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| Born | Laura Ann Gotlieb (1931-03-22)March 22, 1931 Wellington,New Zealand |
| Died | July 9, 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 91) Lafayette, California |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
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Laura Ann Shulgin (néeGotlieb; March 22, 1931 – July 9, 2022)[2] was an American author and the wife of chemistAlexander Shulgin, with whom she wrotePiHKAL andTiHKAL.[3]
Laura Ann Gotlieb[4] was born inWellington, New Zealand, to parents Bernard Gotlieb and Gwen Ormiston, but grew up in the villageOpicina outside the Italian cityTrieste. Her father was U.S. Consul in Trieste for six years beforeWorld War II.[5][6][4] Later in her childhood she lived in the U.S., Cuba, and Canada. She studied art and became an artist, married an artist and had a child, and they later divorced. She had two more marriages ending in divorce and had three more children. Ann went back to work as a medical transcriber, and met Alexander ("Sasha") Shulgin in 1978; they were married on 4 July 1981 in their back yard.[4]
She worked as a lay therapist withpsychedelic substances such asMDMA and2C-B in therapeutic settings while these drugs were still legal.[7] In her writings she stressed the potential of these drugs from aJungian psychoanalytic perspective, as well as their use in combination withhypnotherapy. She often appeared as a speaker at conventions and continued to advocate the use of psychedelics in therapeutic contexts.[citation needed]
Together with her husband she authored the booksPiHKAL andTiHKAL.[7] They developed a systematic way of ranking the effects of the various drugs, known as theShulgin Rating Scale, with a vocabulary to describe the visual, auditory and physical sensations. She also contributed to the booksThanatos to Eros: 35 Years of Psychedelic Exploration,Entheogens and the Future of Religion,Ecstasy: The Complete Guide,The Secret Chief Revealed,Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics, andManifesting Minds: A Review of Psychedelics in Science, Medicine, Sex, and Spirituality.[citation needed]
According to her daughter, Shulgin had been in ill health because ofchronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Shulgin died July 9, 2022, at her and her late husband'sSan Francisco Bay Area residence.[8]
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