Erowid.org has a great announcement:
After several years of consideration and preparation, the first of Alexander Shulgin’s lab books has been scanned and put online. The lab books contain detailed experience reports about a wide variety of substances as well as notes on chemical processes, formulas, sketches, and hand-drawn graphs.
When funding appeared for the project, the Shulgins’ trusted assistants, gregM and Tania, began the labor intensive process of redacting the names of individuals whose privacy should be protected.
The scanning is being facilitated by Archive.org and performed by gregM and Raj Kumar.
There is nothing more pleasing to me than seeing history preserved and shared, and Alexander ‘Sasha’ Shulgin’s notebooks are certainly worth preserving – no matter what your opinion on drugs/psychedelics. Shulgin’s chemical innovation, self-testing and reporting of effects of various chemicals is a legendary piece of the history of exploration of ‘inner space’ – and to be able to view his hand-written notes is quite a thrill.
The notebook is downloadable as a colour PDF (22mb), or as a B&W PDF (8mb).
