It felt like getting intoxicated to me, and then kinda like my limbs were getting super heavy.
But it wasn't very bad for me cause I'm used to drinking, and it didn't last long.
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It felt like getting intoxicated to me, and then kinda like my limbs were getting super heavy.
But it wasn't very bad for me cause I'm used to drinking, and it didn't last long.
By come up I refer to everything leading up to tripping. Never felt remotely drunk on shrooms.
I did a smallish dose the other day (hardly any visual disturbance besides better pattern recognition) and I had INCREDIBLE recall of previous life events. I went down memory lane recalling all sorts of things I had forgotten or blacked out. It was really interesting!
copacetic
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[Warning - Ramble]
I started writing a long essay about this, as it's an interesting question, but in the end it boiled down to the fact that we all, as individuals, react differently to the substances that we put into our body, for an enormous variety of reasons: what are you taking? Why are you taking it? What are your expectations? What are the life experiences you may be forced to look into more deeply than you are comfortable with? What kind of mood are you in at the time? Do you experience depression or anxiety? Where and with what sort of people is the experience taking place?
This is a list that could go on just about forever, and it's going to vary from person to person. I get highly anxious if I smoke cannabis, but I know many people who enjoy it enormously. In any event, I am just ruminating, and stating the obvious.
The recreational aspect of shrooms is an interesting topic as well - It seems a lot of people feel it is not an appropriate use of the drug, and I disagree with this personally; I have had some of the most incredible evenings of my life, simply sitting in a chair (or dancing around an empty room), with a pair of headphones and the ability to close my eyes, see some beautiful patterns, and bury myself in the manifestation of another human being's expression of their art through music, which, while enormously enjoyable, is recreational, by definition. Also, doing this with people you care about deeply is an extremely valuable experience.
That being said, and I am getting semantic here, there truly is something special about psilocybin (in my view) - I am a stone cold materialist, with no sense of there being a higher power/s, or really anything outside of what we currently understand about the nature of reality. That said, I've had moments that I would cautiously label as approaching spiritual, which for me is a fascinating mental place to be in, compared to where I normally reside.
As for the emotional things that can be brought up - Well, since this will differ from person to person, everyone is going to have a variable answer to this.
For me, personally - I am (although I most certainly could be wrong about this), relatively self-aware in the context of my personal history, experiences, current and past fears and the various existential conundrums that fill my head. As such, I don't find going down the rabbit hole is an entirely uncharted path, as if there be dragons, I can usually anticipate their nature and prepare accordingly. That being said, I don't feel ready for an ego-dissolving rocket into the unknown, which is where, I believe, the real magic can happen. One day, perhaps.
And finally, and this opinion may be frowned on - If a person is going to take any substance that might cause psychological distress, there is no harm in having something available to lessen a negative and frightening experience (and what I mean by this is, for example, having something like diazepam available for someone who is tripping their tits off and freaking out), unless the very purpose of the experience is to face your fears, which is also of course perfectly valid, but something that requires thought, support and preparation.
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I ended up writing a long essay regardless.
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Interesting indeed, I get that when I'm stoned on weed, especially using strong strains like Laughing Buddha and White Widow.
mercurial
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Try Penis Envy and Azurescens. They are generally regarded as the strongest.
That's interesting too... My memory is pretty bad when stoned
Azurescens followed by Pan Cyans followed by Penis Envy.
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Where can I get these?
In South Africa, no idea. Most vendors won't sell them. Cubes (of which Penis Envy are one example) are the easiest to grow, so that is what everyone sells.
If you want stronger shrooms, you generally have to grow them yourself.
Azurescens will only grow outdoors on wood chips, while Pan Cyans can be grown indoors but are more fiddly than Cubensis (also known as Cubes).
It is likely that every shroom you have ever tried, or seen for sale, is a Cubensis. It is the most common by far. Golden Teachers, Texas, Penis Envy, Albino, B+, etc etc all Cubensis. Different varieties of the same species.
How about Psilocybe natalensis ?
I wanted to grow these case they from the Natal
Google it but somehow I doubt it is not a Cubensis. It is probably a Cubensis misidentified as something else.
There are some South African Cubensis varieties - Transkei is one.
Cubensis is popular because it is easy to grow and relatively strong.
EDIT: Googled it! Oops, it does exist and is not a Cubensis. Difficulty would be getting hold of spores for it. It probably has a similar growth habit for Cubensis.
krieg
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How about Psilocybe natalensis ?
I wanted to grow these case they from the Natal
I ordered some spores of this strain from sporespot and awaiting delivery. They have it listed as Psilocybe Cubensis Natal 'Super Strength'.
krieg
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My spores arrived within two days from Durban. Stocked up on vermiculite and coco, going to try my hand at it this weekend.
Looks good! How do you plan to grow them? I've never heard of people starting spores on coir - usually coir is used as a bulk material or as a casing layer.
krieg
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From what I read I'm going with brown rice flour if I can find it/make it. I see the syringes are 10cc so I want to try and make 10 cakes. Going with the PF tek method as the accompanying guide suggests. I'm not quite sure what you call it but I would rather grow using a substrate layer at the bottom and then growing directly in it, seems you get a lot more mushrooms that way but baby steps for now.
Yeah I think I know what you mean. Brown rice flour and vermiculite is the standard, should work pretty well.
Then you'll have a layer of verm at the bottom with the cakes on top? Should be fine. Don't overdo it with misting them.
Oh one step that I missed the first time I did that is that apparently you need to dunk your cakes in water for a few hours after they have colonised. So, you inoculate them, wait for them to colonise, and then remove them from the jars. You then soak the cakes in water for a few hours before carrying on. The reason this matters is that the mushrooms are mostly water. Each time you get a flush, the cake loses a lot of water and you need to replenish it between flushes. But, keeping them too wet all the time tends to raise the risk of contamination by bacteria.
Good luck! Its an exciting hobby. I don't know why, but I just love the sight of growing shrooms. I think I'd even consider growing non magic shrooms, its just awesome.
Then you'll have a layer of verm at the bottom with the cakes on top? Should be fine. Don't overdo it with misting them.
Oh one step that I missed the first time I did that is that apparently you need to dunk your cakes in water for a few hours after they have colonised. So, you inoculate them, wait for them to colonise, and then remove them from the jars. You then soak the cakes in water for a few hours before carrying on. The reason this matters is that the mushrooms are mostly water. Each time you get a flush, the cake loses a lot of water and you need to replenish it between flushes. But, keeping them too wet all the time tends to raise the risk of contamination by bacteria.
Good luck! Its an exciting hobby. I don't know why, but I just love the sight of growing shrooms. I think I'd even consider growing non magic shrooms, its just awesome.