For nearly a century, people in distant parts of the world have reported a bizarre experience after eating certain wild mushrooms: seeing dozens or even hundreds of tiny, colorful humans moving through the real world. Now, scientists have identified a mushroom species, Lanmaoa asiatica, responsible for these extraordinary hallucinations in China and the Philippines.
I could have sworn I read something similar a few weeks ago …
The visuals I get from good ol’ fashioned cubes come in the context of a severe and obvious intoxication. I know my jeans aren’t actually turning into circuitry because it’s quite clear to me that I’m on drugs. I don’t think I would react very favorably to seeing hundreds of tiny humans while expecting to be sober.
That’s the scary difference between psychedelics and hallucinogens: in the former you’re aware of your experience, but in the latter you may think that you’re actually speaking to your dead grandmother (I’m looking at you, datura).
The visuals I get from good ol’ fashioned cubes come in the context of a severe and obvious intoxication. I know my jeans aren’t actually turning into circuitry because it’s quite clear to me that I’m on drugs. I don’t think I would react very favorably to seeing hundreds of tiny humans while expecting to be sober.
That’s the scary difference between psychedelics and hallucinogens: in the former you’re aware of your experience, but in the latter you may think that you’re actually speaking to your dead grandmother (I’m looking at you, datura).
what an odd name your grandmother had