Albert Hofmann (1906-2008), the father of LSD, was a world-renowned scientist, member of the Nobel Prize Committee, Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, and member of the International Society of Plant Research and of the American Society of Pharmacognosy. He was a leader in pharmaceutical-chemical research and the author of several books, including LSD: My Problem Child.

• Translator’s Note Foreword by Christian Rätsch 1 Planning and Chance in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Research 2 Can Insight into the Truths of Natural Science Be Therapeutically Effective in Psychology? 3 Meditation and Sensory Perception: The Search for Happiness and Meaning 4 The Use of Psychedelics for the Great Transition Albert Hofmann: The Boundary Walker A Tribute by Roger Liggenstorfer St. Albert and the LSD Revelation Revolution An Afterword by Alex Grey About the Author Index

“This book is a jewel box of the many facets of Hofmann’s mind: as a pure scientist and still in love with the discipline, as a science mystic making a clear-eyed case for the need for the two to blend, as a nature mystic drawing out the implications envisioned and verified in altered states, and as a philosopher of science grappling with the hard questions of death and the fabric of reality itself. Each essay was a rare mix--profound and readable. The essay by Alex Grey about the symbolism in his cover portrait of Hofmann is the perfect conclusion.”