Shamantar Teo Nanacatl, das Fleisch der Götter

In der Geschichte der Menschheit haben veränderte Wachbewusstseinszustände, die durch den Gebrauch psychoaktiver Pflanzen hervorgerufen werden, wahrscheinlich schon sehr früh eine große Bedeutung gehabt. So gab es bereits in der menschlichen Frühgeschichte vor etwa 60.000 Jahren Spezialisten für den Gebrauch von heilenden Pflanzen.

Dies belegen bei Ausgrabungen im Irak gefundene Heilpflanzen, die als Grabbeigaben identifiziert wurden. Sie enthalten Substanzen, die noch heute im medizinischen Gebrauch Anwendung finden. Unter ihnen war auch die psychoaktive Substanz Ephedrin nachweisbar. Durch andere archäologische Funde wissen wir, dass Pflanzen, die psychoaktive Wirkstoffe enthalten, in prähistorischer Zeit auf fast allen Kontinenten in Gebrauch waren. Solche Zauberpflanzen gehören so eng zum menschlichen Leben, dass ihre Entstehung in den Ursprungsmythen fast aller Völker erwähnt wird. So ist zu vermuten, dass erste Gotteserfahrungen unter dem Einfluss von psychoaktiven Substanzen stattgefunden haben. Die Zauberpflanzen waren Geburtshelfer der Religion, der Schlüssel zum mystischen Raum, der Urgrund menschlicher Kultur. Unsere Ahnen erkannten in solchen Pflanzen Lehrmeister, die ihnen Visionen gaben, die Sprache der Natur entschlüsselten oder Ratschläge zur körperlichen und geistigen Heilung erteilten. Überall auf der Welt sind Kulte entstanden, in deren Zentrum die rituelle Einnahme magischer Pflanzen steht. Manche dieser Rituale haben sich über Jahrtausende bis in die Neuzeit erhalten. Zu ihnen gehört der religiöse Gebrauch psilocybinhaltiger Pilze in Mittelamerika.

Psilocybe Semilanceata USA Liberty Cap

Liberty Caps psilocybin mushrooms

Psilocybe semilanceata, commonly known as the liberty cap, is a Psychedelic or Magic Mushroom that contains the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and baeocystin. Of the world's psilocybin mushrooms, it is the most common in nature, and one of the most potent. The mushrooms have a distinctive conical to bell-shaped cap, up to 2.5 cm (1.0 in) in diameter, with a small nipple-like protrusion on the top. They are yellow to brown in color, covered with radial grooves when moist, and fade to a lighter color as they mature. Their stems tend to be slender and long, and the same color or slightly lighter than the cap. The gill attachment to the stem is adnexed (narrowly attached), and they are initially cream-colored before tinting purple as the spores mature. The spores are dark purplish-brown in mass, ellipsoid in shape, and measure 10.5–15 by 6.5–8.5 micrometers. The mushroom grows in fields, grassy meadows, and similar habitats, particularly in wet, north-facing fields (south-facing for southern hemisphere) that are well-fertilized by sheep and cattle feces. But unlike P. cubensis and P. coprophila, the fungus does not grow directly on dung; rather, it is a saprobic species that feeds off decaying grass roots. It is widely distributed in the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in Europe. However, it has also been reported occasionally from warmer locations such as India, South America, and Australasia. The earliest reliable history of P. semilanceata intoxication dates back to 1799 in London, and in the 1960s the mushroom was the first European species confirmed to contain psilocybin. Further investigations into the chemical makeup of the fungus revealed the presence of the substances phenylethylamine and the psychotropic baeocystin.

Beautiful visuals and colourful patterns

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Magic Truffles Atlantis:

Psilocybe atlantis: Indigenous only to Fulton County, Georgia, Psilocybe Atlantis is another relative of the magic mushroom family and has a pleasant taste and smell. This type of sclerotia has appeared on the market and is more potent than either Tampanesis or Mexicana. 
Exercise caution it’s surprisingly strong compared to the other types; similar to the difference between the old Cubensis mushrooms and the Hawaiian mushrooms.

Magic Funghi: Psicoattive

Magic funghi allucinogeni

Con il termine generico di funghi allucinogeni s'indicano le specie di funghi dalle caratteristiche psicoattive (in particolar modo allucinogene). Ne esistono circa duecento specie, diffuse in tutto il mondo, e ogni anno i micologi ne classificano di nuove. Evidenze storiche e archeologiche dimostrano che una pluralità di culti e tradizioni, sia a scopo religioso sia terapeutico, si è sviluppata intorno ad essi. I cactus e i funghi allucinogeni erano e sono tuttora tradizionalmente diffusi presso le popolazioni indigene di diverse zone dell'America e il loro uso, legato a riti sacri e fatto risalire al 2000 a.C., si è perpetuato presso le culture degli Inca, degli Aztechi e dei Maya. L'uso di funghi allucinogeni si è sviluppato presso diverse popolazioni antiche delle Americhe e ancora oggi è perpetuato presso popolazioni tradizionali del Messico centrale. Pare che il loro uso non fosse estraneo anche alle culture europee, africane e asiatiche fin dall'età della pietra. info:www.shamantar.com

Tampanensis: The Philosopher's Stone

Paul Stamets

Around 1978, the mycologist Paul Stamets found a way to grow the tampanensis. The Philosopher's Stone was born.

Psilocybe mexicana mushroom

Psilocybin Mexicana is a psychedelic mushroom. It was first used by the early natives of Central America and North America over 2,000 years ago. This species was discovered by French botanist Roger Heim.

Magic mushroom Mexicana

 It was from this species that Dr. Albert Hofmann, working with specimens grown in his Sandoz laboratory, first isolated and named the active entheogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Uncertain of whether or not the artificially cultivated mushrooms would retain their natural psychoactive properties, Dr. Hofmann consumed thirty-two specimens. The following is his account of the experience, published in his classic text, The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens:

 "As I was perfectly aware that my knowledge of the Mexican origin of the mushrooms would lead me to imagine only Mexican scenery, I tried deliberately to look on my environment as I knew it normally. But all voluntary efforts to look at things in their customary forms and colours proved ineffective. Whether my eyes were closed or open, I saw only Mexican motifs and colours. When the doctor supervising the experiment bent over me to check my blood pressure, he was transformed into an Aztec priest, and I would not have been astonished if he had drawn an obsidian knife. In spite of the seriousness of the situation, it amused me to see how the Germanic face of my colleague had acquired a purely Indian expression. At the peak of the intoxication, about 1½ hours after ingestion of the mushrooms, the rush of interior pictures, mostly changing in shape and colour, reached such an alarming degree that I feared I would be torn into this whirlpool of form and colour and would dissolve. After about six hours, the dream came to an end. Subjectively, I had no idea how long this condition had lasted. I felt my return to everyday reality to be a happy return from a strange, fantastic but quite really experienced world into an old and familiar home."

Sclerotia Grow Kit Ready to grow Psilocybe Mexicana

 Psilocybe mexicana Solitary or in small groups among moss along roadsides and trails, humid meadows or cornfields, in particular in the grassy areas bordering deciduous forests, and limestone regions. Common at elevations between 1000–1800 feet, rare in lower elevations, known only from Mexico and Guatemala. Fruiting takes place from May to October.

 Like some other grassland species such as Psilocybe semilanceata, Psilocybe tampanensis, and Conocybe cyanopus, Psilocybe mexicana may form sclerotia, a dormant form of the organism, which affords it some protection from wildfires and other natural disasters.

Magic mushrooms & truffles: Legal status

The purified chemicals psilocybin and psilocin are listed as Schedule I drugs under the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.However, the UN drug treaties do not apply to cultivation, preparation, or international transport of psilocybin mushrooms.


Internationally, the two chemicals are generally considered Controlled substances. However, there is much ambiguity about what is considered a "container" of these compounds in several countries (e.g. Brazil), the chemicals themselves are listed as controlled substances, but the mushrooms that contain the chemicals are not, therefore deemed legal.

History of Psilocybe

Hallucinogenic species of Psilocybe have a long history of use among the native peoples of Mesoamerica for religious communion, divination, and healing, from pre-Columbian times up to the present day.

Hallucinogenic Psilocybe were known to the aboriginal Mexicans as teonanácatl (literally "divine mushroom")and were reportedly served at the coronation of Moctezuma II in 1502. After the Spanish conquest of the Americas, the use of hallucinogenic plants and mushrooms, like other pre-Christian traditions, was forcibly suppressed and driven underground.

By the 20th century, hallucinogenic mushroom use was thought by non-Native Americans to have disappeared entirely. However, in 1955, Valentina and R. Gordon Wasson became the first Westerners to actively participate in an indigenous mushroom ceremony. The Wassons did much to publicize their discovery, even publishing an article on their experiences in Life in 1957.
In 1956, Roger Heim identified the hallucinogenic mushroom that the Wassons had brought back from Mexico as Psilocybe and in 1958, Albert Hofmann first reported psilocin and psilocybin as the active compound in these mushrooms.

There is some skepticism in whether or not these "sacred mushrooms" were actually those of the Psilocybe genus. However, according to Heim's research in Mexico, he identified three species of Psilocybe that he believed were used in these Indian ceremonies. The species identified by Heim were; Psilocybe mexicana, P. caerulescen, and P. zapotecorum. Variety of Psilocybe mushrooms that make up the teonanácatl group of hallucinogenic mushrooms, including Psilocybe cubensis.
During Heim's field and culture work, he was under the guidance of a descendent of the Mazotecan ancestors (the natives which partook in experimenting with these hallucinogens), the head of the family, Isauro Nava Garcia.
He was an avid observer of the fungi in his environment while identifying specific characteristics about the fruit body of the Psilocybe genus his ancestors utilized, as well as knowing where they could be found.
At present, hallucinogenic mushroom use has been reported among a number of groups spanning from central Mexico to Oaxaca, including groups of Nahua, Mixtecs, Mixe, Mazatecs, Zapotecs, and others.

 The popularization of entheogens by Wasson, Timothy Leary, and others has led to an explosion in the use of hallucinogenic Psilocybe throughout the world. By the early 1970s, a number of psychoactive Psilocybe species were described from temperate North America, Europe, and Asia and were widely collected. Books describing methods of cultivating Psilocybe cubensis in large quantities were also published. The relatively easy availability of hallucinogenic Psilocybe from wild and cultivated sources has made it among the most widely used of the hallucinogenic drugs.

Psilocybe-Distribution and habitat

Distribution and habitat

Geographically, species in this genus are found throughout the world in most biomes, with the exception of high deserts. Of the 60 species of Psilocybe that occur in the United States, 25 are hallucinogenic. For the bluing Psilocybe, the greatest species diversity seems to be in the neotropics, from Mesoamerica through Brazil and Chile. Psilocybe are found in a variety of habitats and substrates. Many of the bluing species found in temperate regions, such as Psilocybe cyanescens, seem to have an affinity for landscaped areas mulched with woodchips and are actually rather rare in natural settings removed from human habitation. Contrary to popular belief, only a minority of Psilocybe species, such as P. coprophila and P. cubensis, grow directly on feces. Many other species are found in habitats such as mossy, grassy, or forest humus soils.

Psilocybe cubensis World map