Transform Press

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Transform Press
Industry Book publishing
Founded1991
Founder Alexander Shulgin; Ann Shulgin
Headquarters,
Key people
Alexander Shulgin; Ann Shulgin; Wendy Tucker
Products PiHKAL , TiHKAL , The Shulgin Index , The Simple Plant Isoquinolines, The Nature of Drugs, Ergot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses
OwnerWendy Tucker
Website transformpress.com

Transform Press is a small publishing company in the area of psychedelics and other psychoactive drugs that is based in Berkeley, California. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It is the publisher of the books of Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin and is led by Wendy Tucker, Ann Shulgin's daughter. [1] [2] [5]

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The company's published books by the Shulgins include PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved) (1991), TiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved) (1997), The Shulgin Index (2011), The Simple Plant Isoquinolines (2002), and The Nature of Drugs (2021). [1] [3] [2] [4] [5] They have also published Ergot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses (2023), an English translation by Jitka Nykodemová of Albert Hofmann's 1964 book Die Mutterkornalkaloide: Vom Mutterkorn zum LSD (The Ergot Alkaloids: From Ergot to LSD). [6]

According to Nick Cozzi of the Alexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI) in mid-2023, the group is in the process of translating Daniel Trachsel's book Phenethylamine: von der Struktur zur Funktion (Phenethylamines: From Structure to Function) into English, with tentative publication by Transform Press. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lighthouse, Charles (23 August 2024). "Barn Raising For Shulgin Farm". Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Stone, Katie (26 July 2021). "Grandparents of Psychedelics Ann and Sasha Shulgin Honored by Friends and Fellow Researchers". Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 In Memoriam Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today’s Psychedelic Re-Emergence, Dies at 91. MAPS Bulletin: Special Edition, XXXII2. 2022. https://maps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AnnShulgin-MAPS-Bulletin-XXXII2-V1b-15.pdf
  4. 1 2 Presti, David (14 July 2022). "Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today's Psychedelic Reemergence, Dies at 91". Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "'Born Illegal' -- Exploring the Powerful Advanced Psychedelics Invented by the Father of Ecstasy". 1 October 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  6. Hofmann, Albert (10 October 2023). Ergot Alkaloids: Their History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses. Transform Press. ISBN   979-8-9874977-0-8 . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  7. Hamilton Morris (25 July 2023). "POD 81: Dr. Carl Hart and Dr. Nicholas Cozzi at the MAPS conference". The Hamilton Morris Podcast (Podcast). Patreon. Event occurs at 1:17:57.