BICYCLE DAY -- APRIL 19TH 2009
Sunday (no excuses there...)
66th Anniversary
Since 1985, some people have observed Bicycle Day on April 19th. This is the anniversary of the day that Albert Hofmann intentionally took LSD in 1943. On the 16th Hofmann accidentally absorbed a bit of LSD, but the 19th was the first intentional experience, when he took what he then considered a minimum effective dose, 250 mics. In "LSD, My Problem Child", he records that day:
"By now it was already clear to me that L S D had been the cause of the remarkable experience of the previous Friday, for the a l t e r ed p e r c e p t i o n s were of the same type as before, only much more i n t e n s e. I had to struggle to speak intelligibly. I asked my laboratory assistant, who was informed of the self-experiment., to escort me home. We went by bicycle, no automobile being available because of wartime restriction on their use. On the way home, my condition began to assume threatening forms. Everything in my field of vision w a v e r e d a n d w a s d i s t o r t e d a s i f s e e n i n a c u r v e d m i r r o r. I also had the sensation of being unable to move from the spot. Nevertheless, my assistant later told me we had traveled very rapidly. "
In this hour of renaissance and hope about psychedelics, you can light a candle of light and reason.
To commemorate the bicycle ride that changed the world forever, let's celebrate Bicycle Day with bicycle trips, sending cards with bicycle pictures on them to friends, joyful picnics, and o t h e r f E s t i V e A c T i v i T I E s.
Remember Bicycle Day and keep it Holy
In Basel mit der Original-Tour:
der sonntag steht ganz im zeichen des fahrrads. morgen, vor genau 66 jahren, fuhr albert hoffmann mit seinem fahrrad in einem selbstversuch auf lsd quer durch die stadt. zu diesem anlass, findet seit 1985 jedes jahr weltweit der sogenannte “bycicle day” statt, bei dem man sich zu einer gemütlichen fahrradtour trifft. natürlich auch in basel, wo sogar die orginale route nachgefahren werden kann!
