Alexander Shulgin Quotes

United States, Chemist
June 17, 1925 – June, 2, 2014.

Alexander Theodore Shulgin was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA ("ecstasy", "mandy" or "molly") to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.

Also known as Biochemist, Organist, Pharmacologist, Author

Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all is the feeling that we both belong here, just as we are, right now.

Alexander Shulgin
- Feeling
- Wait
- Belong
The potential of the psychedelic drugs to provide access to the interior universe, is, I believe, their most valuable property.

Alexander Shulgin
- Universe
- Drugs
- Interior

The world amazed me, in that I saw it as I had when I was a child. I had forgotten the beauty and the magic and the knowingness of it and me.

Alexander Shulgin
- World
- Child
- Magic
There is a wealth of information built into us ... tucked away in the genetic material in every one of our cells ... without some means of access, there is no way even to begin to guess at the extent and quality of what is there. The psychedelic drugs allow exploration of this interior world, and insights into its nature.”

Alexander Shulgin
- Information
- Drugs
- Access
It is essential that our present negative propaganda regarding psychedelic drugs be replaced with honesty and truthfulness about their effects, both good and bad.”

Alexander Shulgin
I'm called the Godfather of Ecstacy because I published for the first time information about its effects in man. I feel content with the title. MDMA is a beautiful drug...”

Alexander Shulgin
Know what drug you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience.

Alexander Shulgin
- Experience
- Drug
- Using
How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn't matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for even a glimpse of what exists for those who can become open to it.”

Alexander Shulgin
- Feeling
- Alive
- Exists

Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change your character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it.

Alexander Shulgin
- Character
- Change
- Drugs
MDMA, it was beginning to be apparent, could be all things to all people.

Alexander Shulgin
- People
- All
- MDMA