∂an
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I was forced to buy white bread instead of whole grain today! lets hope the bruce highway opens soon so I can start driving down to Rainbow Serpent!
on a serious note, condolences to those seriously effected.
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too much rain at the moment and not enough sun. cow pies are getting saturated with water and not fruiting. but when the sun comes out again, bonanza time!
no cows in brisbane? maybe not the in CBD
, but brisbane is a pretty big place! go for a sunday drive in the outer suburbs...
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cool shrooms ! what time of year in Timor was this? or they all year round there?
December. Timor tends to be much drier than the rest of the indonesian archipelago at sea level (mountains are always wet, but not hot enough for copraphillic mushrooms really). The second half of 2010 was abnormally wet in Timor, however, and perhaps these mushrooms would not be able to be found every year in December.
No one I met in Timor, including expats, locals and tourists, new anything about these mushrooms so couldn't tell me if they grew all year or not. The families I met in indonesia that harvest them said they only found out about them when tourists started coming in the 1970's and eating them. So perhaps the knowledge of shrooms in Timor will increase as tourism expands.
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this time some photos from indonesia proper. good times...
most seemed to be classic panaeolus cyanescens, but there does seem to be considerable variation within the species.
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Prodigy - One Love
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here are some pics of an 18 month old maidenii plant. grown in small pot for 12 months, put in the ground for the last 6 months. it has almost tripled in size since being in the ground
at the beginning of its life, the seed was soaked in water for 24hrs and sown 1 inch deep in soil from backyard in a 15cm diameter pot. will try and find some seedling photos.
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yep they seem to love this part of the world. would recommend East Timor to anyone interested in ethnobotany, the traditional anamism practices are alive and well. the locals love telling there creation stories, and sorcery and magic plays an important role especially in the mountainous areas. brugmansia and datura are also prolific.
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I have tickets. This will be my 1st
my first too, coming bck to OZ especially for this one! going to be a ripper...
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anyone heading along to this one? looking forward to seeing alex grey and shpongle amongst a plethora of other ethnobotanically inspired acts. some interesting talks on also.
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Nice pictures, where were they found?
Timor-Leste
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yeah thanks hutch, good to see an australian newspaper running this story. although overall I am happy with the tone of the article, some parts are a bit misleading:
Portugal and Switzerland are compelling examples of the positive impact of policies centred on prevention, treatment, and harm reduction. Both countries have decriminalised drug possession for personal use.
As far as I understand switzerland allows people to grow a number of cannabis plants for personal use, and has a heroin treatment program. In 2008 they voted against decriminalisation of cannabis. So to compare Switzerland's policies to that of Portugal's highly progression policies is a bit misleading I think.
Drugs are harmful to health. They undermine users' decision-making capacity.
What exactly does Mr Cardoso mean by drugs in this context? I assume in his mind he is making a distinction between legal pharmaceutical drugs that are prescribed by doctors for the promotion of health, and illegal drugs that ALWAYS are harmful to health. But this is absurd – all drugs, prescribed by a doctor or not, can be harmful if used incorrectly, and some illegal drugs can be highly beneficial to the health of body and mind if used correctly. Given the British governments recent call to scrap the need for scientific advice on the classification of drugs, it is clear that illegal/legal devision is in no way indicative of a substances health giving or taking potential. Rather, it is a politically motivated devision (ie to do with the bank balances and societal structures of nations).
If we are to get to the bottom of the 'drug' problem, the first thing we need to do is provide an adequate definition of that word. Does a drug always have to be a physical substance that is ingested? If one looks at the symptoms of alcohol abuse and TV watching, one would have to conclude that both are very similar drugs. Society at large needs to educated on drugs - their pharmacology, uses, history, dangers and benefits. Opiates and tryptamines are so different, for example, that to use the word drug to describe both is entirely misleading. In an ideal world we would scrap the word drug, and use pyschoactive substance. Then on the evening news if someone died of a 'drug overdose', instead the headline would be 'synthetic opiate overdose' or whatever. We are infantialised by our use of poor language.
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The active ones could be Panaeolus cyanescens or P. cambodginiensis.
The inactive ones could be Panaeolus antillarum or P. semiovatus.
thanks mate, from looking at mushroom john's website I think p. cyanescens seems the most likely candidate for the active ones. here are some more pics of similar active species, this time found at sea level (previous ones were at 600m):
I enjoyed searching for these mushrooms as only ever find cubensis back in oz.
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unless i missed something the physiological symptoms were from the weed in that story, because sassy suffered cannabis hyperemesis (i'm pretty certain that i did too).
No I understand what hyperemesis is. Guess I just assumed such heavy use must have initially began from using cannabis for a reason such as treating nausea as you suggest, or glaucoma etc. Just find it hard to understand how people end up smoking such enormous amounts of a plant that is so much more rewarding in moderation...
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So to cut a long story short the number of cones I can smoke ( these days I vaporize ) in a day is 8 ,ie 4 sessions x 2 cones without fear of illness . 10 is pushing my luck and 12 I would likely be sick again in a couple of weeks.
Interestingly (to all you bongheads ) I get far more stoned from 8 vaps a day than I ever did from 60 a day . Less is more . Better to go up and down than never have it leave your system.
glad to hear you've got a handle on it now man, from 60 to 8 sessions a day is a big reduction. what happens when you go cold turkey? I've found the thought of it is much worse than the actual withdrawl symptoms... although it sounds like you are using cannabis to treat existing physiological symptoms.
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in my current SE asia hideout you can buy an ounce of homegrown nicotinia rustica for 20 cents US. its dry and harsh, but definitely gives a more smooth and satisfying experience than commercial cigarettes (LA lights...
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These copraphillic mushrooms were photographed in south east asia (in hindsight I should have taken many more photos but light was running out... sorry for the poor quality pics – will attempt more photos when I am back in the area) The first two pics are of the same cluster and I assumed them to be inactive lookalikes. The latter are most definitely a psilocybin containing species as a bluing reaction was observed after 10 minutes when the stem was broken (also the one on the right is seen to have an already blackening stem). The former however did not seem to exhibit a bluing reaction after heavy bruising and being left in the field over night. However I have found in the past that the bluing reactions sometimes takes a very long time to be observed for this species, but surely over night is sufficient for it to occur. They look remarkably similar, with purple to black spores and gills and whitish caps – however the latter do seem to have thinner more yellow stems, compared to the more fleshy white stems of the former (although this could just be due to different stages of development). Also the latter appear to have more hemispherical caps. My mycological intuition immediately saw a difference between these two clusters of mushrooms, although it is hard to see in the photos. Is anyone aware of non-active copraphillic copelandia cyanescens look-a-likes? any photos of these species would be greatly appreciated.
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When really, the profundity just is. We just are. Here and now. And its fkn rad.
If im gonna play in the sand,
im at least gonna make a mad ass sandcastle.
well said – magic is everywhere.
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afoaf become interested in mycology very recently, and went looking around some farms in the Mary valley today, they were all growing on cow pats. they are a bit damaged because, he had a bit of a long drive home b4 he could photograph them. he was worried someone may have seen him picking them and notified the establishment, so he put them in a plastic bag and hid them in the air-filter box lol. When they were fresh they had nice white stems and a funky light gold colouration about the size of a 20c coin on the top. sik did a spore print and it was a dark pinky-purple colour, and when he pinched the undamaged white part of the stem it gradually changes to a deep blue-black colour. sik read that Cubensis is supposed to turn purple, so I'm here to find out whether he has a bunch of yummy nom-noms, or something a bit more on the deadly side...
any help would be ab fab
oh, and he was also interested in finding a good place to find out how they may hypothetically dried/stored/consumed.... Cheers
welcome to the world of the mushroom... yep they are cubensis mate, nice healthy specimens! best way to preserve them for later mycological analysis is to air dry them at room temperature. the rate of oxidation increases with temperature for psilocybin. check the inside of the stems for maggots... especially the large diameter ones.
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Muchover, I dont care how things work- meaning is empty, and the real reasons for this or that are arbitrary. The trick is attaching enough crazy logic and belief to something
then using the allie to slip and slide your way to your desired outcome.
I guess this is the traditional shamanic healing (or sorcery attack) approach, where the psychedelic space is used as a means to an ends. but it seems to me the psychedelic space is dynamic and its purpose is no longer what it used to be in traditional societies. for me at least, a contemporary approach appears to be entering into the psychedelic space with an open mind and attempting to discover what lies behind the veil, and encountering that in the form it so chooses.... this seems to be the antithesis of the shamanic approach as the intention is no longer on manifesting outcomes in this world, but experiencing an authentic encounter with the other. it just feels to me that we are progressing to the point where the barriers between the two worlds will eventually dissolve... perhaps spontaneous psychedelic experiences are a foreshadowing of this.
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If the thoughtform has in fact accrued enough energy to develop into
godform or meme status,
and having formed as organically, and chaotically as it has..
then I propose we begin more clearly engineering the possibility
through directed ritual tripping
and get this concept to the point of a vividly created psychedelic space
that one can visit on the astral or hypnogogic or psychoactive dimension
and then Imagine just being able to lucid dream-walk up to a counter where any and every imaginable sacrament
was available for dream sample
so how do we go about engineering this possibility? (EDIT: I see your answer is 'directed ritual tripping' – care to elaborate?) psychedlic experiences are perhaps merely the desire for such a possibility will crystallise it out of the historical process.
this reminds me of mckenna's axiom "what would you do if you could do anything?". although he had other answers, one that springs to mind is – initiate psychedelic experiences endogenously, of course! as this would not require us maintaining the intimate relationship with nature it currently requires (knowledge and care for the psychoactive plants), I think endogenous psychedelic experiences would require us to be in direct connection with Gaia or whatever you want to call the collective organic matrix. In the dream state perhaps we are actually in the realm of the Gaian mind, and this allows the psychedelic experience to manifest spontaneously.
I see the current state of humanity as the come-down from an collective psychedelic trip that we experienced between 200,000 and 10,000 years ago. just like after a trip you try and make sense of your experience, image it via art and integrate it into your life, humanity is attempting to do the same vis a vis our partnership with the goddess. history is the attempt to image the transcendental beauty experienced in the ecstasy of the tryptamine trance. this physical, atom based existence is but a prelude to our future as a co-partner of Gaia in the spirit realm, where the psychedelic space is reality.
random ramblings...
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Your trip looks and sounds amazing, I have been thinking of going with my girlfriend next year. You have now convinced me! Nice photography too, love the smattering of plant shots throughout your blog.
Did you encounter any jhankri on your travels?
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I was just wanting to know an area like town/suburb, not a specific patch. I was just lost and wanted a bit if a helping hand that's all.
Peace
hey mate, yeah it can take a while to find a good patch. ideally you want to know the people whose property you are on. if you come across a random farm paddock, always talk to the owner and be up front about what you are doing... talk about mycology, show them your camera etc. often farmers are grateful that you have let them know what your up to, and will give you free reign. even if you have permission, its also nice to find places away from roads and out of sight – don't really want to draw attention to yourself.
in terms of location, look for paddocks adjacent to forests with small hills and creeks running through them and nice long green grass (careful – watch out for king brown snakes, lots of them around). trees and gullies provide a bit of shelter for when its not so wet, and the open grass areas produce the huge sun-seeking fruits when its really wet (like now). also its the older cow pies that the mushrooms grow on, so you can steer clear of the herd... (jumping over barbed wire fences with a bull chasing you is not fun).
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Cheers for that kalika,
my friends MJ intake would've been average $50 (3.5grm) through a bong a day (depending on what the situation is i.e. get togethers, special occasions, pay day) for around 3 years.
sounds like a similar quantity then I guess. will be interesting to hear the results of your friends bioassays. good luck!
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Different substances affect different people in different ways. I have mates who smoke 100+ cones a day.
and how do they fair with that habit? you have to expect some negative consequences from such high consumption.
but in a way your right, that thread does seem to indicate there are predisposing factors for cannabis hyperemesis.
need a ride to rainbow
in Chill Space
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hey guys, am driving down from north of bris. hopefully next week if the roads clear up from all this flooding. planning to take 4 or 5 days to do the trip. should have room for one or two people, but might be a squeeze as only a 1.6L sedan and have all my camping stuff. will be going the coastal road from bris to sydney... any one wanna lift?