The last time I consumed a powerful dose of shrooms was in October 2021. I have not been the same since. I distinctly remember waking up the next day thinking "oh no it hasn’t worn off". But here we are half a year later and some of those effects never wore off. So are mushrooms really the key to opening your third eye? I would say it definitely helped. Mushrooms have been used by mystics and spiritual healers for many many centuries. Come on folks let's get on the Magic School Bus, we doin some shrooms!
History of Mushrooms
Aztec Mayan and Toltec religious myths tell of these particular mushrooms, postulating that they were given to their ancestors by the serpent god Quetzalcoatl who was honored as the creator of all life. These ancient societies continued to keep records of Psilocybe mushrooms and their spiritual powers in both art and myth. However, in the 1500s, Spanish missionaries attempted to destroy all evidence of their use.
Nevertheless, a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan friar who moonlighted as a historian and shrooms enthusiast mentioned Teonanácatl extensively. His records intrigued 20th-century ethnopharmacologists (people who study plants), and led to a decades-long search for the identity of Teonanácatl.
Russian descendants of the area’s earliest settlers also confirm the continued use of mushrooms. Thousands of years ago and still today, the custom remains tethered to tradition. The tradition in question? Sipping and tripping on the hallucinogenic urine of reindeer who spend their days snacking on the red and white spotted Amanita Muscaria mushroom.
The ancient Egyptians also left behind a wealth of artwork depicting mushrooms. They believed that since mushrooms don’t sprout from seeds, they were embedded into the earth by the god Osiris. This story earned psychoactive mushrooms a series of nicknames, translating to “food of the gods” or “sons of the gods.”
Because shrooms were considered godly, only the priesthood and the upper classes (also thought to be descendants of the gods) could consume them. The Egyptians cultivated these mushrooms on barley grain to maintain a substantial supply.
Maybe we’ll never know the full scope of the history of magic mushrooms and their influence across ancient civilizations. But there’s no doubt that they’ll continue to influence our wellness and perception of the world as we progress down our strange evolutionary path.
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