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A nice selection you got there! thanx for putting the time in to put all those links up sun control species is also good, progressive psy/house? I think everyone reading this thread should stop what they are doing and play their favourite psy track, whateva genre, as loud as possible! I call it neighbourhood music appreciation

I don't agree taxes are the only way to curb emissions. Continued research into alternative energy sources such as geothermal, solar, hydroelectric etc will eventually make these technologies competitive in the market place, especially as carbon based fuel sources begin to run out. Surely climate scientists should be forgiven for being alarmist given that the issue at hand is the fate of all life on Earth. Given that Venus and Mars, our nearest neighbours are both devoid of life and both have CO2 based atmospheres, shouldn't we be cautious about releasing carbon into the atmosphere? I find the skeptic position on this issue hard to understand given the high stakes of destabilising the atmosphere. When articles such as these point to world domination as the purpose behind governments tackling carbon emissions, it makes the skeptic position appear pretty flimsy. To me anyway, I find conspiracy theories hard to swallow.

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thanks mate sesame st... subliminal st?

Found a single specimen of this mushroom in the front yard. The mottled cap and dark gills and spores caught my eye, I don't often see many like these in SE QLD (growing in grass that is - lots of panaeolus cyanescens in dung). It fits the classic panaeolus description to me. Any idea of the species? Thanks. edit: reduced image size

thanks Shroom-Aura, I have reduced the image size. I need to work out how to do macro shots properly! It's fun to practice anyhow. There is so much variation amongst the photos presented online for the different panaeolus species that its hard to make any definitive ID. I pinched the stem a bit last night and this morning it looks much darker than yesterday, so will definitely keep my eye out for any more.

mmm love those finger limes!

anything from zenon records is pretty good in my book! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTGc492JuL4

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cool thanks for the heads up, if I see a walking cobbler's peg I will know where they have been anyone going?

Southern Oracle is on next weekend, just outside of Warwick. It was probably this one you saw advertised, they have had a few posters around brizzie. Line up looks pretty good, never been to the venue though... if this awesome weather keeps up it could be worth a drive

Sesame Street: Martians meet radio (AKA sesame street teaches kids about the joys of techno music)

Walnut, Date and nutmeg cookies Ingredients: 225 gm whole wheat flour 1 cup dates, chopped 1 cup walnuts, chopped 200 gm butter, melted 1 egg 3/4 cup brown sugar 50mL sour cream 2 tablespoons local honey 2 tsp baking powder 1 large whole, fresh nutmeg, chopped finely 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder Preparation: 1. Sieve the flour and baking soda together. Mix in the chopped dates, walnuts, nutmeg and cinnamon. 2. Cream the sugar, honey and melted butter, add egg and sour cream when it has cooled, beat thoroughly. 3. Stir in the flour mixture. Mix the ingredients together until well combined. 4. Make balls with your hands and flatten the balls with your palm. 5. Bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 24 cookies A nice, mild nutmeg buzz can be felt after 2 or 3 cookies. A good way to put unsuspecting housemates in a good mood on a sunday morning

lol you should give them a call I wonder if it really is a joke or a metaphor for something else...

I actually was thinking about this just yesterday as I watered my acacia, psychotria and banisteriopsis plants. As I watered I said to the acacia, "here mate, meet your south american cousins – what do you think of them? hope it's okay they are growing here with you". The acacia indicated it was cool with a flutter of her leaves. I definitely feel a connection to the local land through the plants, especially the acacia-aboriginal-australia connection. Also gum trees have a special significance for me, when I see huge expansive forests of them all over australia it feels they are all forming a coherent single entity that transmits energy from the earth to the noosphere. I haven't felt a sense of the amazon through the psychotria and banisteriopsis plants yet, it more reinforces my sense of the local environment by observing how they adapt to it. But if morphogenetic fields exist, perhaps as they grow they will begin to transmit a sense of their ancestors and traditional habitat. I also feel there is a certain daoistic teaching to be learnt from observing the way plants and fungi grow. They seem to try and teach us the most appropriate way to live through example – efficient use of resources, patience, and beauty.

yep for me they are certainly real enough, well... real enough for me to think twice about visiting them anyway

Hi there and welcome, Although I'm sure a true shaman could help you understand your experiences, you should have more faith in your own abilities. Even though you say you are new to the spiritual side of life, just being alive is a form of spiritualism as the spirit is an inherent part of existence. Every night you go deep into the realm that the psychedelic experience makes available to you in a more conscious way. I came from exactly the same place, an atheist and non-believer in the supernatural -- its an amazing thing to discover the psychedelic experience from that perspective, as its totally unexpected. There is lots of literature out there that may help come to terms with these things - Terence Mckenna, Ralph Metzner, Aldous Huxley, Ram Das, to name a few good of the more well known authors. But when I look back at my journey, I sometimes wish I hadn't taken in the ideas of others so readily, as now its hard to tell which ideas are mine and which I have appropriated from others. As an individual, perhaps the most valuable thing you can offer to society is your own unique interpretation of the "other world", untainted by the suggestions of others. But I guess this doesn't help you come to terms with it as you are asking. I guess my suggestion would be to investigate the traditional usage of the compounds. In the case of DMT, this would mean looking into ayahuasca and perhaps yopo usage in south america. I would recommend reading 'Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey' by Rak Razam, who is an excellent Australian author. He also has a podcast called 'in a perfect world' that you may find useful. good luck!

yeah I really enjoyed this interview with Dan Schreiber[ too. His theories about bufo marinus being an activator of acacia tryptamine fields is pretty out there! I resonated with the idea of the self being a reflection of the universe, I think one of the examples he gave was global chaotic weather patterns being a reflection of the current human psyche. I have had very profound experiences of the natural world responding to my internal thoughts, such as the howl's of wild dogs rising and falling with my level of fear. I picture it as the physical material world, both the geosphere and biosphere, being the substrate for the mental noosphere to grow on – the physical and mental worlds are living in symbiosis with each other. I was skeptical about Dan winter as soon as I heard him talk, so not surprised to see he has ripped off other peoples ideas. Its strange how people are attracted to these kind of arrogant, know-it-all, charlatan types....

here's a list of vaporistation temperatures for common aromatic herbs from S&B: vape guide theoretically various alkaloid extracts should go well in vaporisers too.

what legal high was that?

nice one, what model is it? don't forget to save the vaped herb for baked goods! you can even just eat it without cooking in oil or whatever as the heat `activates' the THC.

wasn't there a guy in northern NSW living out of his car who was giving away cannabis oil to sick people?? I think he went to court a few years ago, anyone know the story?

looks like venus with clouds passing in front of it to me. maybe if they had a taken more acid they would have seen a real ufo!

haha ok I admit I am totally in love with mushrooms it was more the mixing with benzos part to make a weed substitute that irked me... thought I'd put my opinion out there to make people reading it think twice is all. very interesting, another animals shit to pay attention to! I have seen cubes growing out of horse and elephant dung, but thats not such a big leap from cattle really. I am constantly amazed at how tenacious psilocybe mushrooms are, they seem to be the ultimate survivor, being able to adapt to many new environments and changing climates - often aided by human contact. it seems pretty obvious to me these mushrooms have been following humans around since forever.