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such a pivotal character in recent history, Al Hubbard is remarkably little
known. He is the unsung man who almost single-handedly introduced the
world to LSD,
as well as (to a lesser degree) mescaline
and psilocybin.
Albert Hoffman may have invented
LSD, but Hubbard is the one who, in the very early years, gave it away
like candy to some of the most influential people on the planet.
A true cipher, Hubbard
was visionary, eccentric, friendly, and mysterious. At various times,
he was an intelligence agent, an inventor, a millionaire, a clinical therapist,
and more. There appear to be links between Hubbard and MKULTRA, the CIA
program that researched behavior modification using LSD and other substances
and techniques.
The definitive article
on Hubbard is "The Original Captain Trips" by Todd Brendan Fahey,
who also wrote a novel (Wisdom's Maw) that prominently features
Hubbard. While researching Hubbard, Todd was given access to a cache of
primary documents about the "acid messiah." This material has
never been seen publicly until now. Todd has scanned these rare, one-of-a-kind
documents and graciously sent them to us for posting.
