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Subject: Re: Shrooms in tea (whee!)
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Date: 25 Jul 1992 00:15:12 GMT
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Derek writes:
D>   Recently I've tried brewing tea with shrooms in it.  They were old, dry
D> ones, and we didn't have too many to use, but we still got a pretty good,
D> light trip.  
   {deletia}
D>    I usually have problems with shrooms in that they give me an upset 
D> stomach.  In tea however, they were quite pleasant, I'd almost go so far 
D> as to say I enjoyed the taste.  I'd really love to do this more often if
D> I knew I wasn't wasting them, so I'd really apreciate your information.

Not a waste at all in my Book of Life!

Allen writes:
A> Well, down here in South Louisiana, where the 'shrooms grow wild and free,
A> the most common way of preparing them is to chop them up into small pieces,
A> put them in water and boil the hell out of them for 20-30 minutes while
A> stirring, then strain out the 'shroom pieces with cheesecloth and mix the
A> resulting liquid with dry Kool-Aid.  This is usually called 'shroom juice
A> or 'shroom tea.  The effects vary with the quantity and freshness of the
A> 'shrooms used, but from what I've heard about 4 oz. of drink is the
A> recommended starting dose.

  Let me reminisce 8^) (Ah, the good old days!)  Some friends and I hopped
the border into Oregon one eternity to go shrooming in some really great 
pastures.  Our quarry was "Liberty Cap" mushrooms (aka Psilocybe 
Semilanceata) and we got really good at recognizing them 8^)  After picking
hundreds of them (about half a pound or so of fresh shrooms, they're pretty
small) we hopped back over the border and returned to camp.  First, I gotta
say that we munched a few during the picking, and it was absolutely the 
cleanest shroom high I ever had ... the sunshine was just so Brilliant! and
the Universe was Smiling 88^)).
  The next evening we dug out the little coffee maker and loaded it with
the little shroomies, I'd say about 50 to 60 for each of us.  After 20 or
so minutes of thoreau purcolating, we each had a cup of tea.  After a few
minutes I went outside and sat by the fire, and sank into relaxation ...
and sank ... and sank ... and kept sinking!  That was when I had my first
shroom rush and it gently overwhelmed me, remarkably like the way morphine
creeps up on you and whoosh!  It was absolutely fantastic!  After the 
"launch" I found myself swimming through the ocean of air, and I was just
like a sea-creature myself.  Looking at my hands, I could see them as 
evolved fins ... I mean I could directly perceive my ancient heritage from
eons ago, and here it was in the Now!  
  The others seemed just as whelmed and whooshed as I, and we started
laughing like a bunch of loonies!  It was great.  I really don't remember
the content of the conversation, we were just babbling at that point and
laughing and rolling around and pushing up against the walls and generally
just having a blast!  I felt like a really strong, sleak, and ecstatic
organism tailor-made for this universe.  I was "home", and having a party!
  It was one of the most potent shroom experiences of my life, and one of
the most fun, and I even learned something about my nature.  Definitely in
the top ten (with #1 being X+L).

        Disclaim! Disclaim!  -->  my ego speaks only for itself.
-- 
Xmit from:  Buddhing Genius             "... relax and float downstream ..." 
To contact me, close your eyes ... relax ... smooth out ... breathe deeply
let the light slowly come on ... the smile broaden ... the joy happen ... 
and I will be there.   Member: Society for an Enlightened Libertarian Future
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