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The Secret Chief

by Myron J. Stolaroff

with Stan Grof, Ann Shulgin, Albert Hofmann & Sasha Shulgin

Conversations with a pioneer of the underground psychedelic therapy movement

ISBN 0-9660019-1-6

144 pages $10.95 plus S&H

About the Author

Myron Stolaroff was the founder and President of the International Foundation for Advanced Study in Menlo Park, California, an organization devoted to research with LSD and mescaline from 1961 to 1965. Six professional papers covering this work have been published in appropriate journals. Stolaroff was early convinced of the value of psychedelic substances, and devoted his career to studying them.

The Secret Chief

Is the story of Jacob, a remarkable, affable, dearly loved man who made an outstanding contribution to several thousand people. A Jungian trained therapist, Jacob discovered the remarkable attributes of psychedelic chemicals and their profound help in accelerating the growth and understanding of his clients.

When our nation, considered to be the greatest bastion of freedom and liberty in the world, decided to make all psychedelic substances illegal, Jacob was faced with a great dilemma. How could he possibly give up the most effective tools he had ever encountered for freeing clients from their difficulties, bring resolution to their problems, and introducing them to levels of satisfaction in life never before contemplated? Morally he could not, and chose to risk incarceration rather than deprive his clients of these outstanding aids. This decision brought new life and transformative realizations to many.

This book is a review of Jacob's work, how he got started, how he perfected administering highly successful experiences, the selection of suitable candidates, developing the increased impact and efficiency of group experiences, determining the effectiveness and dose levels of various substances, and the optimum sequence for utilizing them. Outcomes of the work are described.

An appendix includes detailed case histories of five subjects. Another appendix, Resources, provides a survey of the literature of psychedelic therapy, listings of worthwhile books, bibliographies and references, and suggestions for evaluating the literature.

. . . . . . . (Quotes:)

"In the illegality of his time it was unthinkable to publish the excellent results of his therapy. It is therefore praiseworthy that today, nine years after his death, a friend has undertaken the task of publishing the details of the therapeutic methodology of this intrepid Ph.D. psychologist"

--Albert Hofmann, Ph.D., inventor of LSD

"Jacob painfully weighed the pros and cons and made the decision to challenge the law, continue his work with psychedelics, and assume personal responsibility for his activity. He has already passed the judgment of his "family;" the friends and clients whose lives he has profoundly changed. They remember him with great love and gratitude. It remains to be seen how he will be judged by history...."

--Stanislav Grof, M.D., author of LSD Psychotherapy

"We miss Jacob. That old cliché, "It is a privilege to have known him" is absolutely appropriate, for Sasha and me and for all of his friends."

--Ann Shulgin, co-author of PIHKAL and TIHKAL

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