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the
course of his selfexperiment on June 29,
1955.
Very little is known about the chemical
composition of the collections cited above. I
analysed a few mushrooms from collections
found in the Rheinland area of Germany in
1989. The results were as follows:
Psilocybin: 0.51 % of dried mushrooms
Psilocin: 0.08 % of dried mushrooms
Baeocystin: 0.04% of dried mushrooms
A few other analyses of German
mushrooms yielded similar results.
These
values were well within the range of
concentrations of alkaloids found in Mexican
species.The most extensive studies on
distribution, psychoactivity and chemical
compounds of Psilocybe cyanescens complex
were conducted in the former
Czechoslovakia, where the mushrooms are
generally known as Psilocybe bohemica, a
name which is also used in the text Magic Library below.
well as on decaying pine cones. Several
specimens up to 15 cm (6 in.) tall with caps up to
5 cm (2 in.) broad were found growing on a
rotting log whose underside was exposed to the
running water. A water-loving England Psilocybe species,
it primarily fruits in late autumn (see Figure 21,
below), when short night frosts induce maximum
possible fruiting. The brown caps are strongly
hygrophanous and their color fades to a whitemilky
brown when dried. Its odor has been
compared to anything from radishes to poppies.
In my experience, the odor is highly variable and
thus difficult to define. Young, dry mushrooms
develop intensely blue stains in response to
handling, while older fruiting bodies tend to be
found at the location with dark blue stains already
in place.
It is remarkable that the mushrooms
were fruiting at the same location near Poricko
for so many years in a row, producing a large
number of fruiting bodies each year.
Unfortunately, in recent years the location was
partially destroyed, due to construction of a road.
By late 1982, the mushroom species had
been found at 51 locations in the former
Czechoslovakia, with only seven of them located
in Bohemia, 40 in Moravia, and four in Slovakia.
Elevations vary from 200 m to 700 m (600 ft to
2,100 ft) above sea level, with only two locations
known to exist above 700 m (2,100 ft). By this
time, 112 collections had been reported, 44 of
which came from the classic location near
Sazava.
An Amazing Discovery Near Poricko
Kubicka first discovered the species on
December 6 and 13, 1942 in the Kresicky
Creek Valley village of Poricko v Pozavi near
Sazava (Czech Republic). In 1950,
mycologist Herink described the mushrooms
in detail.
He also believes that Fries classified
mushrooms of the Psilocybe cyanescens
complex as Psilocybe callosa during the 19th
century. On November 11, 1986 I had the
opportunity to work with Herink and other
Czech mycologists on a mycological field
research project at the location, where we
found 440 fruiting bodies (550 g or 19.6 ozs).
Covering a segment almost two miles long,
the species was fruiting among nettles along
both sides of th
That is why there are numerous comparisons in the literature of 10 mg of psilocybin with 100 ug of LSD as equivalent dosages. There are several authors, however, who focus on the more visionary and metaphysical nature of the psilocybin experience compared to other hallucinogenic substances. A. Hofmann conducted self-experiments with both substances and found the altered Psilocybe state of consciousness induced by psilocybin to be both deeper and somewhat gloomier than those produced by LSD. Other investigators have portrayed psilocybin as "friendlier" - a substance that is not as fierce as LSD in exposing possible traumas hidden within the subconscious mind (see Chapter 3.2). Such differences in comparative evaluations of psilocybin and LSD are likely linked to a variety of factors, such as dosage differences, research protocols less than comprehensive and exhaustive in scope, as well as personality and environmental variables. LSD "Flashbacks" R.
Fischer conducted a series of experiments designed to study the effects of psilocybin compared to LSD and mescaline. The results confirmed what had already been common knowledge among those who used the mushrooms in various contexts around the world: "flashbacks" are quite rare, and very mild, if they occur at all, nor do abnormal symptoms persist once the effects of the alkaloid have worn off.
Widespread reports of LSD-induced "flashbacks" spawned biochemical theories which falsely postulate that LSD is stored inside the body and can be released at a later time to induce short periods of visions and other "psychotic" manifestations. Such conjecture about the body's "storage capacity" persisted despite prior evidence to the contrary that established LSD as a substance rapidly metabolized and eliminated from the body. The assumption of a prolonged storage period following ingestion of LSD had already been debunked by LSD-assisted psychotherapy during the 1960's. According to M. Hausner, who worked in the former Czechoslovakia, several patients who went through a series of LSD sessions did experience "flashbacks" in between sessions. However, the therapeutic administration of hallucinogens was continued in these cases and those flashback episodes that did occur were far less spectacular than expected based on some of the more dramatic descriptions of the phenomenon. Within the context of M. Hausner's studies, flashback episodes turned out to be merely temporary manifestations of issues that had reached the conscious mind. Moreover, flashbacks disapp
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