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Krystle Cole
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5 July 2007

In Lysergic, Krystle Cole describes the events that occurred in her life within the time period of 2000 to 2003. Krystle explains her involvement with Gordon Todd Skinner and William Leonard Pickard, the infamous LSD chemists who operated their lab in an underground missile silo in Kansas. This lab, after being busted and shutdown by the DEA, was reported to have been producing 90% of the world's supply of LSD.

Having written the book at 23 years of age, Krystle gives an account of her unique perspective regarding the events she has often called "the crazy psychedelic freak show" that ensued after the Pickard LSD lab bust. Lysergic is a combination of things; it is a story of love, a story of abuse, and most of all a recounting of the experiences that have ultimately exerted a profound effect upon Krystle's life.

Krystle recounts ingesting numerous rare entheogens such as LSD, mescaline, ergot wine, DMT, ALD-52, and 2-CI, among others. She describes the subjective effects of each entheogen, and how these experiences impacted her life at the time. As well, the 2nd edition of Lysergic contains excerpts from letters that Skinner wrote to Krystle from prison.


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  • Paperback: 190 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2nd Edition edition (5 July 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1434801926
  • ISBN-13: 978-1434801920
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 20 x 25 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 406,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Krystle Cole earned a Bachelor’s of Integrated Studies degree in Psychology and Substance Abuse Counseling from Washburn University in 2009. Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s of Science degree in Psychology with an emphasis in evaluation, research, and measurement with an expected graduation in September of 2012. That having been said, Krystle is probably most known for the NeuroSoup website and making drug educational videos on youTube. As the founder of NeuroSoup, Krystle hopes to educate people about the positive and negative aspects of all drugs, whether they are legal, available by prescription, or illegal. Moreover, Krystle strives to aid in addicted individuals’ recovery by providing online self help drug and alcohol rehab resources.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read 21 Feb 2013
By Leon
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Really enjoyed reading Lysergic and finished it fairly quickly. Krystle made a fantastic job of writing it, she writes with such openness and simplicity that anybody (even without knowledge of psychoactive compunds or the Brotherhood) can feel the love, pain and excitement of these experiences.
Simplicity is the sister of mastership and she mastered this story well.
For those who are looking for an insight into the blissful world of entheogens, there is a lot to learn from the author's introspective comments following each experience. We could all use some of her attitude and philosophy towards life and im sure many appreciate her work.
There is a lot of wisdom in this book and I highly recommed it to all: the author pleasantly combines knowldge from all kinds of areas which intersect with psychedelic sacraments.
I believe that writing which comes from a warm heart, with such honesty and positive intentions deserves a good mention and I'm proud to know we all have the freedom to read and, in turn, show others the truths which have been taboo'd out of our sight until recently.
Second part of the book, the letters of Todd from jail, was not particularly interesting to me and I stopped reading after several. The thought of catfood sandwiches ruined my appitite...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply interesting 22 Feb 2013
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A firm knowledge of hallucinogens, with a real life story to back it up. Krystle has lived an amazing experience. Would suggest to anyone
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super Tripper 6 Aug 2012
By David Biddle - Published on Amazon.com
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Krystle Cole's LYSERGIC is quite an amazing story that I highly recommend. This is a memoir, and quite post-modern in structure and content. Somehow the folks who gave this book low marks didn't get that. You need to know it's the story of a young woman's life and how she stumbled into the underground world of psychedelics and became one of the world's most unlikely super trippers. I wish I'd been able to read this book when I was in my psychonaut days. Krystle has a chapter for each of the major psychedelic excursions she took and they're all pretty amazing. She is at her best describing her trips and what happened to her mind and what she learned. I don't think I've ever read something about psychedelics so personal and touching.

The book is also a cautionary love story between her and Todd Skinner -- the guy who essentially found Krystle performing at an exotic dancing lounge in Kansas and introduced her to the world of psychedelics. At first Todd is loving and kind and intellectually engaging. Krystle is a beautiful young woman. But she's also whip smart and lonely. Over time, though, she realizes Todd has secrets and is part of a major drug manufacturing ring.

In the end, this is the story of an astoundingly charismatic young woman who overcomes tremendous odds. If you have seen Krystle's amazing videos (search for her or her organization Neurosoup on YouTube), you know she's got a heart of gold and a goofy sense of humor to boot. That she came through the intense craziness described in her book stronger, enlightened, and so willing to give to the world is amazing. Lysergic should be read by anyone who is interested in altered states. It is poetic at times. Thoughtful. Funny. Scary. And so much more.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Amateurish but vital LSD History 27 Oct 2012
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Aficionados of the ultimate psychedelic may recall that acid got very hard to come by at the beginning of the 21st century. That's because the major manufacturer of the drug was busted. Krystle Cole was there. A goth stripper from Kansas, she got involved with Gordon Todd Skinner--he and William Leonard Pickard were the major kingpins of LSD. She describes the old missile silo that served as the manufacturing base. Cole has gone on to host the invaluable website Neurosoup. To put it mildly, she is Experienced; she's created an excellent database of psychoactive compounds, their promises and risks, and produces charming, disarming videos on their use and misuse. This volume tells an amazing story. Unfortunately it is not very well written, and more unfortunately it has vast gaps as Cole needs to protect herself from prosecution and wants minimize legal harm to many involved. The second part of the book consists of letters she has written to Skinner and his responses, but the key events, involving a kidnapping, are danced around, and it's very tough to figure out what happened. But many of the descriptions of the intense mental experiences of the drugs she has ingested are superb. This whole area of inquiry is necessarily shrouded in mysteries wrapped in enigmas, and Cole is a brave soul to release this book and continue with the work she does on the website. One can hope in the future for better-written and more complete chronicles of these events, but given the still repressive and stifling climate we continue to endure, one must be grateful for the gift of a book such as this.
15 of 21 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A peek behind the curtain... 22 Jun 2005
By Zachary D. Holden - Published on Amazon.com
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Cole, a smart young woman from Kansas, is picked up by G. Todd Skinner, a rogue psychopharmacologist who was involved for a time in producing 1/3 of the world's LSD, and swept into a world of high-power drug deals, shady exchanges with Big Brother and entheogenic (psychedelic) experiences.

The book is written from her perspective about the events that transpired over the 3 or so years that she lived with Skinner. We learn about such exciting things as: the jet-set life of a drug chemist, how to launder huge amounts of money, how the DEA protects drug creation/distribution, and the bust and subsequent trial of Skinner and accomplices. As well as: what it's like to take such exotic entheogens as Ergot (Templar) Wine, DMT, and ALD-52, the effects that these compounds and concoctions had on her physically, psychologically and spiritually, and personal realizations such as the reality of telepathy, non-duality and the fickle nature of our perceptions.

I did have a few problems with the book, however. I feel that she didn't go into as much depth as I would have appreciated throughout most of the book. It seemed like we got more of a gloss of what was actually going on. Another problem was the fact that I can't tell if the book was linear or not, though I think the latter. And, her narrative is a mixture of what happened and her philosophical interpretation of what happened, which is organized haphazardly.

All in all, it's definitely a worthwhile read. There is a lot of stuff in this book which I'm glad was released honestly to the public. She is confident in her convictions and clearly not a disinformationist. This is bound to become a collectable for psychonauts who can relate with her experiences and scholars who specialize in government shenanigans.
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