Hi Ahuaeynjxs - Might be an idea to do 300 mushrooms and move onto that - or rather, its antithesis! :) Which "eastern philosophies" are you thinking of here? Cheers - Paul

Hi again Kai - ...Just a thought, as I see some others are reading Stanislav Grof's stuff. Get hold of a copy of Grof's Spiritual Emergency? Tis a damn good collection of papers on psychic-crisis states, with Stan as the Ed.

Hi Kai - I think it likely (as with most people) that the info that's led you to ask such a query emerges from a non-experiential domain, i.e., people lacking qualifications of internal journeying, or a lack of subjective vision on their behalf. There's nothing wrong with that, but people...

Many years back, my daughter and I were out gathering wild food n' stuff and came across a cluster of fine-looking mushrooms we hadn't seen before. They looked gorgeous and we were gonna have a nibble, but thought it best to err on the side of caution. Instead, we popped them in their own bag...

Hmmmmm....... I appreciate what you mean, but some people are fine with this. Over several years we did very large doses (averaging 300 P.semilanceata a week, sometimes considerably more) with little adversity. One powerful underworld event in 200 occasions - but we put this down to correct...

Hi ddoubled! The only secure way to identify a shroom you don't know (unless you can find a good mushroom-freak) is to get a spore-print of the specimen. I'd also have a look at Paul Stamets's Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World, aswell as whichever are the best North American colour-photo...

Hmmm......white fungal mould on your shrooms, ey...? That happened to mine a few times when I first started gethering them. As Mr Smith said, "if in doubt, throw them out." I've gotta agree. It's the same saying I've used for many-a-year. One time, many years back, I ended up having to...

Hi there! This is mi first post here as I've only just found the Psychonaut site. Looks damn good to me! But anyway - onto the matter being discussed: I've been picking these sacred little mushrooms for nearly 30 years and find, certainly in Europe, that the maggots & grubs only start...