Psychedelics mushrooms

Dobberstein, Scott Hajicek- Soma siddhas and alchemical enlightenment psychedelic mushrooms in Buddhist tradition. JEthnopharmacology 48, no. 2 (Oct 1995) 99-118. 

Ecstasy-related visits to hospital emergency rooms have skyrocketed in recent years, with approximately 250 reports of Ecstasy-related emergencies in 1994 to more than 4,500 in 2000. The majority of the visits are Ecstasy-induced malignant hyperthermia, the risk of which is increased when Ecstasy is combined with other drugs such as LSD ( candy flipping ), psychedelic mushrooms ( hippie flipping ), methamphetamine ( up Ecstasy ), heroin ( down Ecstasy ), and cocaine, Rohypnol, cough syrup, and antidepressants. 

McKenna, Terence, The Archaic Revival Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs and More (Harper SanFrancisco, 1992), 64. 

OFFICIAL NAMES Psilocybin, Psilocybe mushrooms STREET NAMES Magic mushrooms, shrooms, boomers, caps, cubes (Psilocybe cubensis), fungus, liberty caps, Mexican mushrooms, mushies, mushrooms, psychedelic mushrooms, psilocydes, purple passion, sillies, silly putty, simple Simon DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS Schedule I, hallucinogen... 

The visual effects of 2C-B can be much more intense than those produced by LSD or psychedelic mushrooms. Music can heighten the visual effects of the drug. Moving objects leave trails behind them, and colors may appear from nowhere. Surfaces may appear covered with geometric patterns and may seem to be moving. 

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For millenia, psilocybian mushrooms were used by native Americans, living mainly in Central America but also as far south as Chile. These original mushroom users left few records, but they did establish a tradition of psychedelic mushroom use. 

Over three summer vacations, the Wassons searched the Oaxacan highlands for someone who could tell them about the sacred mushrooms. They spoke to all the herb venders they could find and collected many different species of mushrooms previously unknown to scientists. In retrospect, it may seem amazing how long it took to find the objects of their search. The problem was that while they did find psychedelic mushrooms (none of which were tried), they found no one who would perform the ceremony or talk about the use of mushrooms. There was no way to tell if they were psychoactive unless tried, and who were they to trust ... 

When I was in my twenties, I was invited to a friend s wedding reception to be held at a home in the country several miles from the city. My friend mentioned that some close friends were going to be taking sacred mushrooms and asked if I would be interested in joining them. My friend assured me the experience would be quite safe. I replied that I had never taken psychedelic mushrooms, but that the possibility had always intrigued me. I was especially curious about the claims that psychedelics could produce profound mystical experiences. 

Hajicek-Dobberstein, S. 1995. Somasiddh-as and alchemical enlightenment Psychedelic mushrooms in Buddhist tradition JourrmlofEdmopharmacologySfi i) 99—118. 

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