Psychedelic Mushrooms
Some Helpful Facts to Know about Psychedelic Mushrooms
Psychedelic mushrooms have a stigma about them, but many people don’t know the facts. They are not poisonous. In fact, the national institute that oversees findings about such substances rates their toxicity lower than aspirin or nicotine.
The biggest danger for amateurs seeking psychedelic mushrooms is that they often don’t pick the right kind, and they end up with poisonous, non-magic mushrooms. Do not collect mushrooms unless you know exactly what you are looking for.
When dealing with freshly picked psychedelic mushrooms, many conditions can affect whether they will be stronger than dried mushrooms. The age of the mushroom, its species and the conditions it was grown under will all affect whether they will have stronger properties than dried mushrooms.
If you want to disguise the taste of psychedelic mushrooms, you can wash them with orange juice or water, or make them into tea, with honey and ginger or ginger chai. Honey helps to disguise the taste, and ginger helps keep you from getting an upset stomach from the mushrooms.
If you experience nausea in association with psychedelic mushrooms, it will generally occur within the first twenty to sixty minutes. Some people may get more nauseous than others. If you make the mushrooms into tea or use them on an empty stomach, this can help alleviate nausea. Tribes of Shaman who use these mushrooms in their rituals usually stay away from any food or drink that contains fat, sugar, alcohol or caffeine, in preparation for the rituals.
Some newcomers to using psychedelic mushrooms want to smoke them, but the temperature created during the smoking of them destroys one of the ingredients, psilocybin. Mixing the mushrooms into hot foods doesn’t work, for the same reason.
Psychedelic mushrooms can cause what users have dubbed a “bad trip”. This happens when the euphoria that you usually feel changes into something darker and more frightening. This could be triggered by something in your environment that makes you feel threatened, or by bad memories, or by a sense that you are overwhelmed by the drug’s power. If you have never used psychedelic mushrooms before, your first use is more likely to result in a bad trip.
In answer to new users’ questions about how many psychedelic mushrooms one should take, there are really no set rules to go by, since the content of psilocybin varies from one species to the next, and from one mushroom to the next. Just as a general guideline, a medium dose is roughly equivalent to thirty fresh grams or three dried grams. Start out low and work you way higher. You can always add to the next dose, but don’t risk over-dose.