After ten years of Alzheimer’s and five years of near-silence, an 80-year-old woman took a single high dose of psilocybin mushrooms—and, roughly nineteen hours later, began to speak about her life for hours.
There is something sorrowful about thinking how many people end up being veiled and lost because modern medicine can't render profit from a natural solution.
So... how long did the positive effects last in this woman? You say "transient," but don't say how or when she regressed. Enquiring minds want to know!
In 1957, my father sent me an article on aluminum, which caused me to throw out a brand new set of WearEver aluminum cookware, after reading it. It said that it contributed to mental health problems from the aluminum that got into the foods that were cooked in it. Well, I met a friend who was using an aluminum coffee maker and drank many cups of coffee daily..I showed her the article. However, she was pennywise and pound foolish...she kept on using it. She wound up with Alzheimers at fifty...and eventually died from it.
After many years of reflection on what was observed during my psychology studies at the Veterans hospital in Sepulveda Calif during the late 1960's has finally resurfaced to the forefront of research. This is a very welcome development and my sincere thanks for re-exposing it on this blog ..
The Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Sepulveda, California (now known as the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System - Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center) served as a prominent federal hub for clinical psychedelic studies during the 1950s and 1960s, heavily focusing on LSD and psilocybin.
All points herein are remarkably well articulated! Love the detailed image of what a dose does inside of us! and yes, let’s proceed safely one thoughtful step at a time. Nice work!🙏🌎❤️
Sounds like research needs to be done with these mushrooms but since it cannot be patent and big pharma profit can’t be made, I doubt that will happen. Clinical studies used to be paid by grants. It’s the drug companies paying for them now. That’s a different scenario. Sad for people that need help!
In Orthodox Christianity we know the spirit and soul of the person made in the image of God is always present within or beneath whatever physical veils ~ so we honor and respect and communicate with the person within and do no harm to that person!
Once a newbie psychonaut in the 1960's, like many then we set off to find ways to stay "high" longer, to do the "natural" thing. Thus began decades of meditation, Taoist energy practice, auditing, soul retrieval, brain hemispere entrainment...all good stuff for sure. Periodically there would be an impressive experience, but mostly it was a stready but somewhat boring progression.
Then, 40 years later psychedelics (and empathodgen MDMA) re-entered the picture. I had forgotten what entheogenic "accelerants" could do! the Visions! The grokking of being in an Ocean of Consciousness. I took up rocket fuel again; BUT NOW we had old and traditional maps, plus our own; and we had many tools for coming back down, for reintegration.
It is very much worth going on such a long arc because wisdom only arrives as the distillation of many experiences. If you are an explorer who asks WHY you need to step outside of habituation from "normal" life; to get a fresh look; and to get the downloads around us in the Akashic Ocean of Memories.
When young it is appropriate to run with the gang, be another fish in the school. But when older you bear fruit by not acting for ego gains, but rather to be CareKeepers of the Garden. Everything will become composted...carried up into the bodies and forms of the next generations. You had your flowering, now become the best of compost you can be. Relax into the Life Wave that keeps the Great Game ever ongoing. I'm tired of the "Me me" game, but I like being carried on the Wave.
In a sane society we would "bar mitzvah" the youth with entheogenic baptism, protected by the tribe. To know yourself as Spirit operating through watery bodies of blood and bone becomes the Great Revelation. We are the very Process of Creation knowing IT-SELF through each and every character IT plays on the World Stage. Human low level lust for bling satisfies only temporarily; but feeling the FLOW of Creative Light in yourself opens us to Wonder & Beauty, and Awe before the Divine, letting go and letting IT ALL Be.
Less than 5mg Lithium orotate per day ,gets both hypothalmae 'un- encrusted' .The unwritten pain of recall , actually dictated every other day for first months .
An inventor of 'chipping' - 100% genetic yield of one tulip bulb -once had a massive embolism ensuing zero heartbeat 40mins while on a buisness trip ,43rd birthday . 2 strokes following week after potassium directly injected into heart in Innsbruck hospital . Expected to be a vegetable ,so profound was the brain damage .
On his 43rd birthday ,8 years before I met him .
His brothers had stopped his insurance on the day a crate landed on his head ,one month prior .
They wanted the chipping patent .Except the modern Lazarus refused ,on principle .Used the world over today ,free .
My job was to do ,2x per week a tandem trip with him .He was supposed to be blind ,had indeed prayed 'not' to get his sight back ,after ensuing 3 month coma .He saw more 'blind' .
We eventually had enough spills ,on grass ,at speed - to get adventurous .
Debates became boisterious . He saw such amazing things ,being especially fond of 'genetic mistakes ' - as we stopped to look at a triple headed snowdrop ,at his insistence .
Eventually I beat up his brain ,luxuriating each time in the humourous ,cutting feedback - which transcended hilartity .
He was the mentor I'll never forget .
Brain regeneration ,for 15 years ,afterwards - made him astonishing again in his legendary previous debating skills .
A psychiatrist tried to insist ,on stage - that his was merely a 'near death' experience.. during a public interview ,televised .
The rebuttal of 'near' was the most delightful tribute I had heard ,till then .
The need for a decent howto for microdosing psilocybin ,and availability ,would be nice ,SJ .
For 4 years, I lived in a remote cabin in rural central Texas. After a rain, I would go and find the mushrooms blossoming from the cowpies. It has been surmised that this i why cows became considered holy in India/Hindu culture.
There is something sorrowful about thinking how many people end up being veiled and lost because modern medicine can't render profit from a natural solution.
Does it work retroactively?
So... how long did the positive effects last in this woman? You say "transient," but don't say how or when she regressed. Enquiring minds want to know!
I didn't see it in the case report either. It would be good to know.
Well we do see that however long it lasted is far longer than what any pill could give. Studies are needed. Repeat doses would be acceptable.
Another natural therapy that's been buried in the service of greed.
In 1957, my father sent me an article on aluminum, which caused me to throw out a brand new set of WearEver aluminum cookware, after reading it. It said that it contributed to mental health problems from the aluminum that got into the foods that were cooked in it. Well, I met a friend who was using an aluminum coffee maker and drank many cups of coffee daily..I showed her the article. However, she was pennywise and pound foolish...she kept on using it. She wound up with Alzheimers at fifty...and eventually died from it.
Sad!
After many years of reflection on what was observed during my psychology studies at the Veterans hospital in Sepulveda Calif during the late 1960's has finally resurfaced to the forefront of research. This is a very welcome development and my sincere thanks for re-exposing it on this blog ..
The Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Sepulveda, California (now known as the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System - Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center) served as a prominent federal hub for clinical psychedelic studies during the 1950s and 1960s, heavily focusing on LSD and psilocybin.
All points herein are remarkably well articulated! Love the detailed image of what a dose does inside of us! and yes, let’s proceed safely one thoughtful step at a time. Nice work!🙏🌎❤️
Sounds like research needs to be done with these mushrooms but since it cannot be patent and big pharma profit can’t be made, I doubt that will happen. Clinical studies used to be paid by grants. It’s the drug companies paying for them now. That’s a different scenario. Sad for people that need help!
In Orthodox Christianity we know the spirit and soul of the person made in the image of God is always present within or beneath whatever physical veils ~ so we honor and respect and communicate with the person within and do no harm to that person!
Once a newbie psychonaut in the 1960's, like many then we set off to find ways to stay "high" longer, to do the "natural" thing. Thus began decades of meditation, Taoist energy practice, auditing, soul retrieval, brain hemispere entrainment...all good stuff for sure. Periodically there would be an impressive experience, but mostly it was a stready but somewhat boring progression.
Then, 40 years later psychedelics (and empathodgen MDMA) re-entered the picture. I had forgotten what entheogenic "accelerants" could do! the Visions! The grokking of being in an Ocean of Consciousness. I took up rocket fuel again; BUT NOW we had old and traditional maps, plus our own; and we had many tools for coming back down, for reintegration.
It is very much worth going on such a long arc because wisdom only arrives as the distillation of many experiences. If you are an explorer who asks WHY you need to step outside of habituation from "normal" life; to get a fresh look; and to get the downloads around us in the Akashic Ocean of Memories.
When young it is appropriate to run with the gang, be another fish in the school. But when older you bear fruit by not acting for ego gains, but rather to be CareKeepers of the Garden. Everything will become composted...carried up into the bodies and forms of the next generations. You had your flowering, now become the best of compost you can be. Relax into the Life Wave that keeps the Great Game ever ongoing. I'm tired of the "Me me" game, but I like being carried on the Wave.
In a sane society we would "bar mitzvah" the youth with entheogenic baptism, protected by the tribe. To know yourself as Spirit operating through watery bodies of blood and bone becomes the Great Revelation. We are the very Process of Creation knowing IT-SELF through each and every character IT plays on the World Stage. Human low level lust for bling satisfies only temporarily; but feeling the FLOW of Creative Light in yourself opens us to Wonder & Beauty, and Awe before the Divine, letting go and letting IT ALL Be.
Amen!
...You had your flowering, now become the best of compost you can be. - Love it!
The mentor, referred to above , loved being called 'the compost man' ,whenever I could dare .
Wow, I'm with ya. (btw, sounds like you are high writing)
Thanks for fond memories reflection.
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Amazing. Microdosing saved my marriage and continues to be one of the best things for my nervous system as it had 17+ years of trauma from my family.
Thank you, Sayer. This is beautifully written. I'm so grateful someone benefited from these mushrooms. Praying there are more studies.
Less than 5mg Lithium orotate per day ,gets both hypothalmae 'un- encrusted' .The unwritten pain of recall , actually dictated every other day for first months .
An inventor of 'chipping' - 100% genetic yield of one tulip bulb -once had a massive embolism ensuing zero heartbeat 40mins while on a buisness trip ,43rd birthday . 2 strokes following week after potassium directly injected into heart in Innsbruck hospital . Expected to be a vegetable ,so profound was the brain damage .
On his 43rd birthday ,8 years before I met him .
His brothers had stopped his insurance on the day a crate landed on his head ,one month prior .
They wanted the chipping patent .Except the modern Lazarus refused ,on principle .Used the world over today ,free .
My job was to do ,2x per week a tandem trip with him .He was supposed to be blind ,had indeed prayed 'not' to get his sight back ,after ensuing 3 month coma .He saw more 'blind' .
We eventually had enough spills ,on grass ,at speed - to get adventurous .
Debates became boisterious . He saw such amazing things ,being especially fond of 'genetic mistakes ' - as we stopped to look at a triple headed snowdrop ,at his insistence .
Eventually I beat up his brain ,luxuriating each time in the humourous ,cutting feedback - which transcended hilartity .
He was the mentor I'll never forget .
Brain regeneration ,for 15 years ,afterwards - made him astonishing again in his legendary previous debating skills .
A psychiatrist tried to insist ,on stage - that his was merely a 'near death' experience.. during a public interview ,televised .
The rebuttal of 'near' was the most delightful tribute I had heard ,till then .
The need for a decent howto for microdosing psilocybin ,and availability ,would be nice ,SJ .
So did they not keep administering it to her? It would seem criminal not to.
At Oregon State U we used to pick Psilocybin shrooms. They grow wild in horse pastures.
For 4 years, I lived in a remote cabin in rural central Texas. After a rain, I would go and find the mushrooms blossoming from the cowpies. It has been surmised that this i why cows became considered holy in India/Hindu culture.
thank you for your beautiful writing once again, love