this subculture. Before looking at culture though, let’s start with nature itself: The Swedish flora consists of several psychoactive mushrooms and plants. The fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) often grows in abundance in the Swedish woods, and the royal fly agaric, also known as the king of Sweden Amanita (Amanita regalis), is common in many parts of the country. In addition, the liberty cap (Psilocybe semilanceata) can be found growing on meadows and lawns. When it comes to plants, species
Different Types of Mushrooms There are many different kinds of mushrooms. One of the most common of them are Pleurotus Ostreatus (oyster mushroom), Pleurotus eryngii (King Oyster), Agaricus subrufescens (almond mushroom), hypsizygus ulmarius (white elm mushroom or elm oyster), Hypsizygus tessulatus (shimeji), Coprinus comatus (shaggy mane), Lentinula edodes (shiitake), Hericium erinaceus (Lios' Mane), and Grifola Frondosa (maitake). Out of these, the most commonly grown are Sporophores which
The hauntingly ambivalent lyrics of Tori Amos’ song “Space Dog” may sound confusingly esoteric to many people, but the song touches on a theory that is becoming part of the mainstream conscious in this modern age; The theory suggests that the influence of psychoactive substances created religion in its earliest inception, known as the entheogenic theory (Miller, 2013). Shamans, the earliest religious figures, were the gatekeepers of these sacred plants and the messengers between their people and
Introduction Cave paintings have been discovered all over Europe over the past century, four of the most famous discoveries are that of the two caves of Altamira and El Castillo in Spain as well as the Lascaux and Chauvet caves in France. These painting have been described as around 40,000 to 14,000 years old, dating to the Upper Palaeolithic era. Since the discovery of these cave sites, many archaeologists, scientists, anthropologists, geologists and practically anyone who was interested in these
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Psychedelic Drugs (aka Psychedelics) Introduction: Throughout human history people have sought experiences that somehow transcend every day life. Some sort of wisdom that might progress their knowledge of self and of the world that they live in. For some reason they believed that the tangible world just could not be all there is to life. Some believed in a greater force that controlled them, some believed of invisible beings that influenced their lives, some of an actual other world that paralleled