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Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
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From: ao613@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jeff Heeney)
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Subject: Andrew Weil writes...
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Message-ID: <Cn8yDA.BC4@freenet.carleton.ca>
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 00:51:10 GMT
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An excerpt from the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs.
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Vol.7(No.1)Jan-Mar,1975
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Re: Liberty caps (in a field in Oregon)
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..Soon I had eaten 25 of the tiny mushrooms...
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Gradually I became aware of a strange sensation in my
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stomach, a sort of buzzing vibration that grew slowly in
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intensity. It was not at all unpleasant, and I knew at once it
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was the mushrooms. Over the next ten minutes this unusual
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feeling became stronger, filling my abdomen. Then it began
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to invade the rest of my body, pushing outward through the
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muscles to the extremities. I was distinctly aware of a subtle
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but powerful energy vibrating through the musculature of my
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whole body. It made me feel warm and strong. As it reached my
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head, my senses sharpened, and I found myself admiring qualities
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of the wet pasture I had ignored until then. The green of the
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grass was of glowing intensity, highlighted by tones of brown and
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red. The smell of the earth and rain was overpowerin. I had no
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desire to move. If the ground had been dry, I would have
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stretched out and rolled on the grass.
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Our little group slowly drew together. Obviously, we were
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all feeling the effects of the mushrooms. We moved slowly and
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gracefully, swinging our arms and laughing at each other. The
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laughter seemed to bubble up from inside, and the sound of it
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echoed inside my chest. I was also very conscious of the taste
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of mushrooms. It was as strong as if fresh in my mouth but was
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diffused through my whole body. I felt the taste in my muscles.
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......to be cont.
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--
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www
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O-O
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L
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-=- ........ so there!!
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Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
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From: ao613@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jeff Heeney)
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Subject: Andrew Weil (cont.)
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Message-ID: <Cn9EH9.Mpv@freenet.carleton.ca>
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 06:39:09 GMT
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The rain picked up in intensity. Clearly we could not
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stay out in the field much longer. It was late afternoon and
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turning colder. Slowly we wended our way out of the pasture,
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across the fence, and up a steep bank to the car. I curled up
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in a corner of the back seat as we started to move. It was an
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hours drive south along the caost to Greg and Susan's house.
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The mushroom energy continued to course around my body.
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And now it began to pull me away from ordinary awareness into
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a realm that bordered on sleep but was not sleep. It was an
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effort to maintain awareness of the car and my fellow passen-
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gers, let alone the scenery outside. Instead, I closed my eyes
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and began to see visions that were somewhere between images in
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the mind's eye and actual movies projected on the inside of my
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eyelids. At first there were shadowy patterns that tended to
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multiply themselves in infinite regressions, but these soon
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resolved themselves into very clear images of mushrooms. The
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mushrooms that appeared to me were of one type, not Liberty
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Caps. They grew in clustered bunches, the stipes arising from
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a common point, and lacked the Liberty Cap's distinct peak.
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They also seemed fleshier and bigger. I had never seen them
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before. Bunches of these visionary mushrooms appeared out of
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nowhere, springing up at odd angles, swirling and receding.
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They occupied my attention completely.
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"Are you all right?"someone in the front seat asked.
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"Yes, I'm seeing mushrooms." I opened my eyes for a
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moment, surprised by the brightness of the outside light. I
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closed them quickly and was instanly back in the comfortable
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night world of visions. I felt sorry for the driver and
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other front-seat riders who were attending to the road and
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could not watch the interior show.
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We arrived at the house without difficulty just as
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it was growing dark.
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"Are you still seeing mushrooms?"Greg asked me.
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I closed my eyes to make sure."Yes, they're still
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there."
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"A number of people who eat these things see mush-
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rooms,"Greg said.
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"The ones I'm seeing aren't the ones we ate. I wonder
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if I'll ever meet up with them."
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I told Greg and Susan that Liberty Caps more than
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lived up to my expectations and thanked them for introducing
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me to them. Hallowe'en seemed an especially fitting day on
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which to meet them.
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It was now a stormy Hallowe'en night, and a long
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ride through the mountains lay between us and Eugene. The
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visions were subsiding, and I volunteered to drive. It took
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some concentration to follow the tortuos road through the
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rain, but we arrived home without incident. I could still
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feel the vibrational energy in my muscles, though it was
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fading rapidly. About six hours after I had eaten the
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mushrooms, I was back to normal, feeling tired. I fell
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asleep and awoke the next morning refreshed and ready to
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leave Oregon for the south.
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--
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www
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O-O
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L
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-=- ........ so there!!
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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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From: ao613@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jeff Heeney)
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Subject: Andrew Weil (conclusion)
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Message-ID: <Cn9Fzz.98@freenet.carleton.ca>
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 07:11:59 GMT
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Excerpt from "Mushroom Hunting..." by Andrew Weil in
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the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs. Vol.7(1)Jan.-Mar.,1975.
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I did not return to the state until April. When I got
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back I made an effort to find out more about Liberty Caps and
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eventually got in touch with Jerry, the Oregon state student
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who had introduced Greg and Susan to the mushrooms. Jerry gave
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me much useful information about them. He said they appeared
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to be a species called Psilocybe semelanceata, that like all
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Psilocybes they had purplish brown spores, and like all
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psychoactive Psilocybes they tended to stain blue on handling
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or drying, although less so than other varieties.(I had seen
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no tinges of blue on the ones I ate.) Jerry said further that
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they appeared only after the Autumn Equinox and continued to
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grow until the Winter Solstice, despite low temperatures. Thier
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range extended from the California border north into British
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Columbia, from the ocean east to the crest of the coastal
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mountains. Of the active species he had tried, Jerry said
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Liberty Caps were his favourites.
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I have found reference to this species in one European
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handbook and in no American one. The European book called
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Psilocybe semilanceata a poisonous species. And, no doubt,
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persons who ate it unawares, without the proper set, would
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interpret the dramatic changes as mushroom poisoning.
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Andrew Weil writes again in the Journal of Psychedelic
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Drugs Vol.8(2)Apr-Jun.,1976.
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--
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www
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O-O
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L
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-=- ........ so there!!
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