Comments on: The Benefits of Low-Dose Psilocybin Mushrooms [updated]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:05:08 +0000

Hi. Thanks for telling me about what you’re doing. I wish you great success with that and I would definitely be interested in hearing a progress and/or follow-up report.
Stephen.

By: Frere

Frere — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:43:14 +0000

Thank you for the article it was a great help. I’m currently pursuing the path of shamanism and in a state of non ordinary reality had the Buddha come to me in a vision explaining that i should take a low dose of mushrooms everyday for one month. My partner Darpana and I will be taking this trip together in hopes of healing and detoxifying ourselves spiritually, physically and emotionally. We are going to document our experiences together in order to provide an insight for others into what this experience may bring. I will be taking an objective point of view while documenting(as objective as possible). And Darpana will be writing in a subjective point of view. Our journey will start today and i look forward to sharing the results of this experience with all who wish to learn. We will each be taking approximately 0.30 grams of cubensis every evening using yoga and meditation to assist us in healing.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:59:57 +0000

Hello and thanks for your comments. I’m very pleased to hear this kind of feedback. As for the illegality problem, yes, we
live in sadly uninformed times with wasted gifts and lost opportunities of many kinds. The good news is that the thick veil is slowly lifting. The dead engine of approved research has been restarted and the underground zeitgeist is shifting sharply. Until sanity reigns again those of us who know something about the potential of the healing/awakening plants will find our ways and hopefully add our voices in whatever way we can.
Let me know of any future developments in your relationship with the Saint Children.
Stephen.

By: G

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:52:49 +0000

Thank you for the article, it is the first thing I have read about low dose psilocybin and it echoes some of my experiences. I have intuitively been draw to taking a low dose of mushrooms for the past few months to treat a mild case of depression / anxiety/ alcoholism. I have noted a tolerance arise to the side effects such as a dry mouth, though it does not appear to reduce the positive effects such as clear thinking, vivid dreaming, deep relaxation and the ability to orgasm again too; all of which antidepressant medication diminished in me. It is so sad that such an important and comparatively safe source of medicine is taboo.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:47:10 +0000

Lisa. Much thanks for posting that heartening news. As you implied, though we’re not about to submit any grandiose claims to the scientific/medical journals, every piece of information helps build the case and shift the zeitgeist toward recognizing and honoring the potential of these plants that have lain in obscurity and disrespect for too long.
I welcome further updates and wish you great good fortune on your healing/awakening journey.
Stephen.

By: Lisa Holliday

Lisa Holliday — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:20:57 +0000

I used very small doses (under 1 gram) to work with my depression and get off lexapro. I mean tiny doses like mentioned above, unnoticeable. About 1 dose once every two weeks, for a total of five times. It seems to have worked. I weened off during this period and have no recurrent depressional other than mild situational. Tried for years and no success prior.

I have a very high resistance to Psillys, as well as aya, so I went on to work with very high 7gram doses (couldnt even feel 5 grams where others fragmented at 3 of the same!) and had little to no visions, but was intensely telepathic at least, unformed, undifferentiated awareness at best!) Depending on the dose and situation, much work was done on the psychological planes, the transpersonal planes, and the spiritual levels. Amazing medicine! Only worked with it about 4 times.

Although this is only anectdotal, I suspect that doses with which we have no overt experience at all from are also medicinal in remarkable ways.

I hope Johns Hopkins will expand their studies to low dose experiments such as this as well.

Thanks for all your service to these remarkable gifts given us, often so misused and misunderstood.

Lisa

By: admin

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:07:30 +0000

MIchael. I haven’t done low doses—or any other quantity for that matter—frequently enough to answer your question. In my experience the low dose levels I was writing about don’t evoke visuals anyway, certainly not the clear, powerful visions that always appear for me at higher doses. The only information I have relating to your question is that passed on to me by a friend. He was at a spirit plant medicine conference and asked one of the presenters, a person well-known in the field, if she had any suggestions for dealing with depression. She recommended a very low dose of psilocybin mushrooms each morning.
I’d rather keep the name of the presenter private. However, I know her well enough through her writings to feel confident that she knows a lot about the mushrooms and has the integrity not to hand out advice irresponsibly.
So don’t hold me to it but I doubt if you would cause yourself any harm by frequent low dose ingestion. My guess is that it would be good medicine. If you do use the little Saint children like that please let me know how that works out after a while.
All the best,
Stephen.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:30:00 +0000

Does the lower dose allow for greater frequency? I read somewhere else the body develops a “resistance” to the effects with frequencey, and maybe that is referring only to the visual effects. I am curious about the long term frequent low dose use.

By: Tele

Tele — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:57:14 +0000

Exciting to read this.
One of my most profound experiences with mushrooms,was years ago in a cottage high up in the mountains.
I learned to play the shamans drum and journeyed eyes open through mysterious dreamtime and experienced an ancient shamanic duel between two shamans.
The shaman drum is known for having images come out of it while being played,this night with the mushrooms and the drum,i was initiated into another great mystery.

By: Derik

Derik — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:59:28 +0000

Thanks for this article, I have been thinking about the advantages of low-dose psilocybin for a while now and was searching for simmilar experiences or ideas. I have also had better experiences playing instruments, the creative side of the brain seems to be more active to me.

Terrence Mckenna once said in a speech I heard somewhere on youtube, that it was used to “focus better, see better etc” while hunting long time ago.

It seems like our idiology filter fades, ego’s fall, and we see truth, and that’s what its all about, keeping it real.

I sure hope we manage to shift our cultural understanding, because things are just not going in the right direction. I hope that the year 2012 thing has something to do with that.

I haven’t read your book yet, but it is on my to-read list!

Keep up the good work!