The message of the mushroom, by Terrence Mckenna

[neuroflux]

This was originally written in the Mushroom growers guide, by Terrence Mckenna under another name.
Under the influnce of the Tryptamine molecule Psilocybin this is what he says was told to him via his human nervous system:


"I am old, older than thought in your species, which is itself fifty times older than your history. Though I have been on earth for ages.....

Speculative, and sensational, yet damn interesting!

For more written works and information please visit:
www.deoxy.org/mckenna.htm

Neuroflux

Truncated to Fair Use excerpt....

Clay

[Boerseun]

Why, exactly, is this in the Biology Forum?

Mushrooms speaking to you should go to Strange Claims, if it should go anywhere at all.

[DarkColoredLight]

I think it might have something to do with another book by Terence called "Food of the Gods." Something about apes+mushrooms=humans.

first voice:
These symptoms suggested that our evolution, i
suppose, from the animal kingdom
Into the human kingdom
itself was catalyzed, or triggered by our encounter with
These hallucenogenics, and

Second voice:
Yes,
we are an ape with a symbiotic relationship to a mushroom, and
that has
Given us self reflection, language, religion and
all the spectrum of effects
That flow from
these things.

First voice again:
And one can
only wonder how these hallucinogens might effect our future
Evolution as well...

Second voice again:
They
have brought us to this point, and as we make our relationship
to them
Concious, we may be able to take control of our
furute evolutionary path.

I believe the first voice belongs to Terence, and the second to his brother, I think. NF might know more of this conversation than I.

More info on the site in the original post, or from Mudvayne(everyones favorite math metal group).

[orbsycli]

Well look at the network fungi have underground,

it resembles the neaural network in our brains.

Mushrooms talk, but not in english,

[DarkColoredLight]

You might want to supply a image of said underground fungi. Then we might be able to look.


at least a link,
DCL

[orbsycli]

Originally Posted by DarkColoredLight

You might want to supply a image of said underground fungi. Then we might be able to look.


at least a link,
DCL

I attended a lecture back in Los Gatos,
I don't have links to offer.

California's right on the brink of the future, though . .

It's impressive and expensive.

But seriously, do a lil bit of research and you'll find us and them intertwined and everything is conscious, tonight.

[DarkColoredLight]

I don't "do a lil bit of research" unless I'm really extra interested. I prefer conversation over disipline in regards to human contact, because I can disipline myself.

On a lighter note, do you have some key words other than "underground fungi" that might be of use to add this self disiplined research?

Let me remind you of:
They have brought us to this point, and as we make our relationship to them Concious, we may be able to take control of our future evolutionary path.

I don't know if this can be done, but that's not the question at hand. The question is am I willing to do it? I say yes. So you can help me do that, or you can tell me to do it. Which one is taking control of our future evolutionary path? Which one is practicing what you preach? Or better yet preaching what you practice.


I really don't know where I'm going with this, but those key words could still be of use.

[orbsycli]

Hrmmmmm,

Well if you're interested in how the underground fungi network resembles our human neural network in our brain,

read about how mushrooms are introduced into areas of toxic spills,
and within 18 months all the toxicity in the land has disappeared
and there isn't even a trace left in any of the mushrooms!

The lecture was on mushrooms, and recent studies scientists in california have been doing to further understand the way they work and the way we work with them.

I wish I had more to offer, just vague memories of an amazing speech.

I'm the forgetful type, sorry man.

[DarkColoredLight]

Understandable.

I'll see what I can come up with.

[neuroflux]

The mushrooms fine network of mycelial connections is nearly immortal, only the sudden toxification of a planet, or the explosion of a parent star can wipe it out.

You can read the original message at:

www.deoxy.org/mushword.htm

I had the chance to go to A sacred plant conference in Whistler B.C, i met the man who discovered that you can clean up oil spils and other toxic waste with certain fungi like mentioned above.

The theory goes that as we descended out of the jungles and onto the plains we would of discovered The mushrooms growing form the Dung of Grazing animals.
As we forged for food, we would of tried the mushroom.
The effects would have been astonishing to early man.
Interesting theory.

NF