(This is perfectly legal where I live if that matters)

I’m really curious because I used to have a lot of misconceptions about mushrooms of the psilocybe variety and I’m wondering how fly agaric would compare. From what I’ve heard it’s more dissociative and less euphoric and the visuals reflect that too but I’d like to hear some first hand knowledge. I’ll probably try some fly agaric tea (that way it’s not neurotoxic) at some point, only a small amount to get to know it. I just think it’s a fascinating species in general and basically I want to experience some of what it has to offer. But if I do I’d like a rough idea of what to expect.

  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Tangential: how common is it around here to know of the historical connection between the amanita (ie. harvesting, use, effects, coloration, etc.) and traditional Yuletime (et al) iconography?

      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Succinctly, a few of the cultural origins are:

        • Decorating a tree w/ baubles ≈ par-drying plucked amanitas (for transport) on the boughs of the conifer they’re harvested under
        • Yule/Christmas colors: Red w/ White accents = the amanita cap, 100%
        • Flying reindeer : caribou and other creatures that tend to scavenge during the winter (most, especially in Siberia/Lapland) are likely to stumble into a near-lethal experience, and floaty weightlessness is a known effect of the mushroom’s ingestion (whether the story came from humans “seeing” their reindeer fly, or a wandering caribou to told them so, the world may never know)

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