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name: pihkal
image: "https://assets.0xhoneyjar.xyz/Mibera/traits/SS4_freetekno_Pihkal.webp"
archetype: Freetekno
swag_score: 4
date_added: "2024-07-10"
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# pihkal

## Visual Elements

a book with black and blue cover, with its title in red that reads “PiHKAL”, and smaller text in white below it that reads “A CHEMICAL LOVE STORY”.

## Cultural Context

PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved) is Alexander and Ann Shulgin's 1991 book cataloging over 170 psychoactive compounds they personally synthesized and tested. It is the encyclopedia of psychedelic chemistry and a foundational text for harm reduction.

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## Justification

The cookbook that changed everything. If the collection tracks humanity's relationship with psychoactive substances, this is the modern Rosetta Stone.
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**Dominant Colors:** black, blue, red
**Archetype:** freetekno
**Swag Score:** 4
**Date Added:** 2024-07-10
**Introduced By:** Jani
**Team Notes:** "for da nerds out there we could have these two books as fings to hold" — Jani, Sep 2023, #items-accessories | "If I don't mint one, def buying on secondary. Galaxy face and pihkal and Tihkal books. And babybera traits. Gonna buy a bunch." — babybera, Jan 2024, #milady-week
**Sources:**
- https://discord.com/channels/1133935527855399053/1143685538075902095/11522090550881
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pihkal-Chemical-Story-Alexander-Shulgin/dp/0963009605