo-Ephreli 19 ukusekela imizamo yosizo lwe-coronavirus, "ukugubha ukubuyisana nokuxhumana kwethu noMhlaba kanye nomunye nomunye," iqala ngo 8:45 am PST.

U-Margolin unokukhathazeka okuthile mayelana namabhizinisi amasha angena endaweni ye-psychedelic, uthi, njengoba sibhekana "ukuvuselelwa kwe-psychedelic." Iminyaka, izinhlangano ezingenzi-nzuzo ezifana ne- I-Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) kanye ne- I-Chacruna Institute for Plant Medicine baye bagcizelela ucwaningo kanye nemfundo ukuze abantu bazuze kuma-psychedelics.

Kepha muva nje, osozigidigidi baseSilicon Valley bebelokhu behlola inzuzo yemboni, neuro-pharmaceutical corporations kukhona ukuthuthukisa izinhlanganisela zezentengiselwano ze-psychedelic, kanye Wall Street Journal iyasibekela ukuqala kwe-psychedelic.

"Kuzokwenzeka ngokwemvelo nganoma iyiphi imboni entsha, eshisayo," kusho uMargolin. Unethemba, nokho, ukuthi njengoba i-psychedelics injalo isuswe emthethweni ezingeni lendawo, futhi ucwaningo lwezokwelapha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezokwelapha kuyaqhubeka nokuthuthuka, ukuthi abasanda kufika esikhaleni bazohlonipha izici ezingokomoya zokunyakaza.

Idlanzana lezinkampani libheke ukusekela imithi yokwenziwa kwe-psychedelics, kuyilapho isusa isici 'sohambo' kulokho okwenzekayo," kusho u-Margolin. Kodwa-ke, ama-psychonauts amaningi akholelwa ukuthi uhambo luwumuthi.

Lokho kwaba okuhlangenwe nakho kuka-Albert Hofmann nge-LSD. Ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweminyaka eyi-100 ngo-2006, ku-symposium yamazwe ngamazwe e-Basel, wenza inkulumo lapho amemezela khona, “Kwanginika injabulo yangaphakathi, ukuba nomqondo ovulekile, ukubonga, amehlo avulekile kanye nozwela lwangaphakathi ngezimangaliso zendalo…. Ngicabanga ukuthi ekuziphendukeleni kwemvelo komuntu akukaze kube kudingekile ukuba nale nto, i-LSD. Kuyithuluzi nje lokusiguqula sibe yilokho okufanele sibe yikho.”