Oregon is showing the way by being the first jurisdiction in the world to legalise therapeutic psilocybin. There is a lot of movement around the world towards legalisation. Fingers crossed…
The only time I found enough magics to amount to a good dose, it turned out to be a still-very-memorable experience. It opened a door which I scarcely knew existed within my pessimism-laced personality: a state of cheerful relaxation, with - most crucially - a root feeling of acceptance and compassion to all of humankind, with all our daft warts and all.
I still hold onto my look through that window into a kinder world, for inspiration on where we’re going in our constant re-incarnations, as we attempt to grow towards harmony and love, life after life. Profoundly true, and an insight easily available through such plant-spirit helpers as magics, ayahuasca, DMT, etcetera. Transforms tragic, pessimistic assessments of life, the universe and everything; better than 42, too!
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That’s beautiful, RG. Many people who take a large dose of mushrooms (in the right controlled environment that is) later describe the experience as one of the most transformative and profound of their lives. There’s a growing body of research showing how a powerful mystical experience, such as the mushroom experience, can be effectively used to treat depression, addiction, PTSD and even debilitating end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients. It’s an incredibly powerful medicine.
My first experience, in a beautiful farmhouse in Holland, was very powerful. As deep a connection to life and the planet as I’ve ever felt. It’s been with me, enriching my inner life for years. Since then I’ve watched a few others go through the same experience. It’s an amazing thing to be part of.
Given their safety profile, putting magic mushrooms into the same category of harm as crack cocaine, heroin and crystal meth is utterly bonkers. Much like cannabis, these are medicines of the highest order, and have been used as such by humans for a very long time. Indeed, Terence McKenna argues, in my view persuasively, that it was psilocybin that made our particular species of ape evolve into modern humans by opening up the realm of the imagination and spirit.
I’m hopeful that ultimately evidence based thinking about these substances will prevail and the legal status will change. In a world as fractured, chronically depressed as dysfunctional and crippled with anxiety as the world we currently inhabit, these medicines could be the ones that save us.
Cheers my good friend
Amen to that bro!! 