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What is psilocybin?

• Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic mushroom that turns into psilocin when ingested and psilocin is what causes you to have trips.

Other names for psilocybin

Shrooms Booms Magic

Mushrooms

History of psilocybin

Carmen Hillier believed that humans from East Africa had a diet that consisted of some psilocybin mushrooms a million years ago. 

The Aztecs have been using psilocybin for centuries.  They thought that psilocybin had a religious significance.  It was so important that they called it "God's flesh." 

Who uses psilocybin?

Most of the people who are using psilocybin are using it recreationally and for the experience. 

In some cases, it's been used for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.)  and to treat cluster headaches

Where do you get psilocybin?

Psilocybin mushrooms can be found growing all over. 

Buy them from a source.

You can order the spores online and grow it at home.

Growth of psilocybin

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Ways to take psilocybin

Chew it. Make a tea. Put it in O.J.

(Calcium blocks psilocybin)

(Heat breaks down psilocybin)

Effects of psilocybin

Loss of appetite and nausea

Euphoria Increased heart rate Elevated blood

pressure Pupil dilation Muscle relaxation Changes to sound

and sight. 

Perception is enhanced

Contrast of colors is increased

Surfaces will shimmer or ripple.

Music and sounds are increased

Synesthesia which is a visualization of color upon hearing a sound

Risks of psilocybin

Ingesting psilocybin can cause stomachaches, nausea and possible vomiting.

Easily mistaken for poisonous mushrooms

Becoming very sick from bad mushrooms

Bad trips can happen and there's no going back until the effects have worn off.

Psilocybin can make existing mental problems worse.

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