…again and that alone is something to ponder. Well I thank you for your attention. I was at a meeting last year when Dr Hoffman came and his opening sentence was: you expected the shaman, you're going to get a chemist. Actually when I was first asked by…

…modern consciousness research for a number of reasons. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first synthesis of LSD by Dr Hoffman in 1938. It also marks the inauguration of the New Albert Hoffman Foundation, which will be dedicated to preserving the…

…third reason, because just a few weeks ago LSD has been legalized in Switzerland for use in psychotherapy. This is something that Dr Hoffman will be telling you more about himself later in the program when he gives his presentation. At this time I'd like…

…this issue will not die. This issue is not going to go away, and so it's wonderfully fitting, I think that we bring Dr Hoffman from his bastion in neutral Switzerland to the city of los angeles to celebrate what was one of the great seminal events in…

…in the confines of their laboratories have thrown open the doorway to new worlds of possibility for the human spirit. Tonight, as Dr Hoffman was receiving the accolades of the crowd for the invention of LSD I couldn't help but think to myself that he…

…crypto fascist dreams of high tech industrialism there emerged a mystery, the last thing you would expect, a true mystery. Now Dr Hoffman has been lauded here this evening for his invention of LSD. Certainly, this is what he will be remembered for over…

…we strain for throughout a life of self discipline and self subjugation. That isn't it it is our birthright, each of us. Dr Hoffman and his discoveries place this dimension within the reach of all of us. Dr Hoffman and his discoveries place this dimension…

…it it is our birthright, each of us. Dr Hoffman and his discoveries place this dimension within the reach of all of us. Dr Hoffman and his discoveries place this dimension on a social agenda that cannot be denied, that will not wait if not now, when?…

…they brought astronomy of age. What the telescope was to astronomy in the 16th century the psychedelic compounds that Dr Hoffman has discovered could be should be to 20th century psychology. Psychology without psychedelics is pissing into the wind, and…