Richard Stanley
Well-Known Member
I watched this funky documentary, Dirty Pictures, about Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, the creator of so-called Ecstasy and about 200 hundred other compounds. My purpose for placing this post in this category is due to the claims that the motive, at least, by those interviewed academics inspired by his efforts, are to find means to help people. This, rather than the focus here that all such efforts are counter-generate, whatever 'generate' (or degenerate) means to someone.
It is interesting to note that Shulgin and his wife are the first test bunnies for all his derived compounds, followed by a select group of friends. That doing so has dimmed his mind, I can only wish to be that 'dim' when, and if, I should reach that age.
Another note of interest was the inclusion of a retired head Federal narc who admitted to having been helped by the administration of psychedelics. And he admitted that the war on such drugs was a complete failure. Of course, it has not been a failure to those interests that have profited handsomely by the maintenance of the status quo, e.g. Big Pharma and their dangerous side effects, and Big Penal.
To expand on what I have stated on other threads, I believe that we are looking at is two different aspects of the 'culture' issue with such as psychedelics as one of the common elements. On the one hand are power interests controlling institutions such as the shadow government, and on the converse are those that have purer motives.
As was commented in the video, Shulgin, once an accomplished practicing chemist operates now more in the environment, at least, of an traditional alchemist, via his rustic home laboratory. In the context of some who view the true esoteric role of the alchemists as being the transformation or elevation (or even illumination) of the interior person, i.e. the mind or soul, I thought this appellation even more appropriate.
http://dirtypicturesthefilm.com/
It is interesting to note that Shulgin and his wife are the first test bunnies for all his derived compounds, followed by a select group of friends. That doing so has dimmed his mind, I can only wish to be that 'dim' when, and if, I should reach that age.
Another note of interest was the inclusion of a retired head Federal narc who admitted to having been helped by the administration of psychedelics. And he admitted that the war on such drugs was a complete failure. Of course, it has not been a failure to those interests that have profited handsomely by the maintenance of the status quo, e.g. Big Pharma and their dangerous side effects, and Big Penal.
To expand on what I have stated on other threads, I believe that we are looking at is two different aspects of the 'culture' issue with such as psychedelics as one of the common elements. On the one hand are power interests controlling institutions such as the shadow government, and on the converse are those that have purer motives.
As was commented in the video, Shulgin, once an accomplished practicing chemist operates now more in the environment, at least, of an traditional alchemist, via his rustic home laboratory. In the context of some who view the true esoteric role of the alchemists as being the transformation or elevation (or even illumination) of the interior person, i.e. the mind or soul, I thought this appellation even more appropriate.
http://dirtypicturesthefilm.com/
