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There's a fairly popular onion domain called Psychonaughts wiki that delves into a lot of drugs and their effects, history, etc. Interesting read for sure. Dark Fail has the most current link since it changes so frequently.

There is also something like this accessible on the light web: https://m.psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

Ya, I think it's the same one. Didn't realize it was also on the clear net

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If you find this topic interesting ignore everything in the above post and get yourself a copy of: Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers by Richard Evans Schultes (Author), Albert Hofmann (Author), Christian Rätsch (Author)

Do they cover datura?

Datura is a deliriant. I'm a strong advocate of psychedelics and have used almost everything, but Datura isn't something people should touch, it's very dangerous.

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If you find this topic interesting ignore everything in the above post and get yourself a copy of: Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers by Richard Evans Schultes (Author), Albert Hofmann (Author), Christian Rätsch (Author)

Do they cover datura?

Read the repair trip reports for datura, brugmansia and belladonna.

I’m fascinated by the breadth of different experiences offered by plant and chemical mind alteration, and encountered more things than most people have heard of. Reading those reports was enough to make me not want to seek out these deleriants in any way at all.

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I recall Terrence McKenna (everyone's favorite historical psychonaut) saying "It's hard to do psychedelics". I agree with him. These things are dangerous when the set and setting is wrong, or if they're done at an off-kilter phase of your life, or that you simply over-indulge in them.

I appreciate the mini renaissance period they're having these days, but these things need plenty of research before trying them. They're not something you do for a giddy high, they're tools. One thing people need to do is integrate the various lessons they've gained from tripping into their daily lives.

All too often, trips are like dreams, they fade and we suffer amnesia after trying them. It's crucial to take notes and integrate the ideas you've gained, otherwise you've wasted the trip(s) IMHO.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couple of additional great reads around the subject: The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley Food of the Gods - Terrence McKenna. And honestly reading Erowid trip report is super interesting/fun (especially DMT! Heh).

And PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved): A Chemical Love Story by Drs. Alexander & Ann Shulgin

Also TIHKAL: The Continuation is a 1997 book written by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin about a family of psychoactive drugs known as tryptamines. A sequel to PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story, TIHKAL is an acronym that stands for "Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiHKAL#:~:text=TIHKAL%3A%20T....

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If you find this topic interesting ignore everything in the above post and get yourself a copy of: Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers by Richard Evans Schultes (Author), Albert Hofmann (Author), Christian Rätsch (Author)

I have searched for an EPUB copy and unfortunately I can only get Richard Evan's "Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian"

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It's like we're in the Matrix.

And the Matrix is a little island in the middle of a big ocean.

Tripping, meditating, dreaming and a hundred other methods will get you into the ocean. Show it to you, splash around the shoreline, go for a swim, meet the people who live there...

I've tripped some. Psilocybin is my favorite psychedelic substance.

My favorite method is Vipassana meditation.

(Also, is it just me or is the psychedelic culture markedly saner than the meditation culture?)

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If you find this topic interesting ignore everything in the above post and get yourself a copy of: Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers by Richard Evans Schultes (Author), Albert Hofmann (Author), Christian Rätsch (Author)

For the ones who might not know, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD

He wrote another book about that, titled "LSD — My Problem Child".

https://maps.org/images/pdf/books/lsdmyproblemchild.pdf.

Re: ‘Psychonauts’ by Mike Jay review

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There's a fairly popular onion domain called Psychonaughts wiki that delves into a lot of drugs and their effects, history, etc. Interesting read for sure. Dark Fail has the most current link since it changes so frequently.

Erowid is also a great ressource to when using psychoactive drugs.

https://www.erowid.org/

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