Thanks for all of the advice. I cased two of the cakes on Thursday in vermiculite, and the mycelium that I can see thru the sides is starting to make its way to the surface. The first fluch from the other two jars produced two decent sized fruits, a couple of medium sized, and a little handful of retarded abhorts. Total weight dried was 2.5 grams. And you are right on about the potency.Saturday night at 7:30, under the close supervision of Miss Sarah Beth, I weighed out 2 grams of dehydrated fun-guys, chopped them up in a coffee grinder, and blended it up w/orange juice and sugar to taste. It was a wonderful tasting orange smoothie, and no hint of nasty fungus taste. The process of chopping, blending, and mixing with citric acid must draw out the active ingredients, because in less than 20 minutes after finishing my smoothie I was starting to feel myself being pulled quite swiftly down into the couch and the familiar world of the abstract, absurd, and of the spirit. At the risk of sounding whacked out of my skull (which I am not), I can say with all honestly that last night was THE most moving experience I have had to date. Imagine every nerve in your body pulsating and radiating with amazing pleasurable tingling sensations. And at the same time having ABSOLUTE clarity of thought, a sense that time has frozen, and an unmistakable sense of divine existence, an appreciation for life, love, and nature more powerful than anything I have ever felt. The body wants to move in rhythm with some unheard music, possibly the ebb and flow of life energy. Besides the wonderful tingling (and I do mean wonderful), the clarity of thought, and the overwhelming happiness that I felt, I think that the most cleansing aspect of the whole journey was the sense that all of my complicated layers and protections systems, my fears, doubts, self-esteem issues, and ego just melted away, and I felt like and innocent child again. And sex is truly amazing. I can see how it would be a frightening ordeal for someone to view the world with no preconceptions, to finally realize the ultimate truth of life, and to sit and ponder in awe and wonder at the miracle of creation. I remember as I laid there, trying to communicate my visions to Sarah, I discovered that I was speaking to her in broken fragments, and drifting off in the middle of sentences. I had the sense that I was receiving messages from outside, and I felt compelled to communicate the message. I have never in my life shed tears because of overwhelming joy, but I did last night, and when I woke up the next morning, I felt a little drained, but peaceful. I looked out the window to see the world covered in pure white snow, and thick heavy snowflakes drifting down to the ground. It put a BIG smile on my face, I felt like it was a good omen, and I'm convinced that last night I had successfully stripped away all of those emotional burdens I've been carrying around with me, and that I have been given another chance to remake myself. And I must return to the spirit wold again if I ever find myself sliding back into the old negative life patterns.
All in all, I think it was a successful experiment, another life changing experience for me, and yet another reminder that the rules of life that I've grown up with are not always there to protect me, but to keep the prospect of an intense spiritual and life altering experience out of the hands of those people whose minds are not strong enough to comprehend it (namely the types of people who end up in management/political fields of work for some reason).
titworm out
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"At work they showed me how to open the door by pulling on the handle, so now I don?t have to hurl myself through the glass anymore." -anonymous