Bicycle Day seeks to commemorate the day Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann purposefully ingested LSD-25, or Lysergic Acid Diethylamide. In his research to create an anti-hemorrhaging drug using ergot fungus, Hofmann had accidentally been exposed to the synthetic chemical LSD.
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Happy Bicycle Day everyone! On April 19, 1943 chemist Albert Hofmann took 250 mcg of LSD as an experiment and discovered the power of his new molecule. He took a wild bicycle ride home from his lab that fateful day and so we honor his breakthrough in consciousness research. https://t.co/ym1U5Tr2sL
HAPPY BICYCLE DAY from Team BC. Today marks the day of the first intentional dose of LSD by Albert Hofmann in 1943.After taking what turned out to be a high dose he rode his bike home in an intense ‘trip’, henceforth known as Bicycle Day. This piece is called The LSD Therapists https://t.co/rsMtBPBqQG
🟢 Happy Bicycle day friends! 🔴
So OVERJOYED to share with you my newest piece “1943” 🎨
The work is inspired by my own personal experiences with LSD and how it effects our reality and how each experience leads into the other. Please zoom in and enjoy the details https://t.co/QnvZEtvjUB
“I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.”- Albert Hofmann.
Today is the legendary Bicycle Day ! https://t.co/ptMRGU3g3E