Spirituality

Psilocybe… [east]…

The wood-loving Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata was first named by mycologists Richard Gaines and Gaston Guzman in 2007, based on mushroom samples taken in 2003 from wood chips at the side of a trail in… Pennsylvania. In its native range of the Northeastern U.S., mushrooms can typically be found from late April to early June, and occasionally all the…

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…psychedelics… mystic’s path…

…the use of psychedelics as a spiritual path… the vast majority of both active and lapsed Christians are unaware of the rich mystical traditions in the Christian faith… …this openness to the idea that we may find the divine in our own experience – that in a sense we are God, that there is no…

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District Attorney drops felony drug charge against… mushroom [church], citing voter legalization of psilocybin

At an arraignment hearing, a representative of the… District Attorney’s Office said the case was being dismissed against Ben Gorelick “in the interest of justice.” Carolyn Tyler, a spokesperson for the DA’s office, said the dismissal came about “in light of the voters’ decision”… Gorelick was arrested in February after police raided a warehouse in…

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Meet psilomethoxin, the love child…

Psilomethoxin was initially discovered and synthesized by researchers from the Pasteur Institute, led by Marc Julia, in 1965. The Pasteur Institute, founded in 1887, is a French non-profit center for biomedical research. It was named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax and rabies.  Psilomethoxin (4-HO-5-MeO-DMT) is a… tryptamine created in vivo using magic mushroom…

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…psychedelic activists… interview

…it makes sense why they target activists who are speaking out against… the absurdity of reaching, healing, and helping people through this extremely inaccessible medical care system and through the sales of pharmaceuticals – especially people that have been through complex trauma, people who are poor, people who are unhoused, people who use drugs or…

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Psychedelic chaplains… spiritual guides

The first wave of psychedelic chaplains is already here… reconnecting the link between psychedelics and religion, as science reconnects the link between the drugs and health. As states decriminalize psychedelics, said Ron Cole-Turner, professor emeritus at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary who often writes on theology and psychedelics, recreational, ceremonial and religious uses for psychedelics will likely…

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…psilocybin mushroom dispensary opens up in Hamilton

Hamilton is among the latest Canadian cities… psilocybin mushroom store. …dubbed the Mushroom Cabinet, is part of… the cause… the Hamilton store currently offers seven strains of dried psilocybin mushrooms, microdose capsules and edibles to adults aged 19 and older. Original Article (Regina Leader-Post):Unlicensed psilocybin mushroom dispensary opens up in HamiltonArtwork Fair Use: Mikko Veräjänkorva

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…psilocybin advocate… lessons…

Are we not doing it the right way with Measure 109, the 2020 initiative that made psilocybin legal in controlled, therapeutic settings and if you could change Oregon’s psilocybin program, what would you do? There are going to be huge headlines about how now you can legally access psilocybin. But there will be an asterisk,…

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…the “psychedelic renaissance”…

We do not disagree that there is a surging interest… of psychedelic substances into the machinery of the dominant economic operating system. …we are trying to understand the contours… of our relations with the sacred… entheogenic… plants… so we can better navigate the complex ethics of what it means to engage… Original Article (Doubleblind):Why the…

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