Albert Hofmann's Really Far Out Now

Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD and the first to synthesize psilocybin (the active constituent of 'magic mushrooms'), passed away on Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 at the age of 102 (at home, of a heart attack) .

Among other things Hofmann wrote LSD: Mein Sorgenkind (LSD: My Problem Child) and recorded a spoken word album, Lob des Schauens (In Praise of Observation).

This is primarily a sex history blog and I know nothing to share with you about Hofmann's sex life -- but I'm pretty damn sure as a user of psychedellics, he had a great sex life.

You can find more about Hofmann's work at The Albert Hofmann Foundation.

Image via beinArt's LSD: Alex Grey on Albert Hofmann.