Ann Shulgin
Actor · 1931 – 2022 · Wellington, New Zealand
Laura Ann Shulgin was an American author and the wife of chemist Alexander Shulgin, with whom she wrote the books 'PiHKAL' and 'TiHKAL'. She worked as a lay therapist with psychedelic substances such as MDMA and 2C-B in therapeutic settings while these drugs were still legal. In her writings she stressed the potential of these drugs from a Jungian psychoanalytic perspective, as well as their use in combination with hypnotherapy.
Series3
TV6.9DocumentaryCrimeTo detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
The Business of Drugs
2020 · 134 votes
TV7.8DocumentaryMysteryAuthor Michael Pollan leads the way in this docuseries exploring the history and uses of psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline.
How to Change Your Mind
2022 · 53 votes
TV9.2DocumentaryJoin an incredible journey through the history, chemistry and societal impacts of the world’s most extraordinary drugs.
Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
2016 · 21 votes
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MovieDocumentaryIn 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.