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10/25/2025

Bobbo The Bard, man of the land, preaches the magic of intention & integration!

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04/16/2022

Why do so many people encounter these 'elves' after smoking large doses of DMT?

03/03/2022

“Our grandpa was all about shifting consciousness and opening hearts and minds,” David said, pausing for comic effect and flashing a mischievous grin: “He probably would have put L*D in his soaps.”

Under the leadership of the founder’s grandsons, the company has become a big financial backer of efforts to loosen government restrictions on illegal drugs.

02/11/2022

"In order to provide an ethical and sustainable source of natural 5-MeO-DMT without the need to milk toads, scientists have reproduced the animal's parotoid glands, recreating the basic parts of the cell’s structure needed to produce the venom. 🐸

In the spirit of open science, they will provide the extract free of charge to researchers."

"To protect their Incilius alvarius research, BYAS has stated its intention to make its patented cell reproduction process available to other researchers in the future. The company is concerned that they and other researchers will have similar obstacles that psilocybin companies are currently experiencing. This includes trying to secure patents on natural molecules that are part of the planet’s entheogenic heritage. Lerer says he wants to prevent that, adding, 'Our aim is to make our cell-based Incilius alvarius extract available to other researchers and focus on identifying novel molecules with therapeutic applications.'"

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01/11/2022

Happy birthday Mr. Albert Hofmann 🎂

Albert Hofmann, (born Jan. 11, 1906, Baden, Switz.—died April 29, 2008, Burg, Switz.), Swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (L*D), which he first synthesized in 1938 by isolating compounds found in ergot, a fungus affecting rye. He spent years investigating L*D’s hallucinogenic properties in the belief that the drug would one day be useful in the therapeutic treatment of schizophrenics and other psychiatric patients. In 1958 he synthesized psilocybin and psilocin, the hallucinogenic compounds in the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana, having been sent samples by an amateur mycologist intrigued by his work with L*D.

When asked by Terence McKenna which substance does he prefer, L*D or psilocybin, he answered that L*D because "it's less animate" and "there is nobody in there", which he found "unsettling" in psilocybin.

12/14/2021

"Malta will this week become the first European country to legalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use.

Possession of up to seven grams of the drug will be legal for those aged 18 and above, and it will permissible to grow up to four cannabis plants at home, with up to 50g of the dried product storable.

Beyond allowing people to grow plants at home, albeit out of sight of the public, it will be legal for non-profit cannabis clubs to cultivate the drug for distribution among their members, similar to organisations tolerated in Spain and the Netherlands.

Club membership will be limited to 500 people and only up to 7 grams a day may be distributed to each person, with a maximum of 50 grams a month. The organisations, which cannot be situated less than 250 metres from a school, a club or a youth centre, may also distribute up to 20 seeds of the plant cannabis to each member every month.

The move by Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, is likely to be followed by reform across Europe in 2022. Germany recently announced a move to establish a legally regulated market, following announcements from the governments of Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. A referendum in Italy is planned, while Canada, Mexico and 18 US states have already enacted similar legislation."

Source: The Guardian

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11/21/2021

Mindful Parenting comes to life in this feature film that aims to bring the Power of Now tools to the lives of our children through Presence in the Family.

11/02/2021

"Dune Is a Psychedelic Sci-Fi Hit!
From mind-expanding spice to honoring sacred medicine, Denis Villeneuve’s trippy new movie celebrates psychedelics throughout.

Frank Herbert was nearly 40 years old when he started working on Dune in 1959. He’d studied ecology for years with areas of expertise ranging from sand dunes in Oregon to mushroom farming.

According to renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, the Fantastic Fungi star who wrote about crossing paths with Herbert in the ‘80s, the sci-fi author was also an 'avid mushroom collector' who experimented with psilocybin and developed his own method of growing fungus.

'Frank went on to tell me that much of the premise of Dune … came from his perception of the fungal life cycle, and his imagination was stimulated through his experiences with the use of magic mushrooms,' Stamets continued.

Dune’s primary storyline follows young messiah-in-the-making Paul Atreides, whose father has just been given the keys to the uninviting desert kingdom of Arrakis, a planet on which water is scarce but spice is abundant. Soon after landing on Arrakis, Paul realizes there’s more to spice than he’s been told.

First, he has visions of Chani, a young woman with vibrant blue eyes who belongs to a group of desert people called the Fremen. Later, after inhaling spice for the first time, Paul’s mind undergoes a dramatic transformation. He’s disoriented at first but eventually comes to see the world more clearly than ever before, putting him on the path to become a thoughtful, charismatic leader. He can even look into the future.

While there’s no evidence real-life psychedelics turn people into psychics, the idea of spice boosting intelligence isn’t far off from the Stoned Ape Theory which posits humankind’s brain evolved after early man used magic mushrooms. Likewise, hallucinogens have helped people expand their consciousness, connect to their environment, and even evolve as leaders."

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10/27/2021

"There’s few people who have had a career in psychedelics as illustrious as Dennis McKenna. He and his older brother Terence McKenna were pioneers in the study of ayahuasca and magic mushrooms and their traditional uses. Their pseudonymous publication, Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Growers Guide (And/Or Press, 1975) was influential in bringing psilocybin mushrooms onto the radar screen of global culture. Their work prompted deeper investigations into the nature of the cosmos, evolution, and consciousness itself. For all the advancements in science and technology, one of the greatest mysteries of all continues to be our own minds. How might psychedelics provide insight into who we are, how we operate, and our greater role within the ecosystem of the planet? Will there ever be a point at which science (i.e. materialism) can explain everything or are there parts of who we are that will always be metaphysical, beyond comprehension? We talk to Dennis McKenna about all this and more in our upcoming webinar."

Neurochemistry, Consciousness, and Enthnobotany with Dennis McKenna, hosted by DoubleBlind.
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10/25/2021

Luxembourg first in Europe to legalise growing and using cannabis

"Adults in Luxembourg will be permitted to grow up to four cannabis plants in their homes or gardens under laws that will make it the first country in Europe to legalise production and consumption of the drug.

Trade in seeds will also be permitted without any limit on the quantity or levels of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive constituent.

The move is the first step of a more fundamental re-regulation of the state’s handling of cannabis designed to keep users away from the illegal market.

'We thought we had to act, we have an issue with drugs and cannabis is the drug that is most used and is a large part of the illegal market,' she said.

'We want to start by allowing people to grow it at home. The idea is that a consumer is not in an illegal situation if he consumes cannabis and that we don’t support the whole illegal chain from production to transportation to selling where there is a lot of misery attached. We want to do everything we can to get more and more away from the illegal black market.'"

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