Tag: Mushrooms

This is the first entry in our series of NYU Local travel diaries. They aim to teach you how to do fun stuff abroad. I am momentarily living in a foreign country where the laws re: drugs are much more lenient, compared to the United States. I’ve had two separate Czech locals brag to me that...

As a kid, I thought few things were stranger and more repulsive than fungi. They smelled weird, looked strange, were sometimes poisonous, grew on dead things, and — for some reason I could not fathom — were used as pizza toppings. Who wanted to eat such things when there were other perfe...

The year is 2026. You find yourself at the pharmacy poised to collect your psilocybin prescription. The pharmacist hands you an orange pill bottle containing a single 25 milligram pill. Your mind drifts back to your recreational psychedelic days weighing out 3.5 grams of dried psilocybe AKA magic mu...

In the process of integrating Ibogaine over the past year, I got jaded with all things healing. For the first time in my adult life, I was able to take a sabbatical from the full-time healing responsibilities to just live. It was foreign but refreshing. Somewhere along the way, tho...

The small village of San José del Pacifico is located between Oaxaca, the capital of the state with the same name, and the tourist beach towns of the Pacific coast, like Puerto Escondido and Pochutla. If you are travelling through Oaxaca, you will have no issue getting there. There are almost...

Serving what Terrence McKenna called a hero’s dose (5g of mushrooms) is always an honour for me. The courage, strength, and vulnerability it takes to sit with the deepest parts of our psyche and be witnessed in the process is a remarkable and humbling thing. Last night, I serve...

Microdosing “magic” mushrooms (psilocybin) is making its way out of the dark taboo closet and into the daylight. Moms are openly talking about how it makes them better mothers, studies are reporting excellent outcomes for the treatment of anxiety and depression, people ...

Itwas a 6-hour therapy session within my own brain. That’s what my first magic mushroom trip felt like, at least. Sure, it was wavy. And even a little weird. The obscure shapes on my ceiling and walls that I never paid much attention to appeared to dance before my eyes. Colors were empha...

Fascinated by the mounting research detailing the therapeutic potential of psychedelic medicines, for several years I had been planning to embark on a higher dose mushroom trip. After securing some mushroom infused chocolate from a trusted friend and discussing my plans with a close mentor, we se...

Magic mushrooms, also known as psilocybin mushrooms, have been used for centuries for their hallucinogenic effects. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the potential therapeutic benefits of psilocybin, particularly for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and addiction. While the...

The Thai Pink Buffalo is a popular magic mushroom strain and exhibits the qualities of many other SE Asia varieties. But where did the Thai Pink Buffalo Mushroom come from, and what is the lore behind it? In this article we will attempt to provide the origin story of this mystical mushroom. Pink ...

It’s well-known that first responders face higher instances of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and substance abuse problems compared to the general public. According to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, while the average person may experience three traumatic events in their lifetime, a f...

Go ahead, put me in a box. I certainly do. I spend a lot of time thinking about “the right way” to act and believe. I was raised in a very orthodox Mormon family where obedience was the norm and disobedience was met with harsh punishment. I’ve wasted hours of my life setting goals ...