Better Living Through Chemistry
In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.
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Ann Shulgin
Alexander Shulgin
Tania Manning
Greg Manning
Brian Perry
Renee Reeser Zelnick
Mariavittoria Mangini
Jennifer Dumpert
Fire Erowid
Earth Erowid
David E. Presti
Sunny Heartsong
Wendy Perry
Paul F. Daley
Myron Stolaroff
Jean Stolaroff
Keeper Trout
Jason Tucker
Dechen Sherpa
