gwax's rumblings

Today, marks both the 101^st birth­day of Dr. Albert Hofmann and the day that Robert Anton Wilson died. Dr. Albert Hofmann is the sci­en­tist who first syn­the­sized LSD in 1938 and dis­cov­ered its pow­er­ful psy­choac­tive prop­er­ties as a result of a lab­o­ra­tory acci­dent in 1943. Robert Anton Wilson was an author, philoso­pher, advo­cate for drug law reform and a promi­nent Discordian. Robert Anton Wilson co-wrote the Illuminatus Trilogy, a series of books that I con­sider to be one of the most enter­tain­ing things that I have ever read. I am sad­dened by the death of Robert Anton Wilson and find the coin­ci­dence with Dr. Albert Hofmann’s birth­day to be a curi­ous synchronicity.

Happy birth­day Doctor Hofmann.

Goodbye Mr. Wilson and thank you for what you have given our world. All hail Eris.

Fnord