CrazyDiamond writes:
For just as the chemist by whom the Lysergic acid diethylamide was discovered could not have had any references given about experiencing LSD during the first time he accidentally tasted it, even so the lack of references is inherent to the first time discoveries.
Quite the contrary: had Dr. Hoffman conducted his later research into entheogens sooner, he would have immediately recognized what was happening.
From wiki:
"Hofmann became director of the natural products department at Sandoz and continued studying hallucinogenic substances found in Mexican mushrooms and other plants used by the aboriginal people. This led to the synthesis of psilocybin, the active agent of many "magic mushrooms."[8]
Hofmann also became interested in the seeds of the Mexican morning glory species Rivea corymbosa, the seeds of which are called Ololiuhqui by the natives. He was surprised to find the active compound of Ololiuhqui, ergine (lysergic acid amide), to be closely related to LSD.
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