Ann and Sasha Shulgin in Conversation about Mescaline and MDMA

Описание: In loving memory of Sasha Shulgin, wonderful friend and early scientific advisor to the Beckley Foundation.

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Sasha and Ann are two of my most beloved friends and while the loss of Sasha is heartrending, his gift to humanity has been immense, and will endure, not only as the wonderful philosopher-king that he was, but also for his deep revolutionary explorations of the relationship between chemistry and consciousness.

He was one of the great givers to humanity, and his legacy lives on as a unique friend and master alchemist, who, like Albert Hofmann, has contributed vastly to human happiness and to our understanding of the fuller potential of the human mind.

I cherish the wonderful times we have spent together -- camping together at Burning Man, visiting the Shulgin farm with its Aladdin's cave of alchemy, and when, for his 80th birthday, he came and stayed at Beckley Park, from where we travelled to visit ancient stones and many beautiful places.

While at Beckley we filmed this conversation with Sasha and Ann, which, by strange coincidence we had finally got around to editing when we heard the sad news of his death.

How much we will all miss his wonderful company: his jokes and his sincerity, his warmth, humility and generosity. We have lost a magnificent friend, an exceptional biochemist and a pioneering explorer of the deepest realms of human consciousness.

We have also lost an inspiring model of an extremely happy and productive partnership - the godparents of the psychedelic world - all my love goes out to Ann at this sad time.

Amanda Feilding