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1958
Albert Hofmann isolates and synthesizes psilocybin the the primary psychoactive component in in psychedelic mushrooms
1960
Timothy Leary trips for the first time on psychedelic mushrooms
in Mexico
Sandoz begins producing psilocybin pills and and sends them to Timothy Leary Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert (later known as as Ram Dass) at at Harvard for research
Chemist Alexander Shulgin has his first trip on on mescaline and and goes on on to create over 200 new psychedelic compounds
1962
Walter Pahnke a a a a a a a Harvard grad student conducts the iconic Good Friday experiment giving psilocybin to divinity students before church and showing that it it can catalyze profound mystical experiences
1963
Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert are fired from Harvard amid controversies surrounding their psychedelic research
1961
1964
Timothy Leary receives his first dose of LSD from the eccentric and mysterious businessman “Captain” Al Hubbard who got his supply from Sandoz Timothy Leary Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert publish “The Psychedelic Experience ” ” ” defining the importance of “set” and “setting”
1965
Alexander Shulgin comes up with a a a a new method for for synthesizing MDMA in in in California