Plants of the Gods: S2E4. Magic Mushrooms and the Roots (actually, the Mycelia) of the Psychedelic Renaissance
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast
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The History of Magic Mushrooms
The history of magic mushrooms and how they launched psychedelic renaissance. The story begins in 1937 when a Harvard undergraduate named Richard Schulte's was researching early accounts of plant use by the indigenous peoples of Mexico as recorded by the Spanish invaders. Although his focus was peyote, he stumbled across numerous references to the consumption of intoxicating mushrooms which were known as Tiona Nakato or flesh of the gods.
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