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Seeking the Magic Mushroom

Seeking the Magic Mushroom

Psilocybin Mushrooms The Extraterrestrial Inflitration of Earth? INTENSITY: 3 to 7 for most experiences. MATERIAL: There are dozens of species of mushrooms which contain the psychoactive alkaloids psilocybin/psilocin in active amounts. 99% of the psilocybin mushrooms I've seen sold on the underground market are the variety known as Psilocybe cubensis (also called Stropharia cubensis), and dosage levels discussed below pertain to this variety. Some species of psilocybin mushrooms contain up to 10 times as much psilocybin by weight as cubensis, producing an equivalent experience at a much lower dose. HISTORY: The use of psilocybin mushrooms can be traced back thousands of years. Terence McKenna suggests that hallucinogenic mushroom use may be much older than 3000 years, with the mushrooms being consumed and worshipped by early forms of humankind. DOSAGE: Although some users eat just one gram of "shrooms," dried weight, I find this produces little more than threshold effects. Psilocybin can also be combined with LSD, DMT, or Nitrous Oxide.

LEGENDARY SURFERS: "Lords of Acid" [Excerpt of "LORDS OF ACID, How the Brotherhood of Eternal Love Became OC’s Hippie Mafia," By NICK SCHOU, Orange County Weekly, July 7, 2005 ] Thumper knew it was time to run away from home when he saw his dad’s car in the driveway. He was walking home from Laguna Beach’s Thurston Middle School, heading up the hill to his house, reflecting on the fact that, months after the Summer of Love, his mom and dad weren’t quite finished beating the hell out of each other. His dad was vice president of a major perfume manufacturer, rich, and angry. Later that day, Thumper’s older sister, home on break from UCLA, called. His sister never came home. A month later, Thumper came home from school and heard yelling and screaming again. “So I went in search of my sister and stopped by Mystic Arts right across from Taco Bell” on Pacific Coast Highway. Thumper thumbed a ride. He tapped his buck-naked sister on the shoulder. “She’s like, ‘Not on me.’ The Brotherhood viewed marijuana and acid as sacraments.

10 Scientific and Technological Visionaries Who Experimented With Drugs - StumbleUpon Same here. We evolved along with, and because of, our diet. There weren't any classifications of "illegal drugs" back then, and these things flourish in all sorts of conditions in the wild - it's hard not to imagine at least occasional consumption. Considering mankind's predilection to experimenting with consciousness, along with the unique effects of these substances (including euphoria), it was probably more than occasional. If these fungi were part of a diet over time, they'd likely have some effect on our development. At the very least, to assume that these type of natural and prolific plants/substances had no part in our evolution would seem foolish. I just love the idea of psychoactive botanicals spurring hominid consciousness to a higher quantum state — the booster shot needed to make that leap forward in intelligence. SExpand Exactly!

10 Fatos Surpreendentes sobre Alucinógenos, Psicodélicos e Cogumelos Mágicos • O Mundo Mágico do Cogumelo “Ao contrário do cientificismo, a ciência no verdadeiro sentido da palavra é abrir para a investigação imparcial todo fenômeno existente.” Stanislav Grof O Instituto Tecnológico Biofarmacológico, que está localizado na companhia Promega em Madison, Wisconsin, recentemente hospedou o 10cimo Fórum Bioético Internacional chamado “Manifestando a Mente”. Diversos palestrantes notáveis deram apresentações em um assunto um tanto inesperado: o uso de alucinógenos como a psilocibina (encontrada por exemplo em cogumelos mágicos) para a melhor compreensão da natureza da consciência e até mesmo para o tratamento de doenças neuropsicológicas como a depressão, ansiedade e o vício em drogas. A Psilocibina (O-fosforil-4-hidróxi-N,N-dimetiltriptamina), que é um dos ingredientes ativos nos cogumelos psicodélicos, tem sido utilizada há anos pelos povos indígenas das Américas; em fato, os Astecas chamaram esses cogumelos de teonanacatl, ou “carne dos deuses”. 1.A Ausência da Dependência O Dr. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Psilocybin mushroom Psilocybin mushrooms, also known as psychedelic mushrooms, are mushrooms that contain the psychedelic drugs psilocybin and psilocin. Common colloquial terms include magic mushrooms and shrooms.[1] Biological genera containing psilocybin mushrooms include Copelandia, Galerina, Gymnopilus, Inocybe, Mycena, Panaeolus, Pholiotina, Pluteus, and Psilocybe. About 40 species are found in the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybe cubensis is the most common psilocybin mushroom in subtropical areas and the black market. Psilocybin mushrooms have likely been used since prehistoric times and may have been depicted in rock art. History[edit] Early[edit] Archaeological evidence indicates the use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms in ancient times. Hallucinogenic species of the psilocybe genus have a history of use among the native peoples of Mesoamerica for religious communion, divination, and healing, from pre-Columbian times to the present day. Modern[edit] Occurrence[edit] Effects[edit] Sensory[edit]

Albert Hofmann Foundation The World's First Hippies and Their Marijuana Sauna One of my favorite ancient historians is the entertaining and garrulous old Greek Herodotus (b. 484 BC), called the "father of history" by some and the "father of lies" by others. Herodotus was famous for reporting what he heard, which was often fantastic. His book centered on the conflict of Greece and Persia, and in so doing, he took the time to explain the customs and geography of the non-Greek world, from the oldest (Egypt) to the youngest (the Scythian nomads). Throughout, his attitude is exemplified by a comment he makes on Persian customs. After describing the Magi's Zoroastrian custom of killing evil animals (those created by the devil Ahriman such as ants, snakes, cats, and so on, unlike cows, dogs, and other good animals created by the good god Ahura Mazda), he says, "Well, it is an ancient custom, so let them keep it" (p. 58). He also gave the first ethnographic description of a pastoral nomadic people, the Scythians. Like totally far out!

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