He is more of a mythological creature, a chemical centaur, than he is a real person. Over the span of 50 years he has created more new psychedelic drugs than the Amazon jungle ever has. He is the grandfather of Ecstasy, the molecular magician, the atomic conquistador. I often sleep with a copy of PiHKAL not under my pillow, but as a pillow. Above my bed I’ve pinned a large picture of Shulgin cuddling with his wife, Ann. I love each of the 978 pages of his phenethylamine magnum opus, PiHKAL ( Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved ), and every milligram of his 1.13-kilogram tryptamine treatise, TiHKAL ( Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved ).

I’ve loved him from the first moment I read about him. Hamilton Morris: I’m already feeling embarrassed, before you even start. And I think the best way to do this is to read the opening of the last interview with Alexander Shulgin. But I thought we could start off by introducing people to a character they may not know, and that’s Alexander Shulgin. Tim Ferriss: This has been a trend already in our conversations. I will mispronounce many, many things, so please pardon my ignorance. Tim Ferriss: And I wanted to begin the conversation. So thank you for making it, first of all. Tim Ferriss: I have been hoping to have this conversation on the podcast ever since I first saw your show and have recommended the show to probably more people than any other show I’ve seen in the last three to five years. Tim Ferriss: Hamilton, welcome to the show. For the sake of clarity, media outlets are permitted to use photos of Tim Ferriss from the media room on tim.blog or (obviously) license photos of Tim Ferriss from Getty Images, etc. No one is authorized to copy any portion of the podcast content or use Tim Ferriss’ name, image or likeness for any commercial purpose or use, including without limitation inclusion in any books, e-books, book summaries or synopses, or on a commercial website or social media site (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) that offers or promotes your or another’s products or services. For the sake of clarity, media outlets with advertising models are permitted to use excerpts from the transcript per the above.

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