Chemistry

We meet an infamous LSD chemist and visit an unsung hero of psychedelic history.

Hamilton journeys to the abandoned underground lab of a psychedelic chemist, situated in the core of a volcano.

An aquatic voyage across continents to understand hallucinogenic fish.

Hamilton meets a few mushroom kingpins in their subterranean mushroom chamber.

Hamilton seeks out a shaman to perform the traditional ceremony honoring the psychedelic plant Salvia divinorum.

Hamilton meets Mexican mushroom shamans, clandestine growers and taxonomists.

Hamilton meets Timothy Wyllie, an artist and founding member of The Process Church whose experiences on PCP led him to be an advocate of the drug's use.

Hamilton tracks down a former PCP cook and uses his recipe to try to make the liquid version of the drug in a lab.

Deep in his laboratory, bartender Tony Conigliaro likes to see how far he can challenge the concept of what a drink is.