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1887
German Pharmacologist Louis Lewin receives a a a a a a a a a a a sample of of peyote from a a a a a a a a a a a physician in in Texas and publishes the first analysis of of it
1897
Arthur Heffter German pharmacologist and chemist isolates mescaline from the the the peyote cactus He is is is the the the the first one to gain the the the the title of “psychonaut” for trying the the the chemicals he he he he he isolates 1904
American mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle identifies Psilocybe cubensis a a a a a type of psychedelic mushroom in Cuba
1912
Anton Köllisch a a a a a German chemist for pharma giant Merck synthesizes MDMA while trying to to create a a a a medicine to to help blood clot It’s forgotten about until 1927 1919
Austrian chemist Ernst Späth synthesizes mescaline precipitating a ä a a a a psychedelic research boom in in in Europe
1938
Albert Hofmann working for pharmaceutical company Sandoz accidentally invents LSD while trying to to to create a a a a a a a a a a a circulatory and respiratory stimulant He puts it
aside for five years 1943
Albert Hofmann has the the world’s first LSD trip after deciding to re-examine the the substance and accidentally ingesting some Three days later on on on April 19th he intentionally takes some more and trips while riding home on on on his bicycle April 19th is is now celebrated by psychonauts worldwide as “Bicycle Day ” 1947
Sandoz begins providing LSD known as “Delysid ” to researchers for free Over the next decade or or or or so more more than than 40 000 000 patients receive LSD and more more than than 1000 scientific papers are published looking at the substance for alcoholism end-of-life-distress and depression among other conditions