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Thanks for posting, I appreciate it. However… Makes no sense to me. I just don’t understand how they would fund his trip—let alone secretly. Also, he discovered

Thanks for posting, I appreciate it. However… Makes no sense to me. I just don’t understand how they would fund his trip—let alone secretly. Also, he discovered magic mushrooms the first time— none of the ethnobotanists had yet. How did they know? I will remain skeptical till I get to primary sources.

Sin2x 4y ago
See here: http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultra4/DOC_0000017457/DOC_0000017457.pdf http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultra... (58-2) This document states, however, that Wasson had three expeditions prior to CIA involvement.
lioeters 4y ago
Apparently this topic is a deep rabbit hole. Here are some very questionable "fringe" theories. http://www.gordonwasson.com/ http://www.gordonwasson.com/ https://logosmedia.com/SecretHistoryMagicMushroomsProject https://logosmedia.com/SecretHistoryMagicMushroomsProject https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/6FBA86B0-0C57-9FCA-5CF9-D742DA541AAA#-4411 https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/6FBA86B0-0C57-9FCA-5CF9...
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
  > Apparently this topic is a deep rabbit hole. That's when you know you're on the right path — when the answers start getting harder to find, with more time between your certainty.
kirsebaer 4y ago
Wasson did not "discover" magic mushrooms, he was just the first white person to write about taking them. There were earlier reports on mushroom ceremonies, that is why Wasson went there.
- dr_dshiv 4y ago
  Well, considering that magic mushrooms are native to Europe (and Africa and Asia) and there is ZERO Greek, Latin, Sanskrit or modern language textual evidence, I think it is fair to say he discovered magic mushrooms in the same sense as Columbus discovered America. So, basically, I 100% agree with you. But pretty nuts that no one knew about them in Asian, Africa, Europe and most of the Americas until Wasson!!
dr_dshiv 4y ago
Here’s a primary source. Seems they gave $2000 to contribute to the expedition. Weird. Why would the CIA want to catalyze the the psychedelic revolution??? https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultra4/DOC_0000017457/DOC_0000017457.pdf https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultr...

Sin2x 4y ago

See here: http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultra4/DOC_0000017457/DOC_0000017457.pdf http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultra... (58-2) This document states, however, that Wasson had three expeditions prior to CIA involvement.

lioeters 4y ago

Apparently this topic is a deep rabbit hole. Here are some very questionable "fringe" theories. http://www.gordonwasson.com/ http://www.gordonwasson.com/ https://logosmedia.com/SecretHistoryMagicMushroomsProject https://logosmedia.com/SecretHistoryMagicMushroomsProject https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/6FBA86B0-0C57-9FCA-5CF9-D742DA541AAA#-4411 https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/6FBA86B0-0C57-9FCA-5CF9...

aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
> Apparently this topic is a deep rabbit hole. That's when you know you're on the right path — when the answers start getting harder to find, with more time between your certainty.

kirsebaer 4y ago

Wasson did not "discover" magic mushrooms, he was just the first white person to write about taking them. There were earlier reports on mushroom ceremonies, that is why Wasson went there.

dr_dshiv 4y ago
Well, considering that magic mushrooms are native to Europe (and Africa and Asia) and there is ZERO Greek, Latin, Sanskrit or modern language textual evidence, I think it is fair to say he discovered magic mushrooms in the same sense as Columbus discovered America. So, basically, I 100% agree with you. But pretty nuts that no one knew about them in Asian, Africa, Europe and most of the Americas until Wasson!!

dr_dshiv 4y ago

Here’s a primary source. Seems they gave $2000 to contribute to the expedition. Weird. Why would the CIA want to catalyze the the psychedelic revolution??? https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultra4/DOC_0000017457/DOC_0000017457.pdf https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mkultra/mkultr...