Hallucinogenic Fish

Post by bagacrap » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 6:19 AM UTC

eindiran wrote: post #32

wil421 wrote: post #31

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> Hofmann was aided in the discovery process by his willingness to ingest mushroom extracts to help verify the presence of the active compounds. It sounds like Hoffman was eager to find more hallucinogens after discovering LSD.

In Hoffman's book "LSD: My Problem Child", he has a chapter (#6, entitled "The Mexican Relatives of LSD") where he talks at length about the process of isolating psilocybin and what his motivations were in participating. What you mentioned definitely played a role. Here is a .pdf copy of the book from MAPS: [0] If you're interested in the history of this stuff, it's well worth a read. More generally, I think many exc…

Post by rbanffy » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:18 AM UTC

codr7 wrote: post #27

shadykiller wrote: post #19

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Datura is known for lasting mental impact. It can can also be really dangerous for potential users due to extreme delirium and confusion. Most trip reports are also negative. Unviable as a street drug.

From my experience, when used in moderation it doesn't cause any of the negative effects typically described in trip reports. To me it seems that people overdose by ingesting several hundred seeds in one go without having a clue what they're dealing with. I took 3 seeds the first time I tried it, which was enough to get a taste of the effect for me, and then gradually increased the dose by a few seeds at a time over…

Post by rv-de » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 9:26 AM UTC

goldenkey wrote: post #29

mandelbrotwurst wrote: post #17

^ relevant username!

So is yours: "Man Of Living Sausage" ^_^ String theory much?!

Post by jacobush » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 9:50 AM UTC

solveit wrote: post #30

arthurcolle wrote: post #15

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I'm always reminded how delightful it is that Wikipedia didn't degenerate into a Stack Overflow. The sentence you mention is pure poetry.

The sentence is (afaict) accurate, relevant, and to the point, only incidentally being amusing. It should survive StackOverflow as well.

Post by thinkingemote » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 10:58 AM UTC

arthurcolle wrote: post #15

jborichevskiy wrote: post #5

I found this sentence entertaining: > Hallucinogenic fish can be contrasted with psychedelic fish. Psychedelic fish do not produce hallucinations if eaten, but look as if they were the product of a psychedelic hallucination.

I'm always reminded how delightful it is that Wikipedia didn't degenerate into a Stack Overflow. The sentence you mention is pure poetry.