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| Born | Laura Ann Gotlieb (1931-03-22)March 22, 1931 |
| Died | July 9, 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 91) |
| Pen name | Ann Perry |
| 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 wrote the booksPiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved) andTiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved).[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]
Shulgin said that she had more than 2,000psychedelic experiences during her life.[1] Her favorite psychedelic drug was2C-B-FLY, which she found particularly enjoyable in terms of enhancederoticism.[8][9][10][11][12]
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.[13]
Ann and Sasha often experimented with psychedelics together, and shared their findings with their confidential research group. "Different people have different body types, so Sasha thought it was important to see how a drug reacts in all kinds of people." When I ask Ann what Sasha's favorite of his own chemicals is she knows immediately. "It would have to be 2C-B. He was always very proud of that one. He called it the Great Teacher. Although I preferred 2C-B-Fly a bit more." But there are so many to choose from. DiPT, 5-MeO-AMT, 5-MeO-DALT, Methylone, 2C-T-7, and this list goes on. Ann can't say for sure how many trips they shared together, she just smiles and says, "We stopped counting at around two-thousand." This is a mind-boggling number considering the total may actually be closer to four-thousand.
The overall sentiment for [2C-B-FLY] is that it's one of the most enjoyable of the research psychedelics. Ann Shulgin — wife of Alexander Shulgin and co-author of the books TiHKAL and PiHKAL — once stated that 2C-B-FLY was one of her favorite psychedelics.
In one recent case, I said often, too often, that something called 2CB Fly was absolutely great for me. To me, it's the loveliest thing, especially for eroticism. But I found out that it's not interesting to anybody else. I realized that having said that, I was putting things in motion. The Internet was full of 2CB Fly, and people were asking about it and I thought "uh-oh." It turned out that it's a disappointment to most other people. So if I say what my favorite psychedelics are, it's almost meaningless for other people, because they have to find their allies very carefully.
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