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Albert Hofmann in America October 1988

Albert Hofmann in America by Bruce Eisner and Peter Stafford Way back inn October of 1988, Omni Magazine editor-at-large Dick Teresi commissioned Peter Stafford and I to write an article about the visit of Dr. Albert Hofmann to Los Angeles for inaugural ceremonies for a foundation established in his name. Peter and I wrote and submitted the following article which we got paid well for. However, Terasi left the magazine shortly after we submitted the piece and it was never published. Here it is, freshly edited. A gold plaque with the words “Albert Hofmann Foundation” glistening in the afternoon sun on Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Why We Get High

Why We Get High Bruce Eisner Almost all of you have gotten “high.” You might call it “getting stoned” or “tripping” or “having a session” or “going on vision quest” or “partying” but the urge to switch channels and move to another and less usual state of consciousness is as old as our species itself. Actually the quest for intoxication is even older! Ronald Siegel, in his book, Intoxication, documents numerous animal species and most of the various human cultures that strive to get high or as he calls it, to intoxicate themselves. Siegel proposes that after food, drink and Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

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