From step-by-step guides on creating your own fungal haven, to insights into the lifecycle and ecology of these captivating organisms, our collection covers every facet of wild mushroom cultivation. Even if the “turn on, tune in, drop out” lifestyle will never be for you, reading about the psychedelic journeys that others have taken through these first-hand accounts could help you learn more about the potential of this topic. We offer an exquisite collection of mushroom foraging books, wild mushroom cookbooks, and guides tailored to the passionate mycologist in you.

After all, if we just sat round all day marveling at how amazing leaves were, nothing would get done! Consulta siempre con un profesional pues, como "guía de identificación", éste es un libro más bien del montón a pesar de toda la información que contiene: llamarlo guía de campo hubiese sido más honesto. Featuring images of over 100 fascinating species, sourced from the archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Magic of Mushrooms shows that from saving lives to expanding the mind, the potential of these fascinating organisms should not be underestimated. Alongside his brother Dennis, Terrence developed the Stoned Ape Theory, the controversial but engrossing idea that humans developed the brain’s frontal cortex—responsible for language, art, and higher thinking, i. At the centre of countless superstitions, folkloric tales and magical beliefs, as well as appearing in recipes and medicines both traditional and modern, mushrooms have incredible powers.If you're entranced by the enigmatic allure of the forest, intrigued by the diverse array of shapes and colours that fungi grace our landscapes with, and eager to embark on the gratifying journey of mushroom hunting, you've discovered your haven. Whereas we will get very excited over the concept of an advanced alien intelligence, we cannot sense that same kind of advanced intelligence in the laws and forces of nature that served to evoke life. It is a how-to guide, and if one isn’t interested in the process of cultivation, one might find the book a bit dry. Look no further than Julian Vayne’s most recent contribution to the field, Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony. Immerse yourself in these invaluable resources, designed to empower you with the skills and insights needed to explore the fascinating world of wild truffles.

It documents the many ways psychedelics have guided and advanced human consciousness and played an integral part in our species’ evolution. The author informs, muses, and amuses as he chronicles his psilocybin explorations and insights into natural intelligence.

Ethnobotanist Terence McKenna explores mankind’s relationship to mind-altering plants from past to present, arguing that we’ve lost the shamanic understanding of their significance.

Desde mi punto de vista, una guía con indudable sentido práctico no puede presentar un conjunto de dibujos anatómicos "aclaratorios" tan rudimentarios e indescifrables para el aficionado o novato, pues acaba por expulsar a éste de la utilidad de la obra. He started repeating his mantra maybe one hundred times, maybe more, while holding onto the tree: "stop stuttering now". Whether you’re enthusiastic, cautiously optimistic, or skeptical about what more scientific studies will reveal about this emerging type of therapy, these books on psychedelics are a great way to introduce yourself to the topic.We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. With our list of the Top 5 Psychedelic Books, we’ve got the goods to keep your third eye glued to the pages for a long, weird time. this is a quick but very dense guide that is great for studying the history of cultivation and dissemination of cubensis but i wouldn't recommend actually following these rules nowadays considering these techniques have long been surpassed and made much much simpler as time went by and more people began home-growing and experimenting. Autopsy findings are: marked gastro-intestinal edema, hemorrhagic gastro-enteritis, lymphoid tissue and lymph node hyperplasia, fatty degeneration of the heart and liver similar to that seen in carbon tetrachloride poisoning, tubular necrosis of the kidneys, and swollen brain with multiple hemorrhages and degenerative nerve cell damage. In no small way, this work also ignited the curiosity of countless future psychonauts and undoubtedly inspired some of the other psychedelic books on this list.

The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible is the first new book on magic mushroom cultivation published since 2006. You may know him from his books Brave New World and Island, but Aldous Huxley was far from just a novelist. It is what has been deliberately left out in most mycological texts but when read alone, everything looks like it's part of these few species. In the very psychedelic book Doors of Perception, Huxley details his personal journey with mescaline, the compound commonly found commonly in Peyote and San Pedro cacti. So get ready to Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out, or in this case, Turn on your reading light, Tune into the present, and Drop into some psychedelic literature.Hart argues that racism is at the very core of the American war on drugs, and the hypocrisy of our current drug laws has led us to the inequitable reality we currently face. With mass production and consumption of mind-altering compounds like LSD, psilocybin, and DMT a reality today and with more on the horizon, it’s vitally important that education and preparation precedes experimentation. The author projects an honest and at times critical view of the roles that these “drugs” have played in human history.