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Plants of the Gods: S4E8. Part 1 — Mushroom Magic with Giuliana Furci

Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast

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The Origins of the Magic Mushroom

Mordecai Cook was an interesting character, end of mycologist, end of herpetologist. He may have written the seven sisters of sleep, but he didn't spend all of his time sleeping since he had numerous children by women he wasn't married to. I wouldn't be surprised if the news of the use of this fungus to trap flies was part of the enlightenment that it produced in countries that arrived to. It's called the flyogaric because it has the power and the common use for attracting flies then can be used to attract and kill flies.

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