Shulgin: MDMA and other goodies

THE STORY OF PHENYL-AMPHETAMINES like XTC and other empathogens that have changed not only the disco-scene, but facilitated a new kind of therapy-work.

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Alexander Shulgin is the reinventor and promotor of XTC (MDMA) and many other synthetic drugs and empathogens.
He is the author of the seminal book PIHKAL and will be in Amsterdam in Febr. 1996 for a weekend 16-18 of Febr. '96

Friday-evening is reserved for a party and informal gathering for the Psychedelici (PAN) (fl 15,- for non-members) and then two days of workshops in Myster 2000 in Amsterdam. The full 2-day workshop will cost fl 195,- including lunches. One day participation fl 125,-

Call for reservation 020-6202970

Friday evening: 16 Febr

20.00: Informal meeting with members PAN

Day one: 17 Febr

11.00 - 13.00 and 14.30-17 h 30

Plant sources of the psychedelic drugs.
Isolation and identification of natural alkaloids.
Ethnopharmacology, foreign and domestic.
then at 20 hrs: video and discussion evening

Day two: 18 feb

11.00 - 13.00 and 14.30-17 h 30

History of psychedelic chemistry.
Relationship between structure and activity.
The rewards and risks of psychedelic drug use.

Real experience

Alexander Shulgin is not prepared to supervise a `real experience', but Myster would facilitate a kind of after-party to make this possible, maybe the late sunday afternoon and evening.

Please call 020-6202970 or email sala@euronet.nl

some e-mail discussions about the program:

The program is not yet final, and we leave it up to the participants to help us in shaping it. The suggestions by Shulgin and his wife Anne are:

I am prepared to be talking to people whose English language may not be perfect, and this is no problem, as long as there is a good translator around. I realize that in Holland, most people speak very good English, but a translator is always useful, just in case. I was involved as a therapist for three years, in the past -- mostly with MDMA when it was still legal -- and am deeply interested in this subject.

Thus lectures or discussions such as:

Maybe one of the two days could lean towards the plant world, natural sources, ethno- this and that, techniques of isolation and identification of active components of psychedelic plants?
And then the second day might be more towards the history of chemical discovery, synthesis, relationship between structure and psychedelic activity, clinical use and potential.
Ann would be happy to add her thoughts and comments to this, especially in a discussion of the drug/person interactions that are so important either in therapy or in personal discovery and spiritual exploration.

This is a note from Ann:
I would be more than happy to give a lecture, or talk, or -- even better -- answer questions about psychotherapy with MDMA and other psychedelic drugs, and/or the use of psychedelics for spiritual growth (however that term is understood).