Merry Christmushroom

So since the talk of food shortages I've been looking into wild foods. In turn, I've run across a few references from seemingly different parts of the web. Jordan Maxwell talks briefly about an occult society where they revere the mushroom, the psychoactive magic mushrooms. They would adorn hats that were in the shape of Mushrooms and so on.

Then while watching videos on consciousness LSD and psychedelic mushrooms had been mentioned because it offers alternate perceptions of reality vs. your mind making things up. In other words one side would argue the using a psychoactive substances diminishes perception and since the brain cannot process reality it makes up what you see from your imagination. While others argue that while some senses do degrade others are enhanced.

Then replaying old videos of Bill Hicks and his bit about marijuana, mushrooms, and the evolution of man. Not that I think man is a creature evolved from monkeys that got into magic mushrooms. But is it at least possible that man can become a better man threw ones experiences?

So now all this hints to the idea that there is something going on that is far from common knowledge. But what? IMO even if you have the psychoactive mushrooms it's only half of the equation at best. More likely a 3rd. First there's attainment and consumption. This is like the key. Then the trip, which is like the door. But without a destination it's like opening a door to nowhere. No, I'm certain that you need a destination before you go on a trip or you'll just be standing in the doorway. If there is something in there that has any chance of advancing the evolution of consciousness then we are still missing part of the equation. Or maybe I'm wrong.

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Okay so back to edible mushrooms for a sec. Many types of mushrooms fruit at the same time each year. Some edible mushrooms are hard to find but grow in the same conditions as another mushroom that is not edible but more predominant. This is an indicator species. In turn each type of mushroom has specific requirements from which spores can take root. Knowing these requirements is another great indicator. Many mushrooms are seasonal meaning when they are fruiting you have get out and harvest. That said...

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Now, because the fall mushrooms are fruiting would be one of your last chances to gather and store food for the winter if you lived off the land and the name of the game right now is Amanita Muscaria, a legal entheogenic used traditionally by shamans for both spiritual and physical healing.

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http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec99.html
http://www.azarius.net/encyclopedia/14/Amanita_muscaria/.

If you followed the links above you now know I'm fixin' to do. What I haven't mentioned is that a batch of these things found me a few days ago before I really knew what I had found. I did a day of research and decided to give it a shot. I went back out there and harvested a paper grocery sack full of Amanita Muscaria or Fly Agaric. Sack was so full it broke a handle and had to double bag it. I tried 3 different drying methods but think I like the Shamans method of stringing them up. It take longer but it's hassle free and they look way better so far.

So then I started at a new jobsite today and the landscape and environment are about 95% perfect conditions for mushroom hunting. I found several Boletus edulis http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/sept98.html But didn't have time to grab 'em. So come Monday I'm going out early, I'm gonna smoke threw this job and see if I can round up a few of these and try 'em out. (note: the ones i found are about 4 or 5 inches in diameter not like that monster in the picture.)