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Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you?
    #18839246 - 09/13/13 10:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I first became interested in mushrooms two years ago, when my ex mentioned having some on a camping trip. As I scientist, my curiosity led to extensive research, and the literature out there was astonishing. The extreme safety of psilocybin (from a biochemical standpoint) sealed the deal for me, so I began growing.

After fits and starts, I mastered the growing technique, using nothing but spores, wild bird seed, and coir. Again, this appeals to the scientist in me.

My first trip was full of anxiety and fear, but I had a trusted, experienced friend who stayed with me (while he was sober). Over these past two years, each trip has been better than the last.

Anyway... I randomly came across the term "psychonaut" on wikipedia and read the article. And wow, that term fits me perfectly.

I love mushrooms so much because it allows me to delve deeply into something which has always passionately interested me since I was a child: the very meaning of reality, existence, and the human mind.

Mushrooms have allowed me to examine these issues from angles I'd never be able to achieve on my own (unless I devote a lifetime to meditation). I'm a psychonaut.

So, I get really irritated when I read posts on other sites (like Reddit) from kids who "wanna party" with mushrooms. I find nothing party-ish about mushrooms, at ALL. And then you read stories of people saying idiotic shit like "mushrooms made me go insane, I had to go to the hospital, now I feel a void, I'll never be the same." These idiots are why mushrooms are illegal.

Mushrooms aren't for having a WILD TIME!!11!!!!!!11!

Mushrooms are for study, for research.

Anyway, just wondering if others felt the same way.


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: nitroholic]
    #18839313 - 09/13/13 11:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I personally cant call myself a psychonaut without laughing out loud.

I'm just an average dude that like hallucinogens a lot lol.


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: CounterCulturest]
    #18839332 - 09/13/13 11:16 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

i just am extremely interested what lies beyond and in what each drug is like.  So i do every one of them


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: Fuckspice]
    #18839357 - 09/13/13 11:26 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I liked mushrooms for a few years first for inner journeys, then for partying later on when I found myself :-)

but never party without respecting set/setting/dose  , I always consider each each time

I'm much into science too, but I believe science can't describe the universe fully
but some very interesting ideas nonetheless

science is about learning from nature and trying to describe nature

psychonauts go to egodeath btw, several times ;P
5g in silent darkness like mckenna recommends

it's not pleasant, but you usually don't regret it


Edited by lessismore (09/13/13 11:35 PM)


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: lessismore]
    #18839390 - 09/13/13 11:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

ever consider that mushrooms could be about the research & study of a wild fucking time?..

i mean, really... you don't have to take it so seriously... it's okay to have fun every once in a while... smiling & laughing & shaking yr ass are not prohibited, yet...


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: leon trout]
    #18839461 - 09/13/13 11:49 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

No! People are tripping on mushrooms and having fun.

THEY'RE DOING IT WRONG

:megapsycrankey:


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #18839477 - 09/13/13 11:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

i just realized im going to bed
good night


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: Shroomopotamus] * 1
    #18839633 - 09/14/13 12:29 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a psychonaut. I have friends that also do psychedelics, but they do it for having a good time, raves/partying, etc. They always say "we should trip together" and when I explain to them that I don't do these things for fun and I prefer to do them alone, I usually get weird looks. It seems like such a strange take on drugs to these people, even though they do them themselves.

For me, it's the exploration of consciousness and the decoding of the reality around us. Glimpsing the world anew, and delving into existence, sentience, and life as a whole. To my mind at least, these aren't toys, they're tools. I'm glad there are many others that share my viewpoint :heart:


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: CatchThirtythr33]
    #18839801 - 09/14/13 01:50 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

see man, the thing yr missing is, nobody is discounting the whole 4 candle, lotus position, trip at home by yrself stance... it's damn righteous to get spiritual with it like that... i do it as often as i like... but there's also nothing wrong with eating an eighth & shaking that ass at a concert either... or on the river canoeing... or just sitting around the back yard with some good folks who like to smile... it's pretty damn therapeutic, in fact...

there is absolutely no need to pigeon-hole the mushroom into one sort of tool or the other, it's perfectly capable of being all-purpose...


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: leon trout]
    #18839833 - 09/14/13 02:05 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

When I first started using these substances 5 years ago, that's what it was all about. Always in groups, always having a great time. I never doubt for a second how much damn fun these things can be, but after doing it however many times, I've sort of outgrown it (not to sound condescending in any way). I wouldn't doubt it if I had a few more group fun sessions in the future, but for now, I focus on introspection and self-therapy.


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: CatchThirtythr33]
    #18840075 - 09/14/13 04:29 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'm tripping because I love pschedelics, and I love having a good time. But I'm more about the mystical and "magical" side of psychedelics, although I always trip with friends and have a good time. 50/50 =)


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: juriics]
    #18840196 - 09/14/13 06:39 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

To address the last part... Psychedelics have definitely fucked some people's lives up. You don't have to be an irresponsible kid to get dp/dr/Hppd/temporary psychosis/etc. and don't get me wrong, I think they're fairly safe... But that comment wasn't very "sciency"


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: JacksonMetaller]
    #18840285 - 09/14/13 07:54 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

So, I get really irritated when I read posts on other sites (like Reddit) from kids who "wanna party" with mushrooms. I find nothing party-ish about mushrooms, at ALL. And then you read stories of people saying idiotic shit like "mushrooms made me go insane, I had to go to the hospital, now I feel a void, I'll never be the same." These idiots are why mushrooms are illegal.




Yep I went insane and went to hospital when I was a young teenager on LSD/cannabis. Don't think I was an idiot exactly curiosity killed the cat more likely, just got into a situation where I wrongly believed that the more I took the more I would learn!

If you're going to be a psycho-naught it might happen to you one day too! After all the term itself kind of implies the exploration of unknown, very far out, and maybe even dangerous territory!


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: wolf8312]
    #18840536 - 09/14/13 09:55 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The Aztecs and the Greeks had collective tripping sessions. They werent partying though, they tripped the night away and then shared the experiences with each other afterwards. I think a group of friends could trip together and have a therapeutic experience. Ive tripped to have fun and to explore, both are ok with me.


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: CatchThirtythr33]
    #18850371 - 09/16/13 05:49 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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CatchThirtythr33 said:
I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a psychonaut. I have friends that also do psychedelics, but they do it for having a good time, raves/partying, etc. They always say "we should trip together" and when I explain to them that I don't do these things for fun and I prefer to do them alone, I usually get weird looks. It seems like such a strange take on drugs to these people, even though they do them themselves.

For me, it's the exploration of consciousness and the decoding of the reality around us. Glimpsing the world anew, and delving into existence, sentience, and life as a whole. To my mind at least, these aren't toys, they're tools. I'm glad there are many others that share my viewpoint :heart:




yup... that about sums it up :thumbup:


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: Ras Rising]
    #18850407 - 09/16/13 05:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Just because you trip alone to for spiritual purposes doesn't mean you can't do them with friends, if anything trip with them and enlighten them, be the shaman or witch doctor, ask them what believe is the meaning of life is, show them how spiritual these things are.


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: crimsonking91]
    #18850418 - 09/16/13 06:01 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The term psychonaut is just to goofy :lol: Especially if you are using it to describe yourself.


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: crimsonking91]
    #18850429 - 09/16/13 06:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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crimsonking91 said:
Just because you trip alone to for spiritual purposes doesn't mean you can't do them with friends, if anything trip with them and enlighten them, be the shaman or witch doctor, ask them what believe is the meaning of life is, show them how spiritual these things are.




That's a very cool idea actually! I have a couple friends that I've tripped with that are usually on a very similar page to me and we've had some great times together. I don't really have any friends that I could really "show the path" with, but that'd be a very cool experiment!


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: CounterCulturest]
    #18850453 - 09/16/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

One can be both a psychonaut and a funtripper. I dont see how those can be separated. isnt the exploration the fun part? learning something new every time?

The personal discovery and growth is fun.

and who doesnt learn something new after every "lighthearted" trip


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Re: Just realized I'm a psychonaut. Are you? [Re: themusicofzann]
    #18850544 - 09/16/13 06:22 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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themusicofzann said:
One can be both a psychonaut and a funtripper. I dont see how those can be separated. isnt the exploration the fun part? learning something new every time?

The personal discovery and growth is fun.

and who doesnt learn something new after every "lighthearted" trip




I agree. Personally, I never had much of a hard time with spirituality so anymore I would rather be sober when doing/thinking spiritual. I don't need drugs to help with my spirituality. I just love the effects of psychedelics and the doses of enlightenment that they seem to give me :grin:

I feel that if someone only takes them alone and in a certain environment, they are definitely missing out on something big. And likewise. But if that is what they prefer then that is how they should trip. I just think back to some of the best time I have ever had in my life and I was tripping with a close friend or two in the mountains etc. Tripping alone in a formal way is mind blowing, for sure. But I have just had the most amazing times ever with a close friend. Nights that I will NEVER forget. As long as people trip how they want, that is cool. I just hope people aren't avoiding social/new environments solely for like spiritual of discipline reasons. There can just be so much to gain from tripping with a close friend. You can make intense bonds and it's incredible. Always trip how you wanna trip though ! anything else don't dun make no sense.  Psychedelic drugs are just to awesome, full of awe and special to restrain them 1 and only 1 application :heart:

But if you have explored all the aspects of the psychedelic experience that you feel is necessary then by all means, spend your trips however you feel will benefit you the most.


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