INNER TRAVEL
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I ate psychautrops, with my wife Judith. I crumbled two little mushrooms in each of two glasses and poured hot water over them to make a tea; Stamets had recommended that I “cook” the mushrooms to destroy the compounds that can upset the stomach. Judith and I each drank half a cup, ingesting both the liquid and the crumbles of mushroom.
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20min later Judith reported she was “feeling things,” none of them pleasant.
WEIRD SENSATION
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I went into the kitchen to polish off my cup of mushroom tea, because I wasn’t yet feeling very much. Not too long after; much happened, or seemed to happen.
Whenever I closed my eyes, random images erupted as if the insides of my lids were a screen.My notes record: Fractal patterns, tunnels plunging through foliage, ropy vines forming grids. I started to feel panic rise at the lack of control I had over my visual field. I thought, I am learning how to manage this experience.
Whenever I closed my eyes, random images erupted as if the insides of my lids were a screen.My notes record: Fractal patterns, tunnels plunging through foliage, ropy vines forming grids. I started to feel panic rise at the lack of control I had over my visual field. I thought, I am learning how to manage this experience.
PSYCHEDELICS VISUAL
FRACTAL PATTERNS
1.At active levels, psilocybin induces visionary ideation of spacecraft.
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
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“I’m having these very interesting visuals,” she said, something having to do with the stains on the coffee table coming to life, swirling and transforming and rising from the surface in ways she found compelling.
PARALLEL WORLD COMING TO LIFE
COMPLEX VISION
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I stepped outside, feeling unsteady on my feet.
BODY LOSS OF CONTROL
1.Magic mushrooms can cause partial parallesis during the trip.
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I had planted the hydrangea decades ago, in hopes of creating just this sort of intricately tangled prospect. Backlit by the late-afternoon sunlight streaming in, its neat, round leaves completely filled the window, which meant you gazed out at the world through the fresh green scrim they formed.
It seemed to me these were the most beautiful leaves I had ever seen. I could feel their curiosity and what I was certain was an attitude of utter benevolence toward me and my kind.
It seemed to me these were the most beautiful leaves I had ever seen. I could feel their curiosity and what I was certain was an attitude of utter benevolence toward me and my kind.
CONNECTING WITH THE PLANT
FEEL THEIR CURIOSITY
FEEL THEIR CURIOSITY
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BUT THEN THE TRIP STOPPED.
WE WERE NOT HIGH ANYMORE.
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GUIDELINE OF THE TRIP (%)
INNER TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
CACRACTERISTICS
THEORIES
END
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BUT THEN THE TRIP STOPPED.
WE WERE NOT HIGH ANYMORE.
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Backlit by the late-afternoon sunlight streaming in, its neat, round leaves completely filled the window, which meant you gazed out at the world through the fresh green scrim they formed.
In hopes of creating just this sort of intricately tangled prospect,
I had planted the hydrangea decades ago.
In hopes of creating just this sort of intricately tangled prospect,
I had planted the hydrangea decades ago.
FEEL THEIR CURIOSITY
CONNECTING WITH THE PLANT
1.Magic mushrooms can cause partial parallesis during the trip.
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
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The garden was thrumming with activity, dragonflies tracing complicated patterns in the air, the seed heads of plume poppies rattling like snakes as I brushed by, the phlox perfuming the air with its sweet, heavy scent, and the air itself so palpably dense it had to be forded.
I stepped outside, legs a little rubbery.
I stepped outside, legs a little rubbery.
BODY LOSS OF CONTROL
1.Magic mushrooms can cause partial parallesis during the trip.
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
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She made it clear she wanted to be left alone to sink more deeply into the images—she is a painter. The phrase “parallel play” popped into my mind, and so it would be for the rest of the afternoon.
PARALLEL WORLD COMING TO LIFE
NEED TO GO DEEPER ON THE JOURNEY
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I discovered that all I needed to do to restore a sense of semi-normality was to open my eyes. To open or close my eyes was like changing the channel. I thought, I am learning how to manage this experience.
I went into the kitchen to polish off my cup of mushroom tea, because I wasn’t yet feeling very much. Not too long after; much happened, or seemed to happen.
I went into the kitchen to polish off my cup of mushroom tea, because I wasn’t yet feeling very much. Not too long after; much happened, or seemed to happen.
MANAGE THE TRAVEL WITH THE MIND
2.There is a general futuristic, science fiction quality to the psilocybin experience that seems to originate from the same place as the modern myth of the UFO.
1.At active levels, psilocybin induces visionary ideation of spacecraft.
1.At active levels, psilocybin induces visionary ideation of spacecraft.
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She told me her mind and her body seemed to be drifting apart.
then that her mind had flown out of her head and up into the trees, like a bird or insect.
BODY DISOCIATION
MICROSCOPIC FEELING
Often the psychonaut experiences a perception of flight and even a feeling of weightlessness.
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I ate psychautrops, with my wife Judith. I crumbled two little mushrooms in each of two glasses and poured hot water over them to make a tea; Stamets had recommended that I “cook” the mushrooms to destroy the compounds that can upset the stomach. Judith and I each drank half a cup, ingesting both the liquid and the crumbles of mushroom.
PSYCHEDELICS VISUAL
SENSE OF LIGHTENESS
TO AN OUTTER SPACE