DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide
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1. See Gentleman's Quarterly, July 1991.<br />
2. See Yoga Journal July/August 1990<br />
PSILOCYBIN<br />
MUSHROOMS<br />
THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL<br />
INFLITRATION OF EARTH?<br />
INTENSITY: 3 to 7 for most experiences.<br />
MATERIAL:<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are dozens of species of mushrooms which contain the psychoactive<br />
alkaloids psilocybin/psilocin in active amounts. 99% of the psilocybin<br />
mushrooms I've seen sold on the underground market are the variety known<br />
as Psilocybe cubensis (also called Stropharia cubensis), and dosage levels<br />
discussed below pertain to this variety. Some species of psilocybin<br />
mushrooms contain up to 10 times as much psilocybin by weight as<br />
cubensis, producing an equivalent experience at a much lower dose.<br />
HISTORY:<br />
<strong>The</strong> use of psilocybin mushrooms can be traced back thousands of years. In<br />
Plants of the Gods, Schultes and Hofmann trace the use of these mushrooms<br />
to numerous locations and Indian cultures in pre-Colombian Mexico and<br />
South America. <strong>The</strong> Indians held the mushrooms with such reverence that<br />
the Aztecs named them Teonanacatl, meaning "flesh of the gods" or "divine<br />
flesh." Sacred objects relating to mushrooms, such as the mushroom stones<br />
shown above, have been found dating back as far as 1000 B.C.<br />
Terence McKenna suggests that hallucinogenic mushroom use may be much<br />
older than 3000 years, with the mushrooms being consumed and<br />
worshipped by early forms of humankind. He even suggests that mushroom<br />
spores arriving from outer space may have been some of the earliest forms
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