A Celebration of the Pioneering Legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin

Session 5: Towards a Sane and Healthy Future

Moderated by Mike Margolies 

Roundtable with Michael Pollan, Bob Jesse, and Dr. Julie Holland

Closing statements with Ann Shulgin, Dr. Paul Daley, Wendy Tucker, and Keeper Trout

City Lights Booksellers & Publishers joined with Synergetic Press and Transform Press for a two day virtual symposium on June 26 and 27 in tribute to the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin and celebrating the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature Of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact.

Bold explorers of the frontiers of neurochemistry, Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, master psychopharmacologist, along with his wife Ann, during their lifetimes, helped usher into being a major paradigm shift in the way we view the exploration of human consciousness. Through a series of sessions comprising lectures and panel discussions, we will explore the many aspects of the legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin and pay tribute to a man known to many as one of the great pioneers of the exploration of human consciousness.

This event was originally broadcast on Sunday June 27 in the Zoom platform and hosted by Peter Maravelis.

Sponsored by the City Lights Foundation in conjunction with the Beckley Foundation, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, Erowid Center, Firside Project, Lucid News, McKenna Academy, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Psychedelic Sangha, Psychedelic Society San Francisco, Psychedelic Society UK, Psychedelic Seminars, Psychedelics Today, and the Usona Institute.