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In 1943, the year in which the first A-bomb was built, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD, a substance that was to become an A-bomb of the mind. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down. The story of a drug - its discovery in the Basel chemistry lab, the first experiments by Albert Hofmann on himself, the 1950s experiments of the psychiatrists, the consciousness researchers, the artists. Could it actually be possible to find a path to the core of our human existence by means of a chemical? Spirituality at the flick of a switch? Do the enigmatic effects of this drug really help us to better understand the human soul? Could LSD be an instrument of contemporary psychiatry? Of modern brain research? By: Martin Witz
By coincidence rather then by design the swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. He realizes that he is dealing with a powerful molecule that will have an impact not only on the scientific world. THE SUBSTANCE - is an investigation into our troubled relation with LSD. Told from its beginnings until today.
Trevor J. Roling
narrator in English version
Hanspeter Müller
narrator in German version
Mario Scarabelli
narrator in Italian version
Albert Hofmann
Self
Stanislav Grof
Self - psychiatrist
Martin A. Lee
Self - author
James S. Ketchum
Self - U.S. Army Colonel (Retired), Medical Corps
Franz X. Vollenweider
Self - neuroscientist, University of Zürich
Ken Kesey
Self
Carolyn Garcia
Self - Merry Pranksters
Timothy Leary
Self
Ralph Metzner
Self - psychologist
Nick Sand
Self - Millbrook Mansion
Ronald Reagan
Self
John Lennon
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
Mick Jagger
Self
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