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Albert Hofmann Dies at 102 New York Tmes

I had some dental work done today and my dentist does not believe much in giving pain killers. Usually I concur but tonight I wish he had give me some. In the late evening I began receiving emails from many people telling me that Albert has passed awasy.

I met him in 1976 in Basel. When he visited Southern California in the Eighties, he gave me a copy of his book, LSD My Problem Child.  He signed the book for me. It said simply,

"Cordially,
Albert Hofmann."

We had a long correspondence and saw each other several times since our first meeting. In 2002, he sent me another copy of the original Hardcover edition of his book. This time it was inscribed,,

Cordially, In Old Friendship,
Albert Hofmann."

Hofmann has been the wise old man in many of my dreams His invention LSD was the catalyst for my mystical view of life. My mystical view of life is not that LSD taught me all of the truths and now I have all the answers

Rather it showed me how little I know and the rest of us humans know about the deepest questions we can ask about life. Much is unknown including the nature of  human consciousness itself.

We have much to learn. Albert Hoffman's discovery. He has opened us all  up and put us on quicker  journey toward wisdom. Rest in Peace old friend, you will be missed.