PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story

This book by Alexander Shulgin was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Hamilton Morris. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, consciousness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

By Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin. Tells the tale of a psychopharmacologist and his wife/research partner, and recounts decades devoted to the creation and investigation of psychedelic drugs as tools for the study of the human mind. Altered state experiences are explored in the context of intimacy.

• “well pee call and t call are the two that i would say read those first and thankfully they're long enough”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “pee call and t call are the two that i would say read those first”
  Hamilton Morris · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202101:40:32

  Said during "Hamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, and More". The episode features Hamilton Morris: Chemist, science journalist, and filmmaker who writes and directs the documentary series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. He researches the chemistry, anthropology, and culture of psychoactive drugs and has studied them in more than 30 countries. Hamilton Morris and Tim Ferriss explore iboga ritual, 5-MeO-DMT toad sustainability, xenon anesthesia, and the ethics of the psychedelic boom.