most severe crisis

I meant to update this yesterday, but I never got around to it. First, check out the link to discover the joys of civil disobediance. Ah fun. Also, thanks to nerdshit.com, a bit about yesterday...

It was 63 years ago today that Albert Hofmann first deliberately ingested 250mcg of LSD-25. After beginning to feel the effects of the chemical, Dr. Hofmann and his assistant rode their bicycles to his house.

Here’s a short excerpt from “LSD: My Problem Child” in which Dr. Hofmann describes his experience:

4/19/43 16:20: 0.5 cc of 1/2 promil aqueous solution of diethylamide tartrate orally = 0.25 mg tartrate. Taken diluted with about 10 cc water. Tasteless.

17:00: Beginning dizziness, feeling of anxiety, visual distortions, symptoms of paralysis, desire to laugh.

Supplement of 4/21: Home by bicycle.

From 18:00- ca. 20:00 most severe crisis.

Here the notes in my laboratory journal cease. I was able to write the last words only with great effort. By now it was already clear to me that LSD had been the cause of the remarkable experience of the previous Friday, for the altered perceptions were of the same type as before, only much more intense. I had to struggle to speak intelligibly. I asked my laboratory assistant, who was informed of the self-experiment, to escort me home. We went by bicycle, no automobile being available because of wartime restrictions on their use. On the way home, my condition began to assume threatening forms. Everything in my field of vision wavered and was distorted as if seen in a curved mirror. I also had the sensation of being unable to move from the spot. Nevertheless, my assistant later told me that we had traveled very rapidly. Finally, we arrived at home safe and sound, and I was just barely capable of asking my companion to summon our family doctor and request milk from the neighbors.

In celebration of this day, psychonauts across the globe will be taking LSD and riding their bicycles (hopefully in a safe spot).