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LSD wanted to tell me something. It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation.
Albert Hofmann
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Albert Hofmann
Age: 102 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 11
Died: 2008
Died: April 29
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I became very sensitive to what will happen to all this and all of us.
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Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!
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God only speaks to those who understand the language
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I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.
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Psychedelic substances, if they are used in proper ways, are very helpful for mankind.
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We can study various psychic functions and also the more primitive sensory functions, such as seeing, hearing, and so on, which constitute our image of our everyday world. They have a material side and the psychic side. And that is a gap which you cannot explain.
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I go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, that’s all.
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Wrong and inappropriate use has caused LSD to become my problem child.
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After some time, with my eyes closed, I began to enjoy this wonderful play of colors and forms, which it really was a pleasure to observe. Then I went to sleep and the next day I was fine. I felt quite fresh, like a newborn.
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