PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story by Dr. Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin
Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved – a chemical love story, 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. Part autobiography, part metaphysical guidebook, part cookbook – psychedelic biochemistry and sexual chemistry.
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Through PiHKAL (and later TiHKAL), Shulgin sought to ensure that his discoveries would escape the limits of professional research labs and find their way to the public; a goal consistent with his stated beliefs that psychedelic drugs can be valuable tools for self-exploration. The MDMA ("Ecstasy") synthesis published in PiHKAL remains one of the most common clandestine methods to this day. Many countries banned the major ones such as 2C-B, 2C-T-2, and 2C-T-7. In the United Kingdom, most of the drugs in PiHKAL are illegal.