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Krystle Cole was only eighteen when she met Gordon Todd Skinner, an LSD chemist and DEA informant. Todd and his partners’ had an LSD lab in a missile silo located near the Cabaret, in Topeka, Kansas, where she worked as an exotic dancer. Kansas has a nonexistent nightlife compared to that of the San Francisco bay area where this group, the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, originated and consequently some of them ended up frequenting her club. Before long, she fell in love with Todd and began traveling around the United States with him.

Krystle had known Todd for six months when he turned in his partner William Leonard Pickard to the DEA in exchange for complete immunity. The newspapers said that it was the largest LSD lab ever busted in the United States. It produced about 90% of the world’s supply and brought in millions of dollars each month.

Throughout her time with them, Krystle took many rare psychedelics such as Mescaline, Ergot wine, DMT, ALD-52, 2-CI, and others. She explains what each substance felt like and how it spiritually impacted her life afterward.

Praise for Lysergic

A peek behind the curtain..., June 22, 2005 (Amazon.com)
Reviewer: Zachary D. Holden "Dr. Quickbeam" (Lawrence, KS USA)

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.

About The Author:

Krystle Cole is a psychedelic researcher, writer, and artist. She is currently working on a children’s book series, a board-game, and several painted mandalas.