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@thisispsychedelico.com

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Anthropologist curious about #psychedelics, #phenomenology, #art & #arthistory, #archaeology, #aesthetics, and #philosophy. Em dash, semicolon, and Oxford comma enthusiast. MA in #anthropology. Mirror: https://mastodon.world/@psychedelico

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

It’s 3:45 a.m. and I can’t sleep and my head hurts. I knew this would happen. 😩

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Took *half* an Adderall this morning, so you know shit is serious today. 🫨 Sigh.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

A book I just started begins with the author recounting driving down from the peak of Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, which I have done, in the most ridiculous terms, as if he were about to careen off the edge at any moment. Bro, give me a break you liar. You were not. It’s not like that. 😹😹

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Anna Rona @annarona.bsky.social · 4d

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Oh, I see. I don't know anything about D&D, really. But about five minutes ago I was looking through my photos for something else, and ran across this meme I'd saved at one point.

Meme split into two halves. On top, it says,

Friend: So you just sit at a table and pretend to go into dungeons and fight dragons? Is it fun?

The bottom half is the response, showing Big Bob from Bob's Burgers saying, "I mean, I don't want to oversell it, but it changes you forever."

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

This request is really for everyone. Most of mine are in boxes or storage currently. This is a pic of my wonderful high-rise apartment in #Chicago that I miss terribly.

A stylish living room with books prominently displayed on the back wall and on the coffee table.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

OK, but could we have a clear picture of your bookshelves, please? (I have an unhealthy? obsession with other people's books. Like, what do you have that I might need to read, too? Lol)

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

You're absolutely right, and I struggled for about half an hour with how to say exactly that (and failed).

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

(Realizing that you don't know what you need can be a useful insight, too.)

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

This is a bad take, and why sometimes people have unrealistic expectations about #psychedelics and their outcomes. They may help change unhelpful perspectives if you're being intentional about it, but that doesn't mean you have everything you need. And sometimes you don't *know* what you need.

"The strangest part of tripping is realizing you already had everything you need to create the life you want."

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

(Don't willy nilly just gobble down magic mushrooms, please.)

Screenshot of the paper's abstract, which reads:

Psychedelic fungi have received considerable attention recently due to their promising treatment potential of several psychiatric disorders and medical conditions, both in clinical settings but also as a nutraceutical. Besides research, a growing number of companies are developing capacity to conduct research and clinical trials where these fungi and their products can be used, and to provide these fungi to the public market that are rapidly becoming legal across the world. Whereas Psilocybe species are better known as psychedelic fungi, species in Panaeolus are also reputed to contain the psychedelic compound psilocybin and used recreationally. For the novice, there is no contemporary scientific summary of all the species in this genus that are known to be psychedelic, compared to those that are not. The global distribution and species diversity of these brown to white, often inconspicuous mushrooms are also not summarised, nor is it known to what extent DNA sequence data that are needed for identification have been generated for all of the species in this genus. However, psychedelic Panaeolus species are used and moved across the world. This lack of data makes it difficult to regulate bioexploitation and apply law enforcement of these fungi and the compounds they contain, especially seen in the light of the rapid development of the related markets. The aim of this review is to summarise current scientific data and knowledge on the species biodiversity, geographical distribution, extent of sequence data for identification purposes, and the psychedelic potential of species, based on published results. The review revealed where species are mostly known from, while also indicating areas seriously lacking such biodiversity data. A significant degree of study across the world is still needed to confirm which of these species are truly psychedelic and exactly what compounds they can produce.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

New to me paper from 2023 on the global distribution of #Panaeolus sp. As an aside, if you wanna know what it's like to be walloped with a (metaphorical) baseball bat, gobble down a few Pan cyans and find out. Abstract ⬇️

#psychedelics #mycology

doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

Global species diversity and distribution of the psychedelic fungal genus Panaeolus

Psychedelic fungi have received considerable attention recently due to their promising treatment potential of several psychiatric disorders and medica…

doi.org

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

I gleefully await the day AI can correctly check the box and/or pick out all the images with fire hydrants. How I will laugh and laugh! What are you gonna do then, Cloudflare? What are you going to do then? Lol

A Cloudflare "Verify you are human" checkbox

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

In all fairness, though, I can’t really blame burning my hand on the Adderall.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

On the plus side, I *am* getting a lot of stuff done today. On the downside, I burned my hand. 😩

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Took *half* an Adderall this morning, so you know shit is serious today. 🫨 Sigh.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

I should try not thinking so much, too. 🤔

H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 2d

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Ughhhh I already regret this 😭

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Took *half* an Adderall this morning, so you know shit is serious today. 🫨 Sigh.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

I nearly drowned in the Pacific Ocean when I lived in Hawaiʻi, so I get it. But I'd probably wait a little while and try to understand what, exactly, she's afraid of a little better and go from there. Forcing her would probably make her fears worse, and might cause her not to trust you as her mom.

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

Once, on a mushroom trip, I got swept up in a fun internal debate with myself about whether or not I was simply a figment in the imagination of a Boltzmann brain that had appeared in space for an instant. I deliberately had to stop bc it began to unravel me, and I didn't feel like going there. 😵‍💫

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

I will read this again when I'm less sleepy. But I will say that #psychedelics + #philosophy (or thought experiments) can make for a real 🤯 few hours.

psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/mycelia-pl...

On the Mycelia in Plato's Cave

A first-person bioassay of the philosopher's Eternal Forms

psychedelicpress.substack.com

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

One of my favorite Rothko paintings. 👌🏼

Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 2d

Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1135440

Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

“This video is a masterpiece.” – The Comments

#Dune

youtube.com/watch?v=3DqK...

How the Dune Universe sounds to an outsider

YouTube video by Sir Swag

youtube.com

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

If you see this post, a random photo (or meme) from your photo gallery without explaining it.

A meme of a stick figure man with flames covering his body as he runs away. The text reads: "I tried it at home!"

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

This is from Roger Scuton's Kant: A Very Short Introduction. I giggled about this for about a week. Lol

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · Jul 12

It's funny, because it's true, and applicable to any number of philosophers I might mention. 😹

#Kant #philosophy

Screenshot: "I have tried to present Kant's thought in a modern idiom, while presupposing the least possible knowledge of philosophy. Since Kant is one of the most difficult of modern philosophers, I cannot hope that I have made every aspect of this thought intelligible to the general reader. [highlighted text] It is not clear that every aspect of his thought has been intelligible to anyone, even to Kant. [/highlighted text] The depth and complexity of Kant's philosophy are such that it is only after complete immersion that the importance of its questions, and the imaginative power of its answers, can be understood."

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d