This book contains the most detailed, comprehensive and concise descriptions ever compiled of several innovative procedures for extracting LSD from natural sources, as well as a stunning breakthrough in psychedelic drug preparation: a simple process for extracting the hallucinogenic substance 2,4,5-trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA-2) from the common, widely-available calamus plant Also includes tips on solvent management, cautionary notes and more.
I routinely whip up a batch of minding chemicals using common kitchen ingredients with the aid of Uncle Festers's classic psychedelic manual. Selected copies of the book were rumoured to have been soaked in some of Dr Hoffman's finest concoctions resulting in many copies being served on toast. A perennial best seller to be found in many university libraries, make sure you acquire a copy before they're in short supply
Starts off strong but my undergrad organic chemistry lab had better instructions than this. It reads like a cookbook and there isn’t as much chemistry as I hoped there would be. At least the author knows his audience.
I find it hilarious the author wrote a chapter on how to evade the Feds when he himself was caught by them. Even more laughable is that he suggests an ideal “self destruct” option is just a single stick of dynamite. Suffice to say I’m not surprised the Feds nabbed him.
always a fun read, though don't go following the chemistry here without actual lab background and checking out the various (uncollected) errata and enlargements published over the years. the chapters on ergot farming are good stuff.