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Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations

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Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations

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It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…

Could be that the mushroom just temporarily interferes with the substances the elves put in our water supply to keep us in the dark?

Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations

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post #4

It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…

Could be that the mushroom just temporarily interferes with the substances the elves put in our water supply to keep us in the dark?

s/elves/government

Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations

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It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…

Would be interesting if the chemical mechanism is related or similar to the DMT one that creates the "machine elves" experience.

Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations

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post #4

It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…

Could be that the mushroom just temporarily interferes with the substances the elves put in our water supply to keep us in the dark?

exactly, the real question is what the elves are doing while they’re unseen.

Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations

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It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…

Would be interesting if the chemical mechanism is related or similar to the DMT one that creates the "machine elves" experience.

Yeah, the machine elves rabbit hole is interesting for sure. I hope a lot more rigorous science delves into both mushrooms and DMT
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