{"title":"William Leonard Pickard","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-rose-of-paracelsus-on-secrets-sacraments","title":"The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets \u0026 Sacraments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHandwritten over four years from maximum-security federal prison cells, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets and Sacraments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, is a unique work of psychedelic literature that explores the potential of human cognition. This book follows the narrator, a Harvard graduate student and researcher, as he uncovers an intricate, global psychedelic network through encounters with “The Six,” clandestine LSD chemists who synthesise planetary-scale batches of the substance, traversing states of consciousness and advancing human evolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom Cambridge to Moscow, Oxford to Zürich, Princeton to Mazar-i-Sharif and Bangkok, this book illuminates lifestyles within a rare and elusive organization, one that has evolved special gifts: advanced capacities of thought, memory and perception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Rose of Paracelsus\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychedelic biography of its author, William Leonard Pickard, a former Harvard chemist who served 20 years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute LSD. An excerpt from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/synergeticpress.com\/catalog\/the-nature-of-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Synergetic Press, 2021).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne of the documentarians who made a podcast series dedicated to readings of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rose of Paracelsus \u003c\/i\u003esaid of the book, “Other than LSD, it’s quite possibly the most psychedelic thing you’ll ever find on paper.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this book matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by William Leonard Pickard, one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures in psychedelic history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA singular work of psychedelic literature handwritten throughout Leonard Pickard's experience in federal prison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a rare, firsthand glimpse into the clandestine world of LSD synthesis and the underground networks that shaped psychedelic culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the outer limits of human cognition, consciousness, and perception through a deeply personal and literary lens\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed as “quite possibly the most psychedelic thing you’ll ever find on paper”  a transformative reading experience in its own right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"By William Leonard Pickard","offers":[{"title":"Signed Copy","offer_id":44719008776237,"sku":"9780692509005-Signed","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44719008809005,"sku":"9780692509005","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":44719008841773,"sku":"9781957869001","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/9268\/4077\/files\/roseofparacelsus.jpg?v=1773783788"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/9268\/4077\/collections\/wlpLI.jpg?v=1773783601","url":"https:\/\/synergeticpress.com\/collections\/william-leonard-pickard.oembed","provider":"Synergetic Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}