Free lectures from the original Orange Sunshine (ALD-52) chemist Nick Sand

[TheBlackPirate]

Erowid Character Vaults
Nick Sand
May 10, 1941 -

Photo by Jon Hanna, Nov 2009

Photo by Gene Bernofsky, 1967
from the University Archives, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Summary
In 1961, Nick Sand first took mescaline, sparking a life-long interest in psychedelic sacraments. While still in college, he began spending time at Millbrook, the commune home to Timothy Leary's League for Spiritual Discovery. A burgeoning interest in synthesizing psychedelic drugs grew into an avocation when, during a vision quest on DMT, Sand came to believe that he should devote his life entirely to manufacturing entheogens. He became a criminal as a matter of principle and as an act of civil disobedience, because he believed he was working for a higher good. He left New York in 1967, and headed to the San Francisco Bay Area to set up a lab, where he manufactured DOM (known at the time under the street name "STP") and MDA.

From 1968 through 1969 in Windsor, California, Sand worked in an illicit lab with Tim Scully, who taught Sand how to manufacture LSD. Scully and Sand both felt that it was extremely important to create a product of the highest purity at a standardized dose; these goals resulted in one of the most beloved "brands" of acid in the late 1960s: "Orange Sunshine". Although infamous because of his black-market LSD production, Sand was also the first underground chemist on record to have synthesized DMT. Eventually Sand and Scully were both arrested. In 1974, Sand was sentenced to 15 years, but he jumped bail and relocated to Canada, where he set up a new lab. He was arrested again in 1996 in Canada. Sand served time in prison from 1996 through late 2000, first in Canada, and then in the United States in fulfillment of the 22-year-old sentence that he had evaded. Since his release from prison, Sand has spoken at numerous public events.
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Free lectures from the original Orange Sunshine (ALD-52) chemist Nick Sand

Category Archives: Nick Sand

Podcast 172 – “The State of LSD in 2003″
Posted on February 16, 2009 by Lorenzo

Guest speakers: Earth & Fire Erowid, Ralph Metzner, Stanislav Grof, Nick Sand, and Dave Nichols

PROGRAM NOTES: Erowid’s LSD Vault LSD and Drug Testing LSD FAQ Part 1 LSD FAQ Part 2 “I believe it’s true to say that everyone who has experienced LSD or another psychedelic would look on that experience, especially the first […]



Podcast 154 – “Mind States 2003 LSD Panel”
Posted on August 25, 2008 by Lorenzo

Guest speakers: Nick Sand and Myron Stolaroff

PROGRAM NOTES: [The following quotations are by Nick Sand.] “This process of sharing through language our inherited ability to manipulate first stone tools, then concepts and symbols through language and printing, and then moving into the networking of electronic and virtually instantaneous world wide communication, are three quantum leaps […]



Podcast 054 – “Synergistic Combinations in the Future”https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-054-synergistic-combinations-in-the-future/
Posted on October 23, 2006 by Lorenzo

Guest speaker: Nick Sand

PROGRAM NOTES: In his 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, Nick Sand explains how best to use some of the more interesting combinations of sacred medicines. Additionally he answered a wide range of questions that included such diverse topics as the relationship of the atomic bomb to LSD and the reasons […]



Podcast 048 – 2006 Palenque Norte Lectures Sample
Posted on September 12, 2006 by Lorenzo

Guest speakers: Mark Pesce, Erik Davis, Daniel Pinchbeck, Alex Grey, Allyson Grey, and Nick Sand

PROGRAM NOTES: This was the most ambitious schedule yet for the Palenque Norte lectures, 39 speakers in four days. Thanks to the good folks at Entheon Village who provided the facility, which was one of the largest tents on the playa […]



Podcast 037 – “Imprisonment & Liberation Aspects of Consciousness”
Posted on May 17, 2006 by Lorenzo

Guest speaker: Nick Sand

PROGRAM NOTES: In this program, Nick Sand, one of the original psychedelic guides from the Millbrook commune, alchemist, yogi, spiritual practitioner, and drug war victim, discusses the psychological states encountered as an underground chemist, a fugitive, and his five years in prison. The topics dealt with will be how attitude, intention, and […]

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[TheAppleCore]

The word around here is that Nick Sand's alleged ALD-52 production was only a clever defense used by his attorney when he was on trial. ALD-52 has only become widely available very recently.

 

[wombat66]

^ that's true.
Another fun fact about Nick is that he was the first human to smoke DMT

 

[perpetualdawn]

Listening to Podcast 037 – “Imprisonment & Liberation Aspects of Consciousness” right now. Really interesting and amazing story.

 

[TheBlackPirate]

I went through all of them. I put them on my MP3 player. I play them while I am doing chores and exercising. My favorite was Podcast 054 – “Synergistic Combinations in the Future”

 

[samm2]

Podcast #172 awesome so far thanks whoever posted these.......

PS: It furthers and stresses my notion that a "practice" plus psychs is better than just psych's alone.