By this time, we’re all pretty hip to the fact that Hollywood and Hallmark have sold us a great story.The grand gestures, the perfect timing, and love as a spectacle…We see real life barely revealing itself in that way.In fact, love rarely shows up as fireworks and a room full of flowers, but it shows
Looking into the wellness landscape, it’s obvious: microdosing is not a trend. The rise in popularity these past few years is a response to a society running on burnout, numbing, and pharmaceutical dead-ends. While macrodosing mushrooms has served human consciousness for thousands of years, not everyone is ready to deep-dive headfirst into their subconscious, or
Across anthropological records, oral traditions and cultural lore, mushrooms appear at the threshold of life and death. In the natural world, mushrooms are the organic alchemists of decay and “breakdown” bridging the visible and the invisible, turning life over as an ancient keeper of the balance. Where mushrooms are found, the whole ecosystem hums with
Living in Canada, we’re statistically a little sun-starved, our Vitamin D levels lower than that of our southern neighbors, and of sun-soaked kin around the globe [1]. Vitamin D operates behind the scenes orchestrating serotonin and dopamine production, the neurotransmitters that shape mood, motivation, and joy [2] It also helps keep inflammation in check, a major
It’s golden hour on day two of the festival. You and your crew are sprawled out half naked and barefoot, a tangle of limbs and giggles, on a sun-warmed tapestry. Someone’s braiding hair. Someone’s snacking on berries. One friend is blissfully passed out in the sun, a half-smile stretched across their lips, two more are
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Remembering Before borders, barriers, and boundaries were imposed by man, all that was, was the land; vast, wild, and free. Mountains were known as elders. Rivers ran clean and bountiful. Forests stood as guardians, protecting the medicines of flora, fauna, and fungi. We rose with the sun, grateful for the light of another day, and
How does eating magic mushrooms make you see that stuff? First of all: yes, of course, we know it’s psilocybin. Pretty much anyone interested in magic mushrooms understands that the “magic” part comes courtesy of our favourite fungus’s psychoactive guts. All the giggles, tingles, and visuals we enjoy, thanks to a handful of trippy molecules.
How magic mushrooms can motivate action and reduce anxiety in the age of climate change What draws people to psilocybin? A lot of us would say it’s the way it quiets your ego and tunes you into the natural world. It roots you in the present moment. It anchors you in the immediate world so
Joe Roberts, AKA the artist LSDworldpeace, proceeds without expectations. Rather than mark any particular destination for a painting, he walks in blind, opens his mind to whatever might surface, and finds his way as he goes. Just like a good trip. The results are surreal tableaus that touch on still life and landscape and smash
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One man’s theory on magic mushrooms role in our evolution Consciousness is humanity’s defining characteristic. The thing that distinguishes us (we think) from other animals. It’s possible we’re the only conscious beings in this universe. And yet, despite the fundamental role consciousness plays in the human experience, we know almost nothing about it. Not how
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