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American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
Also known as: Alexander Theodore Shulgin, Godfather of Ecstasy, Sasha Shulgin, Sasha Theodore Shulgin, TiHKAL, Шульгин, Александр Фёдорович
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Ann Shulgin1931–2022ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetCo-wrote PiHKAL and TiHKAL, blending personal narrative with psychedelic chemistry and therapeutic exploration. (AI reason)
Albert Hofmann1906–2008ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetChemist's first-person account of LSD discovery and reflections on psychedelic substances in LSD: My Problem Child. (AI reason)
Terence McKenna1946–2000ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetExplores psychedelic plants, tryptamines and consciousness in speculative, ethnobotanical writing. (AI reason)
- Jonathan Ott1949–2025ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Detailed ethnopharmacological surveys of entheogens such as Pharmacotheon, akin to Shulgin's compendia. (AI reason)
- Richard Evans SchultesReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Scholarly ethnobotany of hallucinogenic plants, as in Plants of the Gods. (AI reason)
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Aldous Huxley1894–1963ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetReflective first-person exploration of mescaline and perception in The Doors of Perception. (AI reason)
Stanislav Grof1931–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetClinical and experiential writing on psychedelic therapy and altered states. (AI reason)
Rick Strassman1952–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetResearch narrative on DMT experiments combining science with subjective reports. (AI reason)
Christian Rätsch1957–2022ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetEncyclopedic reference on psychoactive plants and their chemistry and use. (AI reason)
Michael Pollan1955–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetAccessible narrative on psychedelic science and personal experimentation in How to Change Your Mind. (AI reason)
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- Tihkal
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- Controlled Substances (1991)
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