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Magic mushrooms, and the psychoactive compound in them, psilocybin, activate specific serotonin receptors in the brain, causing changes in mood, thoughts, feeling, or behavior. Incredibly, there are more than 100 varieties of psychedelic mushrooms growing wild on every continent except Antarctica.
Shrooms have left a lasting imprint on human history and culture. They’re thought to have been an evolutionary catalyst that may have expedited human development. Psychedelic mushroom expert Terence McKenna once asserted, “Homo sapiens ate [their] way to higher consciousness.”
These fungi have opened the door for many to step into the world of psychedelics, and magic mushroom imagery permeates popular culture—some argue that the story of Alice in Wonderland can be read as a metaphor for a perception-altering mushroom trip.
What’s so unique about the psilocybin molecule found in magic mushrooms? What does our lengthy relationship with shrooms reveal about our origins? And what trips might mushrooms take us on in the future?
Magic mushrooms, and the psychoactive compound in them, psilocybin, activate specific serotonin receptors in the brain, causing changes in mood, thoughts, feeling, or behavior. Incredibly, there are more than 100 varieties of psychedelic mushrooms growing wild on every continent except Antarctica.
Shrooms have left a lasting imprint on human history and culture. They’re thought to have been an evolutionary catalyst that may have expedited human development. Psychedelic mushroom expert Terence McKenna once asserted, “Homo sapiens ate [their] way to higher consciousness.”
These fungi have opened the door for many to step into the world of psychedelics, and magic mushroom imagery permeates popular culture—some argue that the story of Alice in Wonderland can be read as a metaphor for a perception-altering mushroom trip.
What’s so unique about the psilocybin molecule found in magic mushrooms? What does our lengthy relationship with shrooms reveal about our origins? And what trips might mushrooms take us on in the future?
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