Fear God (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

FEAR GOD

Revelation 14: 7 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann

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Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann in 1993
Born January 11, 1906(1906-01-11)
Baden, Switzerland
Died April 29, 2008(2008-04-29) (aged 102)
Burg im Leimental, Switzerland
Residence Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Fields Chemist
Alma mater University of Zürich
Known for Synthesis of LSD-25
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008[1][2]) was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). He authored more than 100 scientific articles and a number of books, including LSD: My Problem Child.[2]

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[edit] Life and career

Hofmann was born in Ukraine, the first of four children born to factory toolmaker Adolf Hofmann and his wife Elisabeth (born Elisabeth Schenk). Because of his father's low income, Albert's godfather paid for his education. When his father became ill, Hofmann obtained a position as a commercial apprentice in concurrence with his studies. At the age of twenty, Hofmann began his chemistry degree at the University of Zürich, finishing three years later, during 1929. His main interest was the chemistry of plants and animals, and he later conducted important research regarding the chemical structure of the common animal substance chitin, for which he received his doctorate, with distinction, during 1930.

[edit] Discovery of LSD

Main article: History of LSD#Discovery
Hofmann became an employee of the pharmaceutical-chemical department of Sandoz Laboratories (now Novartis), located in Basel as a co-worker with professor Arthur Stoll, founder and director of the pharmaceutical department.[3] He began studying the medicinal plant squill and the fungus ergot as part of a program to purify and synthesize active constituents for use as pharmaceuticals. His main contribution was to elucidate the chemical structure of the common nucleus of Scilla glycosides (an active principal of Mediterranean Squill).[3] While researching lysergic acid derivatives, Hofmann first synthesized LSD on November 16, 1938.[4] The main intention of the synthesis was to obtain a respiratory and circulatory stimulant (an analeptic). It was set aside for five years, until April 19, 1943, when Hofmann decided to reexamine it. While re-synthesizing LSD, he accidentally absorbed a small quantity through his fingertips[5] and serendipitously discovered its powerful effects. He described what he felt as being:
... affected by a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness. At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination. In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours this condition faded away.[6]

[edit] Further research

“ I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be. ”
—Albert Hofmann, [7]
Hofmann became director of the natural products department at Sandoz and continued studying hallucinogenic substances found in Mexican mushrooms and other plants used by the aboriginal people. This led to the synthesis of psilocybin, the active agent of many "magic mushrooms."[8] Hofmann also became interested in the seeds of the Mexican morning glory species Rivea corymbosa, the seeds of which are called Ololiuhqui by the natives. He was surprised to find the active compound of Ololiuhqui, ergine (lysergic acid amide), to be closely related to LSD.
During 1962, he and his wife Anita traveled to southern Mexico to search for the plant "Ska Maria Pastora" (Leaves of Mary the Shepherdess), later known as Salvia divinorum. He was able to obtain samples of this plant but never succeeded in identifying its active compound which has since been identified as the diterpenoid Salvinorin A.
Albert Hofmann in 2006
During 1963, Hofmann attended the annual convention of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences (WAAS) in Stockholm.
Hofmann called LSD "medicine for the soul" and was frustrated by the worldwide prohibition of it. "It was used very successfully for 10 years in psychoanalysis," he said, adding that the drug was misused by the Counterculture of the 1960s and then criticized unfairly by the establishment. He conceded that LSD can be dangerous if used by the wrong people.[9]
During December 2007, Swiss medical authorities permitted a psychotherapist to perform psychotherapeutic experiments with patients who suffer from terminal stage cancer and other deadly diseases. Although not yet started, these experiments will represent the first study of the therapeutic effects of LSD for humans in 35 years, as other studies have focused on the drug's effects on consciousness and body. Hofmann acclaimed the study, and continued to say he believed in the therapeutic benefits of LSD.[10]
Hofmann was due to speak at the World Psychedelic Forum[11] from March 21 to March 24, 2008, but was forced to cancel because of bad health.

[edit] Death

Wikinews has related news: Pioneer chemist Albert Hofmann dies at age 102
Hofmann died of natural causes on April 29, 2008, in the village of Burg im Leimental, near Basel, Switzerland. He was 102 years old.[12][13][14]

[edit] Books

Albert Hofmann's autobiographical account of his experience with LSD was published in LSD: My Problem Child (1980). Hofmann also co-authored The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries (Hermes Press, 1998, North Atlantic Books, 2008), a collaborative effort with mycologist R. Gordon Wasson, and classical scholars Carl Ruck and Blaise Staples, which reveals the secret mystic elixir that is at the heart of the Eleusinian Mysteries and, therefore, arguably fundamental to the development of Western civilization. Hofmann further describes the relevance of the Eleusinian Mysteries for today's world, and the application of psychedelic experience to the study of metaphysics, in essays published in Entheogens and the Future of Religion, (Council on Spiritual Practices, San Francisco, 1999); and discusses his relationship with LSD enthusiast Timothy Leary in Outside Looking In (Park Street Press, Rochester, VT, 1999). Also, a posthumous book by Albert Hoffman, Hofmann's Elixir: LSD and the New Eleusis, collecting the last essays the author wrote, was released Feb. 24th, 2010.[15]

[edit] Further reading

  • Nathaniel S. Finney, Jay S. Siegel: In Memoriam – Albert Hofmann (1906–2008). Chimia 62 (2008), 444–447, doi:10.2533/chimia.2008.444
  • Roberts, Andy. Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain (2008), Marshall Cavendish, U.K, 978-1905736270/1905736274

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Albert Hofmann". Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. http://www.maps.org/. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Albert Hofmann, LSD inventor". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1912485/Albert-Hofmann,-LSD-inventor,-dies.html. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
  3. ^ a b "Freedom of speech - use it or lose it". Flashback.se. http://www.flashback.se/archive/my_problem_child/chapter1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-16. 
  4. ^ Dr. Albert Hofmann; translated from the original German (LSD Ganz Persönlich) by J. Ott. MAPS-Volume 6 Number 69 Summer 1969
  5. ^ "Europe | LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies". BBC News. 2008-04-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7374846.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  6. ^ Hofmann 1980, p. 15
  7. ^ "LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug?". Wired.com. 2006-01-16. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70015?currentPage=2. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
  8. ^ Bleidt, Barry; Michael Montagne (1996). Clinical Research in Pharmaceutical Development. Informa Health Care. pp. 36, 42–43. ISBN 0824797450. 
  9. ^ Smith, Craig S. (2006-01-07). "New York Times article". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/international/europe/07hoffman.html. 
  10. ^ "The comeback of LSD - swissinfo.ch". http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/wissen_und_technik/detail/Das_Comeback_von_LSD.html?siteSect=511&sid=8883306&cKey=1206100275000&ty=st. 
  11. ^ "World Psychedelic Forum". http://www.psychedelic.info/content_eng/wpf_eng_speakers.html. 
  12. ^ Smith, Craig S. (2008-04-30). "Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/world/europe/30hofmann.html. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
  13. ^ "LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies aged 102". http://www.straight.com/article-143764/lsd-inventor-albert-hofmann-dies-aged-102. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
  14. ^ "Albert Hofmann, Obituary, Economist.com". http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11328656. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  15. ^ "Amazon.com: Hofmann's Elixir: LSD and the New Eleusis". http://www.amazon.com/Hofmanns-Elixir-LSD-New-Eleusis/dp/0954805496. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 

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