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Interesting, having ingested mushrooms some 30 or 40 times (at least, but whose counting) I've rarely experienced the vivid hallucinations the author describes.

Interesting, having ingested mushrooms some 30 or 40 times (at least, but whose counting) I've rarely experienced the vivid hallucinations the author describes. Even when having ingested up to five grams. I wonder if being in darkness, as the author was, aids in this. Perhaps with no other visual stimuli, the mind and the mushrooms can really take hold. I'll have to try this sometime.

sametmax 7y ago
Last time I got a vivid experience, i took almost 40 grams of fresh hawaian truffles. Not advising you should take that much of course. Or even suggesting you take it again. Just saying if you feel like it, you can up the dose a quite a bit, put a blindfold in a cozy bed in a safe and quiet room, and the result may differ. Also everybody is different. Some people just don't react much to psylocibin and there is nothing one can do :)
- ada1981 7y ago
  4-5g (dried) is about equivalent to 40g fresh.
  - sametmax 7y ago
    Yeah but he didn't mention it was dried.
- Fnoord 7y ago
  My first time (back when it was still legal in my country) was with 5 gram fresh mexican mushrooms (yes, fresh). Did I notice it! Almost fell asleep in bath (lucky I didn't fill it completely as a precaution), and the colours were beautiful, and music sound very 3D and touched me deeply.
- systematical 7y ago
  In my experience, 40 grams is an absolutely absurd amount to take of anything (beyond alcohol) to get a mind-altering state. I can achieve a reasonably altered state from just a gram of mushrooms and a mild high on just 500mg.
  - sametmax 7y ago
    Again, i'm not recommanding anything. I'm just saying uping the dose a lot is on the table.
    - systematical 7y ago
      As Roger Murtaugh would say, "I'm getting too old for this shit."
  - rosser 7y ago
    In most of the communities I've taken ayahuasca with, the "standard" dose is 1.5oz, which is ~42.5g. In others, it's even higher (or was, but has been reduced as they've refined their cook). Also, note that was 40g of fresh truffles. That makes a difference.
  - alaricallalia 7y ago
    40 wet is 4 dry
Ididntdothis 7y ago
I think people just react differently to substances. I tried Ayahuasca a while ago and during the first night I just felt very heavy and dizzy until I threw up after which I just felt relieved. Next night I had some interesting hallucinations but nothing that was very impressive or impactful. Other people in the same group talked about really life changing experiences on the other hand. I have also tried Marijuana and didn't feel good while others love it. I would be curious about trying mushrooms and LSD and see how that works for me. I wonder if it also requires some practice. If you start an intense sport it also takes a while for the body to get used to it so you can enjoy the tough moments. As beginner you just feel as if you are going to die. Maybe it's the same with psychedelics.
- LocalH 7y ago
  Make sure you have a close friend or family member, that you fully trust, when you try psilocybin or LSD. I also recommend you start with a smaller dose and work your way up. My first LSD experience was 50µg, and my second one was 100µg, and that second experience made me happy I'd chosen to respect the substance and not consume it alone at that level - I felt that I would have been really susceptible to being pulled into a "time loop" had my friend not been there and been assisting in providing me a source of continuity. I think I'd be open to a 50µg trip (or lower dose as well) by myself, but that's about it. Psychedelics also have different effects on different people. My psychedelic experiences have manifested in largely time-related ways. With approximately 40-50mg DMT, I experienced the sensation of being dragged kicking and screaming, so to speak, through a time loop that began at the point of consumption, and ended at what was "now", and the sensation of being ping-ponged back and forth. My 100µmg LSD trip was much more subtle, almost feeling like I was a sinewave oscillating around the "axis of time", and at the points where I was perfectly in sync, there were no visuals and a perfectly clear mind, while at the "out-of-sync" parts, I felt like every moment was a "flutter" of time, and I felt like I was gently being "tugged" back to the aforementioned axis. Highly subjective, and largely our brains interpret these experiences based on our already lived life, and the experiences that have shaped our psyche. Be safe, be careful, be respectful of these substances, and they can teach you quite a bit about yourself and about reality. They can also help you dig deep and find potential solutions to psychological issues (but if care is not taken with regards to set and setting, those issues can be exacerbated).
empath75 7y ago
I didn’t have extremely concrete visuals, but I did have a very strong feeling that there were tiny people in the room with me that wanted to talk. Like I couldn’t make them fully appear, but I knew they were there.
atlih 7y ago
Were they 5 dried grams?
- systematical 7y ago
  Yes, who are these people eating fresh/wet mushrooms?

sametmax 7y ago

Last time I got a vivid experience, i took almost 40 grams of fresh hawaian truffles. Not advising you should take that much of course. Or even suggesting you take it again. Just saying if you feel like it, you can up the dose a quite a bit, put a blindfold in a cozy bed in a safe and quiet room, and the result may differ. Also everybody is different. Some people just don't react much to psylocibin and there is nothing one can do :)

ada1981 7y ago
4-5g (dried) is about equivalent to 40g fresh.
- sametmax 7y ago
  Yeah but he didn't mention it was dried.
Fnoord 7y ago
My first time (back when it was still legal in my country) was with 5 gram fresh mexican mushrooms (yes, fresh). Did I notice it! Almost fell asleep in bath (lucky I didn't fill it completely as a precaution), and the colours were beautiful, and music sound very 3D and touched me deeply.
systematical 7y ago
In my experience, 40 grams is an absolutely absurd amount to take of anything (beyond alcohol) to get a mind-altering state. I can achieve a reasonably altered state from just a gram of mushrooms and a mild high on just 500mg.
- sametmax 7y ago
  Again, i'm not recommanding anything. I'm just saying uping the dose a lot is on the table.
  - systematical 7y ago
    As Roger Murtaugh would say, "I'm getting too old for this shit."
- rosser 7y ago
  In most of the communities I've taken ayahuasca with, the "standard" dose is 1.5oz, which is ~42.5g. In others, it's even higher (or was, but has been reduced as they've refined their cook). Also, note that was 40g of fresh truffles. That makes a difference.
- alaricallalia 7y ago
  40 wet is 4 dry

Ididntdothis 7y ago

I think people just react differently to substances. I tried Ayahuasca a while ago and during the first night I just felt very heavy and dizzy until I threw up after which I just felt relieved. Next night I had some interesting hallucinations but nothing that was very impressive or impactful. Other people in the same group talked about really life changing experiences on the other hand. I have also tried Marijuana and didn't feel good while others love it. I would be curious about trying mushrooms and LSD and see how that works for me. I wonder if it also requires some practice. If you start an intense sport it also takes a while for the body to get used to it so you can enjoy the tough moments. As beginner you just feel as if you are going to die. Maybe it's the same with psychedelics.

LocalH 7y ago
Make sure you have a close friend or family member, that you fully trust, when you try psilocybin or LSD. I also recommend you start with a smaller dose and work your way up. My first LSD experience was 50µg, and my second one was 100µg, and that second experience made me happy I'd chosen to respect the substance and not consume it alone at that level - I felt that I would have been really susceptible to being pulled into a "time loop" had my friend not been there and been assisting in providing me a source of continuity. I think I'd be open to a 50µg trip (or lower dose as well) by myself, but that's about it. Psychedelics also have different effects on different people. My psychedelic experiences have manifested in largely time-related ways. With approximately 40-50mg DMT, I experienced the sensation of being dragged kicking and screaming, so to speak, through a time loop that began at the point of consumption, and ended at what was "now", and the sensation of being ping-ponged back and forth. My 100µmg LSD trip was much more subtle, almost feeling like I was a sinewave oscillating around the "axis of time", and at the points where I was perfectly in sync, there were no visuals and a perfectly clear mind, while at the "out-of-sync" parts, I felt like every moment was a "flutter" of time, and I felt like I was gently being "tugged" back to the aforementioned axis. Highly subjective, and largely our brains interpret these experiences based on our already lived life, and the experiences that have shaped our psyche. Be safe, be careful, be respectful of these substances, and they can teach you quite a bit about yourself and about reality. They can also help you dig deep and find potential solutions to psychological issues (but if care is not taken with regards to set and setting, those issues can be exacerbated).

empath75 7y ago

I didn’t have extremely concrete visuals, but I did have a very strong feeling that there were tiny people in the room with me that wanted to talk. Like I couldn’t make them fully appear, but I knew they were there.

atlih 7y ago

Were they 5 dried grams?

systematical 7y ago
Yes, who are these people eating fresh/wet mushrooms?