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Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms
#11730514 - 12/28/09 09:14 AM (15 years, 23 days ago) |
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Ok this topic came up in a recent conversation with my girlfriend about my shamanic history. A few years ago I grew quite a few mushrooms, I would say I had a medium to large size lab, bulk substrates, multiple strains etc. And during this period of time I had quite an intense on going spiritual experience of communing with the mushroom, so much so that when my whole room eventually caught mold(summertime large grows are a bad idea) and I had to abandon the project it left a hole in my life that has yet to be fulfilled. So I decided to start this topic to give other growers a chance to discuss the spiritual relationships they've developed with their babies.
I'll go first: On my first experience with mushrooms I took a few grams and almost had a very negative experience. For about 30 mins or an hour I felt very abandoned and alone, as I was left that way by the people I had ingested them with. Then something magical happened. I rolled a joint, and laid down on the couch, and when I did a snake slithered across the ceiling. Not long after that the voices came. These voices lead me through a conversation about life, my life, the organization of my mind and guided me through my experience and gave advice about the direction of my life. It was a monumental experience that changed the direction of my interior development. Also they warned me about the dangerous beliefs I was developing as a result of my use of DXM(their exact words were 'Beware of the DXM, it lies to you')
I had man other spiritual experience over time but they weren't as remarkable till that first grow some years later.
We started doing PF style cakes, and I remember the morning of the first shroom vividly. I had this bizarre psychedelic dream in which I had the sensation of universal knowledge being bestowed upon me. At the end of the dream there was a mandala and in the center of it was the silhouette of one of the cakes with a mushroom growing out the side. My eyes snapped open and I knew instantaneously "They're here." When I went into the grow room I discovered that, in fact they were, and just as in my dream a mushroom appeared sticking out the side of the cake!
The experience grew as did the shrooms. New cycles were started weekly, our techniques become more and more sophisticated. Alot of trial and error occured. More dreams happened. On one of my first actual good trips the mushrooms indicated to me that I should start to take them daily, not a large dose as to get high, but an tiny one, say one or two aborts a day. So I did.
Every day I would take an abort like a supplement. The effects were so minimal as to be almost unnoticeable, my vision became more acute, my demeanor became calmer, deeper, more grounded. My spirituality became unbounded, wild unbelievable. More dreams. I discovered that I was about to control very deep processes within my body. Once I got extremely sick, and went on a camp out any ways. The first night I took alot of mushrooms, I felt horrible, regretted coming and the coming days of cold and sickness I was to endure. I made the decision not to be sick, walked out into a field, and concentrated my energy with breath and meditation, and took all the sickness in my soul and distilled it into my stomach and mucus membranes... Then I purged. Through up everything, blew out all the snot in my nose, breathed. The snot never came back, the sickness was gone, I was healed on the third day of a cold which had taken my coworkers a week or more to get over.
The mushrooms became an ingrained part of me. No longer relying on my aural sense to communicate, information was transmitted directly through thought. They introduced me to the spirits of the world! The rocks, the trees, the grass, the dog, the coyote, the water, all these things have communal and individual spirits! Animism was manifest for me, real, touchable, communicable. WoW!
I grew to love my work so much, as they grew I grew. I would talk to and greet them when I was in the lab, they were a friend. When I had questions I would dream the answers. After some time I quit the daily ingestion regime as it was no longer necessary, the wiring was in place. Infact I rarely ingested at all. The people around me had their fill, but I became the agent of the mycelia, growing it just to grow. My confidence grew, my soul felt clensed, I was able to accomplish so much more with my life. Slowly everything in my life fell into place.
Then came the heat, I couldn't maintain the temperatures, so I had to open up the ventilation system. Less and less the substrates fruited. Then the mold came, substrate after substrate caught it. The whole town had mold growing on the sides of buildings, I didn't stand a chance. First it was the older ones, then ones that had yet to fruit. Everything turned green, until I had to shave off my facial hair and buy a proper filter mask to deal with the problem and clean up the whole room. After taking down all the plastic off the walls I had to use Clorox and pine sol time and time again to get the smell of decay out of the room.
Once the grow was gone I felt a deep despair. I hadn't paid head to warnings, I hadn't planned ahead. Everything I had built, all the growth seemed to decay around me. My beliefs remained by life seemed to lose meaning, it was as if my lover, child and parent had died all at once.
In retrospect perhaps I had flown too close to the sun. I had taken it too far and had to fall to see the folly of my ways. There were many factors that led to that failure, some which I could have prevented some which I could not have. In the end I see what I gained, and where I went wrong. I haven't taken to growing since, I haven't been ready. One day I wish to grow again, and many more species, active, medicinal, and edible. Maybe even a few poisonous ones just for shits and giggles!
So please share your stories! I think this is an understated topic in the cultivation arena.
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: MyOwnReality]
#11730696 - 12/28/09 09:54 AM (15 years, 23 days ago) |
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I'd like to meet a person like you.
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blackdust


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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: MyOwnReality]
#11730716 - 12/28/09 09:58 AM (15 years, 23 days ago) |
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Im always communicating with the mushrooms around me. Not only the mushrooms but everything else for that matter. I have special rituals I have for mushrooms. For instance, the Bob Marley sanctuary is a collection of tubs and trays frighting together. When ever I enter the sanctuary I always play some music and send the mushrooms goooooooD vibes!
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MyOwnReality
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: blackdust]
#11734568 - 12/28/09 10:20 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Meet someone like me? It's possible, especially if we do a gathering again.
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: MyOwnReality]
#11734587 - 12/28/09 10:23 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Well if there's a gathering in the east of the US maybe I'll be able to go sometime
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omnia
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: shroom_sandwich]
#11734631 - 12/28/09 10:31 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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that was incredible man thank you for the good read i would love to talk to you if possible just about some things do you think it could be possible?
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: omnia]
#11734650 - 12/28/09 10:35 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Wow, that's some persistence!
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blackdust


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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: MyOwnReality]
#11734665 - 12/28/09 10:37 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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MyOwnReality said: Meet someone like me? It's possible, especially if we do a gathering again.
Im so going to gathering to meet people like you
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omnia
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: blackdust]
#11734672 - 12/28/09 10:39 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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when is next gathering and where is it?
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KandyKid
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: shroom_sandwich]
#11734689 - 12/28/09 10:42 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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there is a east coast gathering in 2010 i cant view it yet cuz I dont have enough posts I believe it will be at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park www.nlqp.com gratefulfest weekend which is fourth of july but I am only speculating until I make 100 posts I cant read the link and my other account got banned so ai had to start all over wish me luck
on the spiritual connection... yes I feel totaly connected after cultivating marijuana for the first time I decided to test my skill this was 10 years ago mind you but anyway I also aye small amounts of mushrooms regularly say one regular sized mushroom. started out just before church sometimes or before dinner never really for a buzz in such small amounts but to feel more connected.
I am allergic to penicillin and If I could make a thread about this I would... after learning to grow shrooms and getting pretty good at pf tek every time I isolate a strian to the point that it is producing optimally I find that I have eaten so many shrooms not at once mind you... I order spores prolly once a year cultivate for 3-6 months on a small scale for myself and family. but I when I either consume a large amount for a buzz or many small amounts I show signs of allergy like I actually got puss under my eyelids last time it was scary I ate about 6-7 grams 2 times in 1 week... and there was puss in the corner of my eyes in the morning... others eat the same stuff and are fine I have tried more than one strain and some are worse than others but I have spores on the way and am not looking forward to the staph infection like symptoms that have been caused before(rash with blisters) anyone having any info on this would be very helpfull or even anyone allergic to penicillin not breaking out from cubes if that could be confirmed it would only further puzzle me but still be helpfull
thanks KB stoner42001@aol.com
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KandyKid
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: MyOwnReality]
#11734717 - 12/28/09 10:46 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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It is better to have loved and to have lost than to have never loved at all... thanks for sharing the potential for big problems from mass grows not enough people post their horror stories and they are often very educational KB
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email me for medical mj seed trade will trade for spores, seeds of most sorts, and even small crafts. stoner42001@aol.com
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: KandyKid]
#11734725 - 12/28/09 10:47 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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there is a spot for these and there is allot of them you just have to go to the right foram
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: KandyKid]
#11734776 - 12/28/09 10:54 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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I'm really just getting started with cultivation, but I definitely dream about my mushies growing, and I have to hold myself back from sticking my head into the FC all day long, I just love staring at the little guys. After I share mushrooms with my friends, I find it hard to believe they're not driven to cultivate as I am.
I think I feel the same way about shrooms as I would my favorite pet, if that pet were able to give me insight into the universe 
There's definitely a spirituality to it, and I think it really improves your quality of life if you respect the shrooms and make them a part of your life.
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: omnia]
#11734790 - 12/28/09 10:57 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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I had a similar experience after my first trip with mushrooms. The idea of psychedelic mental expansion has always been interesting to me, though I never thought I would get the chance or even want to experiment with it myself.
My first trip was somewhat of a failed attempt. A trusted friend made a tea with our mushrooms, as we feared getting physically ill (later we would find that this isn't a problem for us). The tea was not as effective as it could have been. The only physical effects I had were a very strong body high, and the sensation that colors were strange looking. I wanted to be in nature, so I walked outside into the woods behind my friends house. Down in a valley, I stood on a fallen tree, looking up into the sky, and swayed with the trees all around me.
It was this moment that would define the experience for me. It was beautiful, just letting go of my expectations and experiencing the life all around me. I felt as one with the spirit of the trees.
Subsequent trips have had a profound effect on me as well. The next trip I spent almost the entire time laughing hysterically. Nothing really happened in my mind that I was consciously aware of, but I noticed in the next few weeks a slow change in my demeanor. I stopped being angry and afraid. Now when I am faced with a challenging experience, I feel excitement rather than anxiety. I am also much more forward in communicating with my fellow human beings.
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: feelfunny]
#11734843 - 12/28/09 11:06 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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"Spiritual" is too vague a term. I'd say "psychological", to be more accurate and to imply that psilocybin, psilocin and the many fungi that produce these compounds possess a tangible clinical value (beyond cluster-headache relief) and should be legalized and accepted by society and its governing bodies. "Spirits" don't hold up to the scientific method, but many of the physical things to which people attribute such terms are actually tangible phenomena that can be analyzed on a deeper level. I do like your story though My first trip on shrooms culminated in a mediation on the theory of molecular determinism and the image of my consciousness as a spark on a wire.
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: feelfunny]
#11734848 - 12/28/09 11:06 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Oh that Nelson Ledges Quarry Park seems like a great place. I love nature and it's in Ohio, not too far from me. I live in eastern PA. I may have to go there this summer
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blackdust


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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: shroom_sandwich]
#11734861 - 12/28/09 11:08 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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shroom_sandwich said: Oh that Nelson Ledges Quarry Park seems like a great place. I love nature and it's in Ohio, not too far from me. I live in eastern PA. I may have to go there this summer
born and raised in Ohio. YEEE
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omnia
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: shroom_sandwich]
#11734903 - 12/28/09 11:15 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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shroom_sandwich said: Oh that Nelson Ledges Quarry Park seems like a great place. I love nature and it's in Ohio, not too far from me. I live in eastern PA. I may have to go there this summer
oh really where at ? i live about an hour from philly
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: omnia]
#11734915 - 12/28/09 11:17 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Dammit, I meant to say western PA haha. I live out by Pittsburgh, sorry about that.
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omnia
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Re: Spiritual Connection While Growing Shrooms [Re: shroom_sandwich]
#11734929 - 12/28/09 11:19 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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ha its alright i think a trip to ohio would be insane .. are there details for this gathering?
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