“TEONANACATL”….(TEO)….The Sacred Mushrooms

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                               Copyright 2010

                     "TEONANACATL"

                        The International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms

                                  “TEO”

___  This is a "RESTRICTED" Issue.  It contains all spore prints and photographs.

___  This is a "NON-RESTRICTED" Issue.  It contains no mushroom spore prints.

___  This is a "REPRINT/Photo Copy" Issue.  It may not contain prints or pictures.                  

EDITORS:  You, the reader.   

                     Manton Hirst, Amathole Museum; Humanities, South Africa,

                                            Curator of Anthropology

                     John Allen, MushroomJohn

                     Dr. Karl Buchanan

                     Mushrooms and Religion Editor, Rv. Matthew N. Wyman, DD

                     Pictorial Illustrations, SH

                     Stephen L. Peele, Chief Editor

“Restricted” Journal Issues Contain:

Color Photograph & Actual “Live” Mushroom Spore Print Sample (Sealed And Affixed Inside)    

                                  C O N T E N T S

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                     The International Journal of Pyschoactive Mushrooms (TEO)

                                                               May 2010

Journal Subscriptions and other information…………………………..01

"Can The Same Compounds Extracted From The Mushroom, ........02

              Be The Same If From Just The Mycelium?"

Greek History & the Golden Apples Of Hesperides...........................03

                   Rv. Matthew N. Wyman, DD

MAIL   CALL.......................................................................................10

     Using Syringe Filters to clean Mushroom Spores from.................10

           specimens collected from the wild

Best Way To Inoculate Cow Pastures With Psilocybe Cubensis…....10

Are All Puffballs Safe To Eat?............................................................11

Color Photograph of Psilocybe cubensis on Cow Pie .......................12

FMRC's  E N T I R E    S P O R E     B A N K     S A L E...................13

New Mushroom Journal CD-ROMS...................................................13

PSYCHOACTIVE  MUSHROOM  QUIZ  "PMQ"................................14

CONGRATULATIONS - Free TEO Subscriptions Given...................15

Submitting Spore Print Samples and Articles to This Journal ...........15

Culture Flask - Is this your last issue?................................................16

FREE Mushroom Spore Print Sample Inside Psilocybe azurescens.17

FMRC's        "Stimulus Sales" ...........................................................17

Special Offers From Mr. John Allen...................................................19

Tassili Pathology:  "March of the Superbugs!"………………..……….20

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Mushroom Journal Subscriptions:  If you would like to order a subscription to “TEONANACATL”, you may send request and payment of $30.00 made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523 for one year.  Give the postal address and name you would like the “Hard Copy” subscription sent to.  

Copyright Information:  This Journal is copyrighted under International Law, and all said laws apply.  Any material that finds its way into this Journal and has already been copyrighted elsewhere, retains original copyright.  Authors and photographers who submit material in this Journal are not restricted from using their work, or the sale thereof.  Persons may reprint or transmit this document only in its complete and original form.  No parts, articles, photographs, or any other partial pieces may be removed from this document.  If you have any questions about reprinting or re-transmitting, call 1.850.327.4378 and ask for Stephen L. Peele.  Copies of this document can be given away freely for academic or information purposes.  Any sale, placement, or display in any media that involves the transfer of money, of document, or parts of, is a violation of Copyright.

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Physical Issue (Hard Copy).....Contains actual spore print samples and color photographs inserted.  Spores are to be used as standards to compare with mushrooms found out in the wild or involved with mushroom poisonings at Poison Control Centers and ERs at hospitals.  As some mushroom spore print samples in this Journal may be capable of producing Controlled Substances, "RESTRICTED ISSUES" (Issues that contain said type spores) will not be mailed into restricted areas such as CA, ID, and GA. 

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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area:  Some readers who receive this Journal live in areas where no mushroom laws exist.  Others, like those living in the USA, must be aware of laws that forbid the possession and cultivation of mushrooms that contain controlled substances.  Psilocybe cubensis is an example of an illegal mushroom in the USA.  As articles are done on an international basis, always keep in mind the laws on these said type mushrooms in your own specific area.  Most all areas allow mushroom spore print samples on paper to aid in the identification of mushrooms found out in the wild.  Questions?  Check with the law from a pay phone.  Write down date, name and badge # of officer spoken with, to confirm any “no laws”  answer given.  Thailand and other legal areas, have no mushroom laws to worry about. 

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"Can The Same Compounds Extracted From The Mushroom, Be            The Same If From Just The Mycelium?"  

The answer is pretty much yes.  Mycelium is what builds the mushroom, that's why they seem to come up overnight sometimes.  As long as the mycelium gets all its proper nutrients and needs, it should be a good match.  Even law enforcement runs tests on agar and other substrates when there are no

mushrooms.  They don't need to identify the mushroom.  All they want to see is

Psilocybin found on the lab sheet.  So, the mycelium of said type mushrooms, does produce Psilocybin.  This was a closely guarded secret by mycologists for many years.....before the law found out on their own. 

One thing to pay attention to when growing mycelium to retrieve compounds found in the mushroom, is that you match the carbon source used by the specific species of mushroom. 

For Cellulolytic mushrooms, use chromatography powder.

For Amylolytic mushrooms, use soluble starch.

For Glycolytic mushrooms, use glucose.

For Lignolytic mushrooms, use wood sawdust (match wood that the mushroom is found growing on).  Taken from "GROWING  MUSHROOMS  WITHOUT CONTAMINATIONS", BY S.L. Peele

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Greek History & the Golden Apples

Of Hesperides

Rv. Matthew N. Wyman DD.

&

The Church of Enlightenment

Greek History & The Golden Apple of Hesperides

In the words of the of late Terrence McKenna, “If the truth can be said so that it can be understood, it will be believed.”  That is the spirit by which I hope to communicate the legend of the Greek hero Hercules and the post deluge dissemination of knowledge regarding the major psychedelics of history.

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History is replete with art, symbols and literature about the three major psychedelics, the Amanita muscaria, the Morning Glory and the Psilocybin mushroom.   References to the man teaching serpent (morning glory) and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (A. muscaria) cannot easily be overlook by the serious.  Yet the legends by the Greeks of the apples of Hesperides are not well illuminated – yet.

Yet before I go on to explain these fabled apples let me give credit where credit is due.  First I must thank Robert Bowie Johnson Jr. for his book “The Parthenon Code” in which he illustrates the decent and translation of Nimrod (think tower of Babel) into his Greek deification as Hercules.  Second, I am indebted to the Teaching Companies recorded lectures on ancient Greece and Rome - where the basic differences between the Etruscans, Greeks & Roman culture were clarified to me.  Finally, I am eternally grateful for the debt paid by the risen Savior and the Name (Psilocybin) which archeology proves he has left for us.

Now all debt left aside, lets ‘break open the head of the leviathan’ that is time enshrouded Greek myth.  The apples of Hesperides are no less than the Greeks description of the fruit of the Tree of Life.  Let’s review the supporting evidence.  First, these apples are golden (think Golden Teacher brand of P. cubensis), since we have already identified the Tree of Knowledge as the red “apple” with its stop sign like warning colors we can safely suspect a different “apple” fruit of Hesperides.  Second, we do well to examine the context in which we find these golden apples.  On the reconstructed building of the Parthenon we find the tree of Hesperides entwined with the “man teaching serpent” with its distinguishing characteristic of a bearded or goat-teed snake.   Called Asklepios by the Greeks and later Aesculapius by the Romans, this serpent in a magical apple tree is all too reminiscent of Genesis’ Lucifer – the Glory of the Morning and his handler Satan.  Beside the tree we find the three fates in the forms of lovely damsels, each having the power to cut the thread of life.  Fate has played an enormous role in the recorded history of Psilocybin mushroom use.  Specifically, their use by the Aztecs was recorded by the Franciscan and Jesuit priests as they witnessed or were told mushroom using events – like the coronation of Montezuma.  During these festivals the Indians peoples would eat Psilocybin mushrooms with honey and chocolate and enter into visionary states where they claimed to have revelation about their future fate.  For an easy reference to this fact please see Plants of the Gods by Richard E Schultes.

So the tie in to fate works for the argument, yet the serpent Aesculapius does not.  This ‘man teacher’ or ‘illuminating’ spirit shouldn’t be linked to the Tree of Life.   Here we are faced with a mystery, a mystery that is overcome when we uncover the deeper historical background and world view of the Greeks.   Greek

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scholars and historians point out that the Greeks originated out of the Near East. 

This is exactly where the Bible tells us that the decedents of Noah first settled after descending from the mountains of

For more on this historical rediscovery see http://anchorstone.com/

Ararat and the boat called the Ark.  In fact many Indo-European peoples migrated from this region, including I believe the Etruscans.  But the languages are confusing even to scholars, some have little or no connection to any known language – truly Babel to the ears of modern researches is all that comes down to us – for example such languages as “Liner A” spoken by the Minoan cultures.

Nimrod, for those of you who don’t know was a mighty hunter and leader of men, he slew the wild animals (think lions) and built the first walled cities – he set himself up against the Noahdic God of the Bible – making himself king over the peoples of the earth.  He is infamous for having aroused God’s anger by building the spiral tower of Babel.  Now Hesperides means the ‘discord or chaos’ – in short confusion or Babel…  So here we have this confusion of the languages and the dispersal of mankind across the known world.  Of course these wandering tribes would have taken the most memorable events of their past with them as myths and legends.  This is how the knowledge loving Greeks came to possess the tales of Nimrod as the mighty lion slaying hero they called Hercules.  Hercules’ name means ‘for the glory of Hera’ the chief goddess of the Greeks in the sense that she was married to Zeus.

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So what we have is a reversal, instead of the tale of Adam and Eve who were tricked by the Serpent and thrown out of Paradise, we have Zues and Hera who were educated by the ‘Man Teaching’ Aesculapius.  While Genesis records that the Serpent fooled Eve, telling her she and Adam would become like God by eating of the Tree of Knowledge, the Greeks – thanks to the early history effect on their culture by Nimrod spin the tale as Adam (Zeus) and Eve (Hera) are gods.  As Plato’s records indicate, the Greeks believed in Apotheosis – the transcendence of a human into a god.  Thus Plato says ‘our gods and ancestors’ and in doing so spills the truth.  We have evidence of this Apotheosis of historical figures all the way down into Roman times as well, with the early kings of Rome entering into Apotheosis or godhood upon death.   The Greek occult (hidden) practice of deifying to godhood great men was even alive at the time of the building of the United States White House – in the dome of the White House a view can see the deification of President Washington.  The White House Dome rests beneath a statue of Athena…   

Athena, as Robert Johnson Jr. points out is non-other than the “deified” or glorified Hera after having eaten of the forbidden fruit (A. muscaria) – it’s particularly note worth to examine the cold emotionless and deathlike expressions this goddess often wares.  As the goddess of war and of the (serpents) wisdom , she has become the occult symbol of the ‘ruling elite’  - her symbolic representation is the owl, a bird of prey that kills by night.  You can still see here symbol at the entry of Bohemian Grove in Northern California where the globalists gather ‘like witches at Black Sabbath…’

So, Greek culture tells the reverse side of the story of Adam and Eve, with Athena springing from the mind of Zeus.   How does this knowledge help you in your day to day life?  If you know history, you will know where we are at in it and you will avoid the pitfalls of historical repetition.   For the Greeks, the Golden Apples of Hesperides were confusion, they blame God’s Tree of Life for the discord found in this world, preferring the Serpent’s advice and ‘salvation’ of  Apotheosis through gnosis or secret knowledge.

Yet look at the world today, ‘nation rises against nation’ in unending blood baths that these ruling elite quietly orchestrate (see the movie Green Zone for one more example of this).  While famous illuminist writers divide the world into two groups, the Illuminati and the Anarchists – see Robert Anton Wilson’s books on the Illuminati.  The Golden Apple is also featured here as the seeds of discord and with a license to sexual licentiousness that is described in the early churches –see Revelations.

Here we see Athena with all here serpents around her, the Glory of the Morning entwining itself around every limb of her wits…

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How you might wonder did Nimrod/Hercules acquire this knowledge?  According to Greek tradition he forced it out of the Noahdic decedents.   Here we see Hercules forcing Nereus (meaning ‘wet one’) – the Noah of the Bible to give up the knowledge of the ‘feathered or flying serpent’ (M. Glory).

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Later adventures of this Greek rendered Nimrod show him fighting with a similarly styled river god who takes the form of a bull and a serpent.  The bull is traditionally linked in the symbolic language to Amanita muscaria – the Red Bull of the Mountain used by the Eastern and Near Eastern cultures.  Called Homa in the Near East and Soma in the East, this ‘red bull’ mushroom was the sun tree or Tree of Knowledge.  The horn was ripped from the bull and became the Cornucopias of the Greeks.   Below are images of Athena & Hercules/Nimrod battling with the Nereus/Noah – taking from him the ‘cloak of authority’ – these images come from Greek & Etruscan origins.

Athena subduing Noah/Nereus – the conquest of Noah’s People (Giants)

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Etruscans – showing the same battle of Nereus – wilts people celebrate. 

What this boils down to is yet another ‘fig leaf’ has appeared upon the tree, as truly ‘knowledge has increased greatly’ in these days.  My suggestion and hope for Mankind is that we put aside the knowledge that puffs up (the ego) and get down to the absolute ground of being.  I recommend a return to Eden via Jesus Christ’s words “first find the kingdom of God and His righteousness” and then the rest will be given unto you.  His “kingdom is within” (J.C.) and the key is the ‘apples of the valley’ which “hold the seeds of happiness the ground is rich with tender care and were paid to not forget” (Led Zeppelin).   That key, Psilocybin- is, can and will be passed through the ‘pearly gates’ of peoples ‘pearly whites’ and descend down inside them to unlock the doors of heaven and open up their living dreams.  All that is required is that we keep to His Righteousness and enter through those doors.  Given In Love, DD. Matthew N. Wyman Rv.

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                                                        MAIL   CALL

Using Syringe Filters to clean Mushroom Spores from specimens collected from the wild…….

I also seen you made mention of a "using a syringe filter to perform cleaning filtration", is this something you sell or could tell me how to acquire?  Thanks for any info, tom

Tom........they will be fine for microscopy.  Syringe filters come in different pore sizes.  Say the spores you are trying to clean are 5 microns.  Select a 6 micron filter.  Filter the spores through, with several flushes and new sterile water.  Take solution and run through 4 micron filter, again with several flushes and new sterile water.  Only the 5 micron size will be left on the filter.  Draw back with sterile water, pulling the 5 micron spores back off the filter and into the syringe.  You know have pure 5 micron spores in sterile water.  Remove the filter and inoculate.  Say for Psilocybe cubensis, I'd use a 17 and 12 micron because of their shape.  We no longer make the syringe filters available due to no interest.  Search syringe filters on the web.  You will want the select the right filter for the spore size of the species you are trying to clean.  You want syringe filters.  You will need a syringe filter holder.  You will need a nice glass syringe, 10cc at least.  You may have to visit several sites before you locate the right micron size.  You can also try ordering Catalogs that carry syringe filters.

Thank You, for your interest in FMRC! Highest Regards, Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC

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  Best Way To Inoculate Cow Pastures With Psilocybe Cubensis 

I lived out in the middle of a very large cow pasture for 20 years studying mushrooms under a Federal DEA Scheduled I permit.  I never ever saw a cow eat a mushroom.  If anything, they stayed clear of them.  Here is actually what happens in the case of Psilocybe cubensis.  The spores land on the grass from other mushrooms.  The cow lays its pie on this area.  The green grass and cow pie make a very rich compost.  It is this area where the spores first come to life and grow.  Later, as rains come, and the pie composts, the mycelium grows up into the pie.  Because the pie is not as rich as the grass-pie compost, the mycelium thinks it is running out of growing media, and turns its attentions to making the mushrooms.  This is exactly what happens when casing is applied.  The mycelium grows up into this non-nutritious casing and it thinks its food source has gone...bam, you get shrooms..........Your best bet to inoculate a pasture, mix spores in a gallon jug, sprinkle the solution all over areas where there is grass.  If a pie is laid on the inoculated grass, there will be growth as long as weather and temps are good.  Feeding cows apples laced with spores, or putting spores in their drinking water will also work.  Many years ago, it was thought that Psilocybe cubensis had to pass through the cow before there could be any mushrooms.  We now know that is not needed.........slp/fmrc

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                                      Are All Puffballs Safe To Eat?

In "North American Mushrooms" by Orson Miller, page 441, under

edibility:  There are no toxins reported.......

I still warn people, sometimes a person can have a specific allergic

reaction to any fungus.

Always eat just a small sample of a mushroom you have never eaten

before. This way, if there is a reaction, it will be small. Things

like swollen lips, rash, upset stomach are common. Never heard of a

deadly puffball. I do remember years ago a story about some people

"sniffing" up some puffball spores, and the results were very bad.  Seem to remember there was a death. I'd have to go back and check. slp/fmrc 

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                       “T E O N A N A C A T L”

                              The International Journal Of

                             Psychoactive Mushrooms  (TEO)

                                Color Photograph for #32  “TEO” May 2010

Psilocybe cubensis growing from a cow pie.  Photograph taken by Stephen L. Peele, Cantonment, FL.

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            FMRC’s  E N T I R E    S P O R E     B A N K     S A L E 

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To be the proud owner of this entire spore bank collection, simply mail in your request for the Entire Mushroom Spore Sample Collection, held at FMRC.  The best method of payment is a

Postal Money Order that you buy at your local Post Office.  Send your request and payment made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL  32523.  If you live in CA, ID or GA, where many of the spore samples are illegal…..no problem.  Just send $830.00 and none of the illegal samples in your area will be included.  Otherwise, you must send a legal state shipping address for the entire collection.

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This new #3 CD comes with all the Back Issues #70 TMC thru #83 TMC!  Just like #1 and #2, the #3 CD comes in color, just like the Issues were published.  Just place it in your computer, and you will be there to see it all. To check out the Contents of these past Back Issues, just go to www.mushroomsfmrc.com and click Catalog.  Then scroll on down until you come to the Back Issue section for our Journals.
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PSYCHOACTIVE  MUSHROOM  QUIZ  “PMQ”

Psychoactive Mushroom Quiz (“PMQ”) is featured in each edition of this Journal.  If you know the answer, write it down and mail it in.  No phone calls.  No E-mail.  No FAX.  Your entry must be mailed by 1^st Class U.S. Mail only (Overseas and Out of USA can use Airmail).  The first letter that is opened and has the correct answer WINS.  What do you win?  An entire year’s subscription to this Journal "Hard Copy”…FREE!  Your name will be posted with the correct answer in the following edition (unless you state “Not to publish your name”).  So, come on and impress your mushroom friends with your knowledge.  Send your entry to FMRC, “PMQ”, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523.

Last Issue’s #31 TEO “PMQ”:  At what temperature F does Psilocybin degrade?

Last Issue’s “PMQ” correct answer:  190 F.  (The Merck Index)            

Winner – Jeff Dane, VA

“PMQ” For this #32 TEO Issue:  What Genus was Psilocybe cubensis once referred to?

                 How to Win a Year’s Free Subscription to “TEO”

If you see any article about psychoactive mushrooms, past or present, and you think others may like to read it, send it in.  If it is used in ”TEO”, you get the free subscription.  If you find a large stand of a particular species of psychoactive mushroom, and are able to collect 4 to 5 good full sheets of spore prints (enough

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to place samples in “TEO”), send them in.  If they are accepted, they will be placed in “TEO”, and you get the free subscription.  If you send anything in that has to do with psychoactive mushrooms, and it is used (Mail Call letters do not apply), you get the free subscription.  If you do not want your name mentioned, please state so and we will honor your wishes. 

Free subscriptions are Hard Copy Color issues with spore print samples.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:  Because of your input to this issue of “TEO”, you are awarded a year’s free subscription.  We all thank you for your very helpful input:  George Green for SO191 Panaeolus Spore Print Samples provided in this #31 Issue.

Please be advised that any postal or electronic mail sent to FMRC and “TEO” becomes their property, and said mail may be used in articles published by FMRC and “TEO”.  However, if you ever send something in and you don’t want your name given, state so and we will follow your wish.  If you wish not to be in our records, state so and you will not be.  Any subscriber will, at least, be on our subscription list in order to receive said subscription.

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Submitting Spore Print Samples and Articles to This Journal “TEO”

If anyone has an article or something they would like to submit to be in "TEO", please submit to FloridaMycology@cs.com or postal mail to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523.  If what you send in is used, you win a year’s free subscription to TEO, Hard Copy Issue.  Other articles found in newspapers and other print, should be sent postal mail.  Any article used earns the sender a year’s free subscription to “TEO”.  “TEO” is the physical issue of this Journal; “TEO” Electronica is the electronic version of issue.  So, be sure to include your postal address when submitting any article.  Mail Call entries earn no free subscription.  You may also elect and state not to have your name published or listed with article.  Ideas about regular columns by you are welcomed, as are all

other ideas that you feel will be helpful to this Journal.   Because this Journal also comes with spore print samples affixed inside, you may submit mushroom spore prints on paper to be placed in this Journal.  Several full sheets are needed so that everyone receives a sample.  Examples of mushroom spore print samples affixed in past "TEO" Issues:  Amanita muscaria, Psilocybe cubensis, Amanita pantherina, Psilocybe azurescens, and Panaeolus foeniscecii/cyanescens. 

Spores should be sent to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523.  Actual live mushroom spore print samples are affixed into journals for identifying purposes only.  They can be compared to suspected found mushroom's spores to help in making a positive identification.  No growing claims are made or implied.  Any articles, spores, or other submissions that are used earn you a year's free Hard Copy Subscription. 

Submitting spore samples for Journal entries entitles you to one year’s free subscription to the "Physical" issues published by FMRC.  Only select prints that you are sure of identification.  Do not submit samples you cannot identify.  "TMC" and "TEO" ("THE MUSHROOM CULTURE", The Journal Of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC) and "TEONANACATL", The International Journal Of Psychoactive Mushrooms TEO), both published by FMRC, still remain the only "Color" mushroom journals that come with mushroom spore print samples.  This is mainly due to reader collection

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and the fact it is quite troublesome to place the said samples in this Journal.  To this date, I know of no one else who has tried taking on this task.  Mushroom prints should be taken on paper.  Any dark colored spores can be taken on white paper.  Light colored or white spores should be taken on a dark colored paper.  This will ensure contrast and make the spores easy to see.  Seven to nine complete sheets should be submitted.  Place and affix (with staple or tape) cover sheet over each sheet of prints.  Send date and place collected. 

Because these issues have this unique feature of mushroom spore print samples to aid in the correct identification of mushrooms collected out in the wild, they have a cut off of 3,000 subscribers.  This makes original Hard Copy back issues of "TMC" and "TEO" rare and the most valuable to collect.

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Back Issues of "TEO" Hard Copies, are $10.00 each.  When all originals have been sold, Reprint or Photocopies are made available (no spore samples or Color Photograph may be affixed). 

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The Scheduling Dispatch of This Journal

This Journal's "Hard Copy" is postal mailed the second week of the Issue's Publication month/date.  Because games and prizes offered in this Journal are restricted to postal mail only, the Electronic Issue is not released until 7 days after the postal mailing of the "Hard Copy".  This is done to prevent unfair advantage if both were released at the same time.  To view the

Electronic Issue, go to www.mushroomsfmrc.com then, click on “TEO Journals”.  The FREE Download is made available by donations.  To help keep this mycological free service available to all, you may send your donation in any amount to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523                       

As you read through TEO, you may come upon misspelled words and other typos.  This is because it is the Publisher’s decision to paste articles, emails, and other sent-in items, just as we receive them…errors and all.

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                          Subscription Sale on Both Mushroom Journals

For over 20 years now FMRC has published the World's Only Color Mushroom Journals that come with actual "Spore Print Samples" affixed inside.  And now, subscribing to these great Mushroom Journals is better than ever before.  Order a TWO Year Subscription to "THE MUSHROOM CULTURE”, The Journal of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC) for the low price of just $50.00 ($90.00 Outside of USA) and receive the 2 Disk Set of "THE GOSPEL OF MUSHROOMS," a $60.00 value!

All the TMC Issues from #01 to #69 are on "THE GOSPEL”.  You will see all the mycological achievements made over the last 2 decades...all in COLOR!  All the stories, all the events, it’s all here.  A major Mycological Publishing Event!  And, all you have to do is just place the disks into your computer, and you will be there to see it all!

Or, you can order a TWO Year Subscription to "TEONANACATL" The International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms (TEO) for the same low price of just $50.00 ($90.00 for Outside of USA) and receive the TEO Issues #01-#13 on CD-ROM - a $40.00 value!

When placing your order please state that you want to receive the free CD-ROMs.

If you are already a subscriber, the 2 years will just be added to your current subscription.  Here is one even better:

Order BOTH Journals, and just send $75.00, and get both the CD-ROMs.  This will save you Big Time.......Mail your request and payment made out to FMRC, POB 18105 Pensacola, FL 32523.  Sorry, no online or credit card orders.  The Florida Mycology Research Center (FMRC), Publisher.

              Mushroom Spore Print sample for #32 “TEO”                                                                                                                     
Psilocybe azurescens  FMRC’s Catalog Number         SO3722                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                .                                                     

Samples collected by D.P. in Washington State                 

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                                FMRC’s        “Stimulus Sales”

Due to the failing economy, FMRC presents the following sales to help generate stimulus within the Mushroom Community:

Independent  Mushroom  Grower's  Network  (IMGN).  Go for details:

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Normal IMGN Membership Cost.........$200.00  (Out of USA $230.00)

During the Stimulus Sale, your cost is only $150.00!

With well over $700.00 worth of free IMGN benefits, this makes just the $200.00 worth of your selection of any free spore samples, from the world’s largest mushroom spore bank, even more better!  And don't forget the one year's free subscription to "THE  MUSHROOM  CULTURE", The Journal of Mushroom

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Cultivation (TMC).  It is your communication's link to what is going on in the World of Mushrooms.

FMRC's  Stimulus  Sale #1.....IMGN Lifetime Membership with all benefits   $150.00

(Out of USA $180.00)

Doctor's  Degree  Mushroom  Correspondence  Course.  Go for details:

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This is FMRC's Main Catalog.  Scroll down until you come to:

COLLEGE OF BASIDIOMYCETES The Study of Gilled Mushrooms

FMRC was the first to introduce home correspondence courses to study mushrooms. Certificate of Completion, from Associate to Doctor’s are offered. Don't be fooled by "come lately" courses that others have now started. If you want to learn about mushrooms in the privacy of your home, and do so at your own pace, sign up with the only one that has more than 30 years of experience. No one else but FMRC can give you the real training you desire to have. Courses start as low as $100.00.   Financing is not available for this Sale.

Tuition Schedule:

Doctor......................$500.00       Master…………………..$260.00

Bachelor...................180.00         Associate………………..100.00

Additional materials needed to complete Doctor or Master Degrees of Completion are all furnished. These may include specimens, spores, cultures, reagents, and other reading materials like "The Mushroom Researcher ($50.00 value, and "Growing Mushrooms Without Contaminations" (a $25.00 value). Students living outside the US must add an additional $40.00 to cover "Out Of Country" Airmail and Handling.

Although our "Certificate of Completion" degrees are nonacademic and cannot be used for credit on academic courses, knowledge obtained through these courses can be transferred to academic credits by taking CLEP tests offered by most major Universities and Colleges. Certificates offered may not be acceptable when obtaining positions where an academic degree is required. This is the reason why tuition may sound to be on the "cheap" side. If degrees were accredited through a College or University, this would cause an increase by thousands of dollars in tuition fees. Back years ago I was told by the

University of North West Florida, “To accredit FMRC’s Doctor’s Degree would cost over $26,000.00.” And my cut is not even in that figure. Because many of the subjects discussed are not offered by most academic institutions, I decided to make them available. I many times talk to medical doctors from Poison Control Centers, working on identifying mushrooms involved in mushroom poisonings. They find themselves learning a lot from me about identifying mushrooms, especially from spore microscopy and taking mushroom spore prints on paper to see their color. They openly relay to me how Mushroom ID “Challenged” they really are. When I tell them about these very same courses and how they can

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take them at their own pace and time, they even sign up! These degrees actually show higher specific learning accomplishments than what most Universities and Colleges offer. Persons holding academic degrees can present our "Certificate of Completion" as supplemental credentials, and proof of further learning into the specific area of Basidiomycetes.

When you order this Stimulus Sale #2, our Doctor's Degree Course, you get all the needed and provided materials and books that are listed above.  All you have to do is buy your text book at any book store, the National Audubon Society…."Field Guide to North American Mushrooms by Gary H. Lincoff.  You need a good field guide anyway, and this is really a good one.  It is available from FS Book Store (1-916-771-4203) for under $20.00.  “Tell them” FMRC said you had this book.  

FMRC's Stimulus Sale #2..........Doctor's Degree Course $200.00

(Out of USA $240.00).

Want to save even more?

Purchase both Stimulus sales, #1 IMGN Membership and #2 the Doctor's Mushroom course for only.........$300.00!  (Out of USA $370.00)  That’s over $1,200.00 worth of items for just $300.00.

Just write down your request on what sale, or both, you want.  Make payment out to FMRC.  A postal money order that you buy at your local post office is the best method of payment.  Personal checks are accepted.  Send request and payment to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL  32523.

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                         Special Offers From Mr. John Allen

Full color reprints of my journal are all $10 dollars each on paypal.  At:
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"Sex, Mushrooms and Rock and Roll" New special version (80 pages) with two new full page color erotic shroom art images not in the hard copies can now be bought for Ten dollars.
”The Chemistry and Cultivation of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia” in full color is $10 dollars, and
The Chemistry of Psilocybe villarrealiae from Mexico in full color is also $10.00.
And anyone who buys these reprints can go to any cheap copy shop and use 112 x 17 paper and have a magazine size booklet printed in color and ask the clerk to make the first page printed on a little heavier cover stock and you have your own book of the journal article.  They will be a collector’s item at some time in the next 25-50 years or so.

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                                    Tassili Pathology:

                              "March of the Superbugs!"

There aren't many people by now who haven't heard of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as "MRSA".  It's a rather tough little bacterium that can cause just a slew of hard to treat conditions in the human being. But to say "Methicillin-resistant" or "Oxacillin-resistant" etc. is actually misleading; the more accurate would be "multidrug-resistant".  But not as many people know that the term "Superbug" can be applied, at least at this point, to at least eleven major infectious and potentially lethal bacteria.  It's a list quite literally from head to toe, appetite to out, heart, lungs and brain. Against these evolving little killers current commercial antibiotics continue toward failure.

When the so-called "Super Bugs!" became the second leading cause of death worldwide I thought "Well, everybody said.." and I checked myself as well to see what I thought of these recent rises and emerging boogers. But there hasn't been any change in the bugs that the psilocybes would notice I don't believe? As far as that goes they might as well not have bothered to evolve at all except for the simple realities of the population/situation.

A "SuperBug" by definition is any strain that has developed resistance to it's current conventional antibiotic such as Stapylococcus aureus strains and dicloxacillin, methicillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, the cephalosporins & etc. 

One gets to be a SuperBug via Natural Selection acting on Random Mutation, being Engineered through the application of Evolutionary Stress on a population, by acquiring strengths via Horizontal Genetic Transfer from another bacteria, Conjugation, Transduction, Transformation or even by being induced through Laboratory Protocols. 

However each gains the status, they are rising more and more while we keep throwing stuff at them and it only makes the problem worse. They effect resistance in a frighteningly short time now as well. The list of "people at risk" continues to grow to include college students, military personnel, athletes,  Diabetics, Elderly, Children, Immuno-compromised people and more.

So with a better idea of the SuperBugs and their versatility as well as their virulence let's briefly list a few:

(Sub-classifications of these such as "community acquired", "institutionally acquired" are more vector related names than biological characteristics. So the one you've heard of is probably here...)

1) Staphylococcus aureus

MRSA, ORSA, VRSA (GISA? VISA?)

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A CDC study published in JAMA in 2007 (10/17) estimated MRSA as responsible for 94,360 serious infections and 18,650 hospital stay-related deaths in 2005. This suggests that MRSA infections alone kill more people in the US each year than AIDS.

*Some livestock can get it but not have symptoms and can in some circumstances transmit it to humans. Always treat all sick animals and consider preventive treatment in pigs and to a lesser extent cattle and poultry.

2&3) Streptococcus pyogenes & pneumoniae

- Responsible for flesh-eating strains, pneumonia, bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, sinusitis, peritonitis, arthritis, ?

4) Enterococcus faecium (VRE, LRE)

5) E-Coli - some strains more dangerous than others

6) Mycobacterium tuberculosis

7) Pseudomonas aeruginosa

8) Salmonella

9) Acinetobacter baumannii

10) Campylobacter

11) Clostridium difficile - the diarrhea to death disease? Cipro and Levaquin don't do much...

OK - that nasty enough? Here we go - at some length - the four main ways these critters get around us are:

1) Alteration of Metabolic Pathway - Some can adapt/utilize other precursors

2) Reducing Drug Accumulation - Some can keep drugs from permeating or "pump" it off the cell surface

3) Drug Modification/Inactivation - Enzymes to deactivate in the case of Penicillin G and some who can create their own beta-lactamases. 

4) Alteration of Target Site - that is, the binding target site of penicillins - in MRSA and others (P resistant)

So there are a lot of critters and a lot of variables as well as a lot of conditions resultant. Get out the paper hats and fluted glasses anyway - there is one weapon we do have already that covers all of those bases, and is very broad spectrum. Isn't that remarkable? (Still!) The "Wondrous Mushroom" does more factually in the blood than in all the fancies of mind. The psilocybe genera mushrooms remain, from time immemorial, a top broad spectrum antibiotic against such very creatures as these. They remain easy to rapidly produce in viable forms, faster than most other medical species. They also continue to address a number of other conditions handsomely, but they can literally be called the "Wondrous Antibiotic" - the only one that also gives life.

Not only working much faster than current antibiotics, the "Wondrous Antibiotic"

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is a one-dose high expectation treatment, but is also flexible according to it's parameters. It not only affects the bacteria, it helps "prop up" the respiratory and other systems for a better fight and a better ride. Many of it's beneficial effects are residual. In tandem with other daily use mushrooms and phytomedicals the best front line still goes to this Garden we dwell in and all it's wonders.

So, as we all face a very "thick" future with Lord knows what swirling in the air, the water, the dirt and even the food just remember our ancient friends, made by the same which made our enemies.

Best Wishes Always!

Yours in the "Natural State",

Dr. Karl Buchanan

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       “TEONANACATL”                            

                The International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms

                            Florida Mycology Research Center (FMRC)

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                 #32  “TEO”

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#31 TEO February 2010 $15.00
“TEONANACATL”….(TEO)….The Sacred Mushrooms
ISSN 1543-1681
Copyright 2010
"TEONANACATL"
The International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms
“TEO”
___ This is a "RESTRICTED" Issue. It contains all spore prints and photographs.
___ This is a "NON-RESTRICTED" Issue. It contains no mushroom spore prints.
___ This is a "REPRINT/Photo Copy" Issue. It may not contain prints or pictures.
EDITORS: You, the reader.
Manton Hirst, Amathole Museum; Humanities, South Africa,
Curator of Anthropology
John Allen, MushroomJohn
Dr. Karl Buchanan
Mushrooms and Religion Editor, Rv. Matthew N. Wyman, DD
Pictorial Illustrations, SH
Stephen L. Peele, Chief Editor
“Restricted” Journal Issues Contain:
Color Photograph & Actual “Live” Mushroom Spore Print Sample (Sealed And Affixed Inside)
C O N T E N T S F O R #31 TEO
Journal Subscriptions and other information…………………………..01
Mail Call……………………………………………………………………02
Collected Cow Pies that would fruit mushrooms when watered…02
Unidentified Cubensis………………………………………………...03
Wanting fresh Amanita muscaria samples for testing…………….03
Amanita muscaria drawing………………………………………………04
Color Photograph of Psilocybe villarrealiae…………………….……...05
Large Mushroom Bust in North Carolina………………….……………06
The War on SuperBugs – Mushrooms can help the fight…………….06
Amanita muscaria and the drinking of urine……………………………09
Mr. John Allen’s Volume XIII Sacred Mushroom Studies…………….10
Never Agree To Let the Police Search………….……………………...10
FMRC’s Entire Spore Bank Sale………………………………………...11
New Mushroom Journal CD-ROMs……………………………………..11
Psychoactive Mushroom Quiz…………………………………………...12
FREE TEO Subscriptions given…………………………………………13
Submitting Prints and Articles……………………………………………13
Culture Flask……………………………………………………………….14
FREE Mushroom Spore Print Sample Panaeolus cyanescens………15
FMRC’s Stimulus Sale………………………….…………………………15
Mushrooms and Homosexual Tendencies…………….………………..19
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Mushroom Journal Subscriptions: If you would like to order a subscription to “TEONANACATL”, you may send request and payment of $30.00 made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523 for one year. Give the postal address and name you would like the “Hard Copy” subscription sent to.
Copyright Information: This Journal is copyrighted under International Law, and all said laws apply. Any material that finds its way into this Journal and has already been copyrighted elsewhere, retains original copyright. Authors and photographers who submit material in this Journal are not restricted from using their work, or the sale thereof. Persons may reprint or transmit this document only in its complete and original form. No parts, articles, photographs, or any other partial pieces may be removed from this document. If you have any questions about reprinting or re-transmitting, call 1.850.327.4378 and ask for Stephen L. Peele. Copies of this document can be given away freely for academic or information purposes. Any sale, placement, or display in any media that involves the transfer of money, of document, or parts of, is a violation of Copyright.
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Subscriptions: You must be at least 18 years of age to subscribe to this Journal. Any subscription request with payment confirms that you are at least this age, and meet "TEO's" age requirements! Otherwise, if you are under 18, collect mushrooms, and wish to have the mushroom spore print samples to insure proper ID, and to prevent accidental poisoning, have your parents subscribe for you. TEO is a Quarterly Publication, and is published 4 times a year, Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
Physical Issue (Hard Copy).....Contains actual spore print samples and color photographs inserted. Spores are to be used as standards to compare with mushrooms found out in the wild or involved with mushroom poisonings at Poison Control Centers and ERs at hospitals. As some mushroom spore print samples in this Journal may be capable of producing Controlled Substances, "RESTRICTED ISSUES" (Issues that contain said type spores) will not be mailed into restricted areas such as CA, ID, and GA.
These types of subscribers will be sent "NON-RESTRICTED ISSUES"
(Issues that do not contain said type free spore samples). Because many articles are copy/pasted from emails, spelling and grammar errors may exist. They are left “as is” to show proof of original document. It is mailed to you in a thick plain brown envelope.
Subscription rates: One year’s subscription $30.00 (Outside of USA $50.00), Two year’s subscription $50.00 (Outside of USA $90.00), Three year’s subscription $70.00 (Outside of USA $130.00). “Lifetime” subscription is $1,000.00 (Outside of USA $2,000.00). Make payment out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523.
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Back Issues of "TEONANACATL" (TEO)
The Hard Copy Issues are $10.00 each. When all originals are sold, "REPRINT" or photocopies are provided (these issues may not contain any color photographs or spore print samples). The only way to insure getting a complete issue is to subscribe and get original Issues. Current Issue $15.00.
How Many Issues Do I Have Left on my "TEO" Hard Copy Subscription? Check the number right after your first name or above the business address on your mailing label. This is how many issues are left on your current subscription. Also see "Culture Flask": If your culture flask has a RED Contaminant in it......this is your last issue! Please re-subscribe. There may be no other further notices. Send payment now while it is on your mind. That way you will never miss an issue!
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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area: Some readers who receive this Journal live in areas where no mushroom laws exist. Others, like those living in the USA, must be aware of laws that forbid the possession and cultivation of mushrooms that contain controlled substances. Psilocybe cubensis is an example of an illegal mushroom in the USA. As articles are done on an international basis, always keep in mind the laws on these said type mushrooms in your own specific area. Most all areas allow mushroom spore print samples on paper to aid in the identification of mushrooms found out in the wild. Questions? Check with the law from a pay phone. Write down date, name and badge # of officer spoken with, to confirm any “no laws” answer given. Thailand and other legal areas, have no mushroom laws to worry about.
Mail Call
Subj: Class/demo kits
Date: 11/16/2009
From: J Chris
To: FloridaMycology@cs.com
Hello there,
I seem to recall that, some years ago, you offered an educational/demonstrative kit that was essentially a mass of substrate already taken with various mycelium and ready to cast for classroom observation. Is that an item that you still carry? Thank you. Sincerely, J Chris
J Chris.......you have a good memory. That was 25 years ago when I offered the taken substrate. I would collect composted cow pies out in the pasture that were taken by different types of pasture mushrooms. They were shipped dried, and when only water was put on them, they would come back to life and produce mushrooms. Psilocybe cubensis was many times one of the mushrooms that would appear. They were very popular. About that time, I was asked by the Federal DEA to stop shipping live mushroom cultures, aiming mainly at ones that were capable of producing Controlled Substances. This is when FMRC decided to stop all live culture business. Because I could not determine if any said type mushroom mycelium may develop in the pie, I stopped shipping those also. All the authorities have to do is just run a test for Psilocybin or Psilocin. So, no, I do not offer them any more. I enjoyed your question this morning. I will place it under "Mail Call" in one of our upcoming Mushroom Journals. I will use the name J Chris. If you do not want me to use this name, let me know. If you would like to have a copy of the Issue I use your question sent to you, just send back an address you would like it sent to.
Thank You, for your interest in FMRC! Highest Regards, Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC
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Subj: unidentified cubensis
Date: 12/14/2009
From: No Name
To: FloridaMycology@cs.com
This mushroom was found in Kissimmee, FL. It was growing in a landscape burn of cypress mulch and southern oak trees. Several specimens were observed growing solitary, several feet apart. They are quite large up to 5 inches in height and five inches across the cap. Caps are copper colored concave to flat. On the older specimens the cap flattened out as the bottom concaved. These do not have conventional gills at the surface they were porous upon dissection of the stem some reddish veining was observed at the stems center which was very fibrous and firm. Upon exposure to oxygen the internal flesh bruised dark blue in both the stem and the cap. All of the ones observed were in the last stages of growth with some decomp with the exception of the one that I collected. This one appears at least one week in age and had some environmental degradation. Is it possible they had dropped there spores and the gills had dropped? There was no veils present on any of the stems. A spore print was attempted but seemed to be just flesh stains which were blue to blue green. I did however remove a cross section of the gills/pores for analysis and is drying do you have a mailing address for this? The zip file enclosed is several photos from different angles.
suffolkpo........The pictures you sent were of a Bolete. Boletes have a sponge like structure underneath instead of gills. They are not true gilled mushrooms, Basidiomycetes. There are several species of Boletus that will bruise blue. One of these is Boletus bicolor and is many times confused with Psilocybin Mushrooms by new and inexperienced magic mushroom hunters. No matter how blue they may get, no Boletus produces Psilocybin. There is a section on this in our production "Fruit of the Gods". It has good footage on showing the bluing reaction. Slp/fmrc
ordering fresh material
sinvestment@hotmail.com Hello, My name is Guy, a graduate biology student from Israel. I'm interested in conducting a research project to study the metabolic pathway in synthesis of compounds called betalains, which are present in the mushroom Amanita muscaria. For this project I will need fresh material. I have found a
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number of vendors that sell dry material over the internet but have not found anyone who supplies it fresh. Do you sell fresh specimens or know how I can find some? I would consider buying some spores but growing mycorrhitic mushrooms would take too long, and they will probably not grow in our hot climate anyway. Thank you for your help, Guy
Guy.......The fruiting season here for Amanita muscaria has ended several weeks ago. I can tell you, fresh A. muscaria do not ship very good. Usually arrive in a gooey mess, or fly larvae have taken over. They are probably now fruiting just south, like in Mexico. I would pass this on if you like.
Thank You, for your interest in FMRC! Highest Regards, Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC
Hello Stephen, Sure, you can include my email address in the question. Thank you, Guy Subject: Re: ordering fresh material To: sinvestment@hotmail.com
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The International Journal Of
“T E O N A N A C A T L”
Psychoactive Mushrooms (TEO)
Color Photograph for #31 “TEO” February 2010
Taken from Mr. John Allen’s Volume XIII Sacred Mushroom Studies, Deluxe Edition. Photograph taken by Cactu.
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Large Mushroom Bust In North Carolina
Perquimans County, NC - Authorities in Perquimans County, North Carolina busted two people for a mushroom growing operation that produced a product with a street value of $25,000. Authorities found hallucinogenic mushrooms growing inside nearly 200 containers at a home in Woodville. "Opened up a blanket that was covering a door and there it was, rows with bags of the product growing in it," said Sheriff Eric Tilley. The product, a mix of cow manure and hay, was injected with mushroom spores that yield the psychedelic drug known to cause hallucinations. Deputies say it was the work of Joseph Sawyer and Stacey Colson, both facing maximum level drug charges for trying to distribute the drug which was last popular in the 1960s. "But some of the things you're seeing from the 60's and 70's are starting to come back," Sheriff Tilley said. "Easy money, it's the lure of easy money - that's it." It would've been an easy score for Sawyer and Colson. Sheriff Tilley says the mushroom spores they ordered online were delivered right to their door. It isn't clear whether they sold much of it, but what deputies found inside the home was historic. Perquimans County Sheriff's Department along with North Carolina's Bureau of Investigation took full inventory of the mushrooms. "After we done the search warrant, we called them back and told them what we had and they cannot remember anywhere in the state having something of this magnitude," Sheriff Tilley said. Investigators say it's one of the largest mushroom growth operations ever for that area. Deputies in Perquimans County have only made one minor mushroom bust in the past.
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The War On "Super Bugs" - Here's what we should do about it. http://www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage11.html A most interesting read for those who are worried and concerned about our war on resistant microbes. It is placed in Public Domain by its author, S.L. Peele, for free inspection, download, and distribution. Pass it on, let's all get involved. I place the article here..........slp/fmrc The War On "Super Bugs" Here's What We Should Do About It! By Stephen L. Peele, Curator Florida Mycology Research Center (FMRC) 11/09/09 We are now at the cross-roads with our battle against bacteria and other microorganisms. Just about every pathogenic strain of bacteria has developed its own resistance. It is a resistance that stands against everything we have. No matter what antibiotic you purchase thru subscription, it has no effect. These microbes have been given the name "Super Bugs", or as referred to here, "SB's". Did you know that 2.5 million in the US contract dangerous bacterial infections each year? And, more than 100,000 of these DIE. These types of infections are now ranked the 4th leading cause of death in America. These same said infections are the 2nd leading cause of deaths, worldwide. All this SB resistance has now pushed the related drug world market upwards to more than $45 Billion a year. In 2008, just about 686,000 people went to the hospital for MRSA alone. The
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direct health-care cost was $10 Billion. The total overall cost was approximately $118 Billion. Did you get a real sense of danger reading that? How does it make you feel, knowing the best anti-infective drugs we have are worthless and out of date? Makes you want to start washing your hands more often, huh? And now we have all this new attack, HIV, Bird Flu, "Monkey Flu", and the Swine Flu (H1N1 Strain). It's a constant battle, and to whoever is reading this, it is a war we must win. Humanity itself could be at stake here, just as it plays out in many science fiction stories about how the human race is wiped out by some microbe. All these deaths, all these people who meet "The Reaper", and now even people dying from ear-aches from some resistant strain. I know there is great promise and grand discoveries of new antibiotics, antivirals, and anticancer/tumor agents, not to mention immune enhancement capabilities, waiting to be found in mushrooms. I know this is true, for I myself have discovered some of these new Myco-drugs, and there are many, many, other researchers that have now done the same. I know that there is all the armament we need against these microorganisms, in mushrooms. Think about this. Some of these new novel antibiotics and other anti-agents from mushrooms, are what some call "Ancient Defense Mechanisms". Like the ones molds and other primitive type growths have. They rely on their own self produced biochemically-acting agents, to protect them from attacking bacteria and other microbes. Without this protection, they would not survive. Checking out a mold one day, they found "Penicillin" - one of the most effective antibacterial agents ever discovered……and that's the end of that story. All classes of plants and animals produce these type agents. In mammals, they are known as HDP's or, Host Defense Peptides. Many call these agents our "first line of defense". They can stop many attacks, right at first sign of invasion. These anti-agents produced in humans are also known as "Defensins". Here may be the answer on how some of them work so well. Bacteria contain more negatively charged chemical groups on their cell membranes, than human cells. Human cell membranes have plenty of cholesterol, while bacteria cell membranes have none. These new Myco-drugs target in on cell membranes with phospholipids that have a negative charge, and ones that have no cholesterol. This means their attack is specific and selective to bacteria. It kills the bacteria by rupturing its cell wall. There has been research done that points to selection, somehow, of even bacteria. Meaning that beneficial bacteria are left alone, while harmful ones are killed. More on this in just a moment. This mechanism differs from the traditional one. And even many new traditional types of antibiotics like Tetracycline and Penicillin are waiting to be found. Bacteria, in order to form a resistance to Ancient Defensive Mechanisms isolated from mushrooms, would have to create a new type of cell membrane. No wonder these Ancient Defense Mechanisms have proven themselves for millions of years. But true gilled mushrooms, the Basidiomycetes, are much more evolved, than lower class of fungi and molds. True gilled mushrooms are the most evolved and most high, in the fungus world. They are many times referred to as the Highest "Class of Fungi", or fungi-perfect. It is these types of mushrooms that will have many proven antibiotic and antiviral agents, and they will be much more advanced, much more evolved, and also have a proven track record. This is true, as the mushroom under said type of attacks, would not be here. It has fought its war, and has won. Think about these new, novel mushroom compounds. We know they work, and what if they come from a mushroom that humans eat, or can eat, with no side effects? What you have is a real weapon. A weapon that never existed before. A weapon agent that would have no trouble, because there has never been a resistance for it. No bacteria or virus has any resistance to it. They have never seen this before; therefore there is no resistance, or defense. If the mechanism involves the destruction of the microbe's cell wall membrane, how could the microbe ever develop a new cell wall? All my years of research into the "Ancient Defense Mechanisms", has shown me it is far more complicated than I had ever thought. It is tuned with such precise settings, that I am amazed at what I learned one day. In the early 80's, I was working with a Doctor who had connections with St. John's University. I had a theory that certain mushrooms must have their own Ancient Defense Mechanisms. How
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else could certain groups of them ever grow? How did they survive this massive attack by microbes? We both agreed on a species of mushroom to investigate, and it was soon after, a great discovery was made. As the mycelium (the cotton like growth that is the vegetative growth state of a mushroom) grew, it produced strong antibiotic and antiviral agents. This find alone, answered many questions, but what was discovered next was even more sacred. Certain agents were produced for several hours. They then shut down. Then, new agents were produced. The unbroken chain of new agents replacing old agents never seemed to end. How about that? I never saw or heard of that before. Not only were there new anti-agents found, Mother Nature even also saw fit to place something really special inside its Ancient Defense Mechanisms. The changing of the anti-agents meant that even if a resistance was to be developed by one of these microorganisms, it would not matter. That one is no longer there. Here's the new boss. Amazing, isn't it? Also, these anti-agents were selective in that they did not harm beneficial types of bacteria. There are some other really amazing things I have found out about mushrooms, and so have many other researchers. I published an article about the PSTMP Compound. I have it posted up at FMRC's Website www.mushromsfmrc.com under Mushroom Research Papers. It not only halted the biological clock in hundreds of tests, it had other, very unusual properties. One of these was tested by the University of Arizona, and in over 100 insects that were tested, every one showed activity of a new insecticide never before known of. Most of these were never investigated because of government mycophobia toward me and my research…..and they forbid me to release any more mushroom isolated extractions under the threat of heavy fines. Dr. Samuel B. Lehrer at Tulane University launched a "Mushroom Spores As Aeroallergens" research project, under a grant. He contacted FMRC for help and consulting, concerning mushroom spores. We established very fast that mushroom spores are major fungal aeroallergens in and around the Gulf Coast Area, and probably throughout much of the United States. Stephen L. Peele developed a way to capture enormous amounts of mushroom spores from specific species of mushrooms, in gram weights. This turned out to be a most valuable tool. These spores provided "skin-pop" preparations that were used to detect allergic reactions to specific species of mushroom spores. A whopping total of over 80 grams of mushroom spores from one specific mushroom, not only solved specific allergic reactions some people were having, but also was enough to make an anti-allergic preparation that stopped said attacks. Even though specific mushrooms were known for their medicinal use for many centuries back by Chinese and other Eastern healers, we are just now starting to look at them, in a scientific manner. These very same mushrooms right now, are being used to fight cancer/tumors, blood cholesterol, and even AIDS…….a prediction I made and was published in several documentaries and articles thru the 80's. Antitumor effects of hot water extracts from several mushrooms have now been discovered, including new and unknown polysaccharides, specifically beta-D-glucans. This lead up to discovering "Lentinan", a proven, very powerful antitumor substance. Japan has recently isolated "Krestin" from the Turkey Tail mushroom. It fights a number of cancers. Its use is so good; it is covered by the Japanese Health Care Plan! Many new mushroom compounds that have great medicinal uses are being found every day. Not just the next new antibiotic or antiviral weapons will come from mushrooms, many or all of the new and most effective ones will come from mushrooms. I have been researching and saying this now, since 1972. In 1993 I published "THE MUSHROOM RESEARCHER". It had one of the largest listings of "Mushrooms That Indicate Medicinal Properties" ever compiled….358! It also lists 130 references, 53 toxic mushrooms and spore identifications. This book was published way before many "Medicinal Mushroom" books began to appear, and has yet to be matched. Yes, it is now time to find these new drugs, and the place to look is mushrooms. My day is here now. I now see it all happening. I once wrote in the said Mushroom Researcher Book "May the word now go out to all private and scientific sectors, here is your sword. Polish it well for the final kill." I will begin to approach old research contacts and renew these interests once again. I will also contact some other research groups that I think might be interested in this approach. If you, or
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your research team, whether private, government, or University/College, want to get involved with this very exciting new frontier of mushrooms…..Contact Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523…..Email: floridamycology@cs.com.....Business Phone 1-850-327-4378…..website: www.mushroomsfmrc.com
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Amanita muscaria and the Drinking of Urine
Interesting things about urine:
It is sterile when you are healthy. It has been used to stop earache. It helps stop jellyfish sting. Urine from cattle has been used to clean bad and exposed wounds.
In the book “Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy” by Clark Heinrich, he says that when he drank his own urine, he was suddenly telepathically linked to his companion, who had also done the same. It appears from one person’s thought, that while under Amanita muscaria, the thought of drinking one’s urine is not as distasteful. The person stated if it had tasted like urine he could have never drank it.
I have to own up and say me and a friend actually did this years ago. I had done a fair amount of research into the plant, and came across the urine-drinking bit a fair amount. Never thought I would do it myself until I was under the influence and reading Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy by Clark Heinrich aloud to my friend. At the point where he said he drank his own urine and was suddenly telepathically linked to his companion, who had also done the same, I thought, "Wow, that's a great idea!" It was definitely the influence of the Amanitas because ordinarily neither me nor my friend would ever have voluntarily done such a thing. So I did the deed, and it actually tasted and looked nothing like urine... This was several years ago but I think it had a weird orange look to it, and tasted exactly like the Amanita concoction. If it had tasted like piss I would have vomited for certain. The effects definitely intensified for both of us, but for whatever reason, not to the point where it was worth drinking urine for. Overall my explorations into Amanitas (which have been several) have been disappointing. I've heard of wonderful, powerful trip reports but I can't say I've really reached that level myself. Best of luck, if you give it a try! I wanted to add that me and my friend drank our own respective urine... That would just be going too far.
I have researched this too and all the reports agree with you and say the urine isn't like normally urine at all. Also I read the shamans in Siberia would store there urine and use it later. The toxic effects of the mushroom having been removed. And there the real meaning of xmas xp The shaman bringing back gifts of knowledge from the other worlds.
Been reading this thread and thought I would share some things. It is clear to me that Soma, the rootless, bloomless plant, that takes one beyond the Earth and Sky, that is mentioned in the RgVeda......is Amanita muscaria. The RgVeda refers to urine drinking. The practice is everyone eats about one large mushroom. This is a safe amount considering the toxin Muscarine. Their urine is saved. What's happening is, Muscimol, the psychoactive compound, has a very unique trait. It is not metabolized like everything else. The Muscarine and other bad things, are not in the urine. So by drinking the urine, one can reach higher realms of the Earth and Sky...without having the other bad things. When you consider all this, there really isn't any other choice of what Soma could be. Sometime ago I read a post where some guy was going to publish a paper on what the new and actual plant Soma was, and that it was not Amanita muscaria. Never did see it come out. And whatever this new Soma was, it better have something like Muscimol in it, or the passages in the RgVeda that refer to urine drinking will knock it right out as being "Wrong"! I will do an article on this in the next #31 "TEO". Thanks for some of the posts. I enjoyed them. See To Drink The Wee or Not, a post made at Edot. slp/fmrc
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Never Agree To Let The Police Search
When Police Mistake Candy for Crack…
Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Tue, 01/26/2010
Everyone's talking about this wild story from New York City, in which two men spent 5 days in jail for a bag of coconut candy. The driver consented to a search of his vehicle and both men were arrested after police discovered what they believed was crack cocaine. An officer told the passenger to "shut up" when he insisted it was candy, and the men had to wait in jail for almost a week before lab tests proved their innocence.
In addition to demonstrating the combined arrogance, incompetence, and contempt for innocent people that so often characterizes drug war policing, the story also provides another glaring example of how consenting to police searches can instantly make a bad situation much worse. Pete Guither explains:
Lesson #1: Never, ever, ever, ever, agree to a search. If you’re guilty, you’re helping them catch you. If you’re innocent, you’re wasting your time, you’re taking a chance since they aren’t required to fix anything they break, you’re leaving yourself open for being charged for something you didn’t know about that fell out of a friend’s pocket, and you’ve got the possibility that a couple of morons will think your coconut candy is crack and throw you in jail for a week.
Whether or not refusal prevents the search is beside the point here (although, yes, refusal often prevents the search). Such cases are less likely to be prosecuted, even after evidence is discovered, due to the fact that police and prosecutors do – believe it or not – sometimes recognize a constitutional violation and decline to proceed simply because they don’t want to bring a messy case into the courtroom. Finally, consider how much more impressive a civil suit would look in this case with an illegal search thrown into the mix along with the already-compelling story of spending days in jail over coconut candy.
We'll never know how things would have turned out if these guys had refused the search, but there's no question what happened when they agreed to it.
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Although our "Certificate of Completion" degrees are nonacademic and cannot be used for credit on academic courses, knowledge obtained through these courses can be transferred to academic credits by taking CLEP tests offered by most major Universities and Colleges. Certificates offered may not be acceptable when obtaining positions where an academic degree is required. This is the reason why tuition may sound to be on the "cheap" side. If degrees were accredited through a College or University, this would cause an increase by thousands of dollars in tuition fees. Back years ago I was told by the
University of North West Florida, “To accredit FMRC’s Doctor’s Degree would cost over $26,000.00.” And my cut is not even in that figure. Because many of the subjects discussed are not offered by most academic institutions, I decided to make them available. I many times talk to medical doctors from Poison Control Centers, working on identifying mushrooms involved in mushroom poisonings. They find themselves learning a lot from me about identifying mushrooms, especially from spore microscopy and taking mushroom spore prints on paper to see their color. They openly relay to me how Mushroom ID “Challenged” they really are. When I tell them about these very same courses and how they can
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Mushrooms and Religion
No big article this quarter, just some experiences and pearls gained by 19 years of trial and error with P. cubensis, P. cyanescens, Liberty Caps, Blue Legs/Blue Ringers (Seattle Nomenclature for P. Stuntz).
You can take too much and you can take too little. It all depends on set and setting. Just imagine you had the power to invite the Holy Spirit or Jesus Christ into your temple. Would you invite him into your living room when you’re distracted or have invited other guests (real or spiritual)? Probably you would not, but if you have (as I have) then you’ve felt the anxiety and disorientation Psilocybin (the Eucharist) can bring. If you have not, that is wise because you can only give your full undivided attention to one spirit/personality at a time. Granted Michael/Marijuana does get along rather agreeable with Christ. But even with wine, I have found you do better starting out by inviting/taking mushrooms and then later 2 – 4 hrs adding wine & spirits.
As everyone knows you take the “body” (mushrooms) with honey. But what most people don’t know is that if you eat yogurt while sipping the blood (tea) and eating the body (mushrooms in tea) you avoid the stomach upset that has kept so many away from mushrooms for sooooo long!
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Well that’s it, stay tuned for the fascinating movie of the 3 Super Power Psychedelics in History and Religion: Entheogenta! To be sold here in TEO #32 (God willing).
There is a 10 minute preview YouTube now: http://www.youtube.com/user/Matthalamew#p/a/u/2/lj1LVpDxng0
In Faith,
Rv. Matthew N. Wyman DD
Brother Matt........just a note. I found out a long time ago, although the amount taken is important, several other things also play a role, maybe more. How much rest you have had over the past 5 to 7 days. You want to be well rested up. If this is not met, the experience is many times very short and rather short coming. Who you are with, or just by yourself. Where you are at. Things on your mind.....if going through hard times, a recent death of someone close to you, or for that fact, any bad thoughts, never enter the sacred realm. You will dive into these thoughts so deep, uncontrollable crying and sadness will take over like you have never experienced. slp/fmrc
Brother Steve,
I will counter with the fact that Scripture states clearly that "a night spent weeping with the Lord can earn you a life long friendship with Him."
Also, the Mushrooms as the rock of God doesn't work well if you can't go their when your depressed, downtrodden, hurting emotionally, sad,
unhappy, tire or otherwise spent by life's wicked ways.
Please ad this because my Rock is the God behind the Mushroom door and he can take all this crap away and make you feel brave, happy, sure
and trusting by His wise counsel and "Presence."
I know exactly what you are saying however, and I would encourage the brothers to work hard in prayer and in the sacred state to make a sticking
relationship with the Most High and his Son. That is the ticket to my thousands of trips that overwhelmingly have gone well.
Oh and if you get into a negative/nasty spin and everything you try to fix it with (music, light a candle, lie down) doesn't work - the thing that brought
me out of hell was (20 grams cyan) was to go down on bended knee... and ask for forgiveness (sh*t its not that hard - I don't know why I didn't think
of it for the first 8 years). Brother Matthalamew
Brother Matt……..maybe it’s a recreational/religious conflict. I do know of many instances. slp/fmrc
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Full color reprints of my journal are all $10 dollars each on paypal. At: mjshroomer1@yahoo.com "Sex, Mushrooms and Rock and Roll" New special version (80 pages) with two new full page color erotic shroom art images not in the hard copies can now be bought for Ten dollars. ”The Chemistry and Cultivation of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia” in full color is $10 dollars, and The Chemistry of Psilocybe villarrealiae from Mexico in full color is also $10.00. And anyone who buys these reprints can go to any cheap copy shop and use 112 x 17 paper and have a magazine size booklet printed in color and ask the clerk to make the first page printed on a little heavier cover stock and you have your own book of the journal article. They will be a collector’s item at some time in the next 25-50 years or so.
http://www.ethnomycologicaljournals.com After writing my “Sex, Mushrooms, and Rock and Roll article, I came across a great article related to my subject matter. It was in my mint copy of Psychedelic Review number 10, 1968. I have not read it since the early 1970s. The article in question is Titled as, "LSD and Sexuality" by Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Dass, Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner's colleagues in the original psilocybin research projects projected through their work at Harvard that occurred at the Concord Massachusetts State Reformatory for Men. That was the research that Rick Doblin of MAPS just a few years ago validated as legitimate use of an entheogen as a valid took and adjacent to psychotherapy. Also a few years later re-affirmed by the now infamous John Hopkins study. I bring this up for you who are reading this issue of TEO, because in 1958, Dr. Sam I Stein, a colleague of Roger Heim, Albert Hofmann, Rolf Singer, R. Gordon Wasson and others whose interest revolved around the possible use of psilocin and psilocybin as a tool for psychotherapists, by bioassay, consumed 5 dried grams of baby in vitro grown specimens of Stropharia (Psilocybe) cubensis [Earle] Sing. Of course, those grown indoors in his laboratory were more potent by exact weight of their natural dung inhabiting environment. Dr. Stein apparently had a very bad frightening experience that he published in a respectable journal. Thus he became the first person to report a bad trip from eating more mushrooms than was necessary.
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[John’s Note to the readers of this issue about this publication by Dr. Stein:
Stein, Sam I. 1958. An unusual effect from a species of Mexican mushrooms, Psilocybe cubensis. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata vol. 9(4):263-267. September 29. Dr. Sam Stein's somewhat terrifying account of his dysphoric reaction after he ingested 5 dried grams of in vitro grown specimens of Psilocybe cubensis. An abbreviated version of this paper was circulated privately.] However, it was Dr. Stein's next article that drew some positive attention within the scientific community when in 1959, Dr. Stein published a paper concerning his therapy session with a confused young adult who had homosexual tendencies and so psilocybian mushrooms were used in a therapeutic setting to try to bring about a change in such tendencies which caused this kid much emotional stress. The research paper was published and was one of the first papers published in English concerning the use of such mushrooms in a therapeutic setting. And as noted at the beginning of the paragraph it drew accepted attention within the psychiatric community in the late 1950s and early 1960s and in the last ten years of this new century from 2000-2009, it led to much criticism, rude comments, unjust mockery and very negative attention from members of numerous popular Internet mushroom website forums. The reference to the article in question is posted here below:
[John’s Notes on the reference for Stein’s research:
Stein, Sam I. 1959. Clinical observations on the effects of Panaeolus venenosus versus Psilocybe caerulescens. Mycologia vol. 51(1):49-50. January-February. This is the first published report on the clinical results involving psilocybian therapy. Two species of psilocybian fungi were administered to a patient as an aid to help rid him of possible homosexual tendencies. According to the research, the results were positive. The mushrooms involved are mentioned in the title of paper.]
[Steve: Post here Dr. Stein’s paper on the use of shrooms to treat homosexual tendencies]
(I was unable to transfer said document)
Now I wish to draw attention to how Richard Alpert’s short paper posted below is related to this subject of sexuality and entheogenic and/or research chemical compounds.
Tim Leary had LSD parties at Millbrook about three years after his first research with magic mushroom pills of psilocin that he legally obtained from Sandoz in Switzerland.
Tim noted in Flashbacks that he did take home at least 7 women to his home
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while at Harvard, but as a sexual playboy who was expelled from West Point and once for being caught in a sexual encounter with a dean’s daughter, it never occurred to him until years later that mushrooms were an aphrodisiac.
While he did mushrooms three years prior to his first LSD experience, he was originally afraid to try LSD. However, after he became the primary advocate for LSD and was, according to the words of President Richard Milhous Nixon who described Tim Leary as, “The most dangerous man in the United States,”
Tim held sexual acid parties at Millbrook, a mansion owned by someone who had a grand relationship with acid. There were always sexual orgies involving the use of LSD. Years later, When Tim made his move from his expulsion in Mexico to California, the Senate subcommittee held a meeting on Passport Fraud and Hashish Smuggling. Printed as A U.S. Government publication for $1.00 a copy, these senate subcommittee hearings published a series of wanted posters of a majority of the Czars of LSD, The Brotherhood of Love Family who manufactured the famed Orange Sunshine mini tablets. Which are still available as microdots only mostly in the 65 milligram dose level. I can only give you my word that these tablets are still circulating around the country at low doses that is why no one jumps from windows. They also produce an equal dose level on blotters as well, although they do have sheets of hits that run from 250 micrograms to 500 per square.
In the Senate Subcommittee hearings, one of the congressman is quoted in the booklet as saying in regards to Leary and his hangout buddies from the Brotherhood of Love and their activities at their Beach house in Santa Monica is very outrageously quite humorous and readers of your journal will like this comment and stupidity of the governments elected congressional idiot who made the comment as quoted here below.
Mr. Sinclair, one of the sworn Fed witnesses before the Senate subcommittee, stated “Leary left Millbrook after being fired from Harvard, went to Berkeley, California and then traveled to a small city in Southern California called Laguna Beach. The Brotherhood was heavily drug oriented. From its inception, in addition, intelligence indicates that the group was ceremoniously practicing group sexual freedom in connection with the use of drugs (page 18).”
Ooh, that’s scary I thought as I read that comment from someone who obviously had his head up the hole of his arse.
However, the above statement made by DEA pig was the very true nature of what went on at Leary’s home on the west coast at Laguna Beach. I bet a lot of those creeps would of liked some group sex.
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Here is the paper by Dr. Stein of his work with this kid who had homosexual tendencies and how he used both Panaeolus (subbalteatus) venenosus and Psilocybe caerulescens..
[Steve, see attachment and post here, “LSD and Sexuality” by Richard Alpert]
(I was unable to transfer said document)
Now in Richard Alpert’s study he conducted three sessions. One with a practicing homosexual who took LSD twice and had encounters during therapy. A few years later, he was living with a woman, however, I am sure no one today knows how this affair turned out.
Richard Alpert’s 3rd session involved a heterosexual couple who had sex on LSD, were already in love and the woman reported that she had the greatest most profound sexual experience of her life.
This data of Alpert’s should have been noted in my article and I will have to remove a few lines or a small image to post a paragraph regarding Alpert’s study and reference but only on the 3rd session that showed that LSD enhanced sexual fulfill ness in unions between couples during sexual intercourse.
The End
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Mail Call……………………………………………………………………02

     Collected Cow
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     Unidentified
Cubensis………………………………………………...03

     Wanting fresh Amanita muscaria samples for
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Amanita muscaria
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Large Mushroom Bust in North Carolina………………….……………06

The War on SuperBugs – Mushrooms can help the fight…………….06

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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area:  Some readers who receive this Journal live
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                           Mail Call

Subj:   Class/demo
kits      

Date:   11/16/2009   

From:  J Chris          

To:       FloridaMycology@cs.com  

Hello there,

I seem to recall that, some years ago, you offered an
educational/demonstrative kit that was essentially a mass of substrate already
taken with various mycelium and ready to cast for classroom observation. Is
that an item that you still carry? Thank you. 
Sincerely, J Chris

J Chris.......you have a good memory.  That was 25 years ago when I offered the
taken substrate.  I would collect
composted cow pies out in the pasture that were taken by different types of
pasture mushrooms.  They were shipped
dried, and when only water was put on them, they would come back to life and
produce mushrooms.  Psilocybe cubensis was many times one of the mushrooms that would
appear.  They were very popular.  About that time, I was asked by the Federal
DEA to stop shipping live mushroom cultures, aiming mainly at ones that were
capable of producing Controlled Substances. 
This is when FMRC decided to stop all live culture business.  Because I could not determine if any said
type mushroom mycelium may develop in the pie, I stopped shipping those
also.  All the authorities have to do is
just run a test for Psilocybin or Psilocin. 
So, no, I do not offer them any more. 
I enjoyed your question this morning. 
I will place it under "Mail Call" in one of our upcoming
Mushroom Journals.  I will use the name J
Chris.  If you do not want me to use this
name, let me know.  If you would like to
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address you would like it sent to. 

Thank You, for your interest in FMRC! Highest Regards,
Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC

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Subj:   unidentified
cubensis          

Date:   12/14/2009

From:  No Name       

To:       FloridaMycology@cs.com  

This mushroom was found in Kissimmee, FL.  It was growing in a landscape burn of cypress
mulch and southern oak trees.  Several
specimens were observed growing solitary, several feet apart.  They are quite large up to 5 inches in height
and five inches across the cap.  Caps are
copper colored concave to flat.  On the
older specimens the cap flattened out as the bottom concaved.  These do not have conventional gills at the
surface they were porous upon dissection of the stem some reddish veining was
observed at the stems center which was very fibrous and firm.  Upon exposure to oxygen the internal flesh
bruised dark blue in both the stem and the cap.  All of the ones observed were in the last
stages of growth with some decomp with the exception of the one that I
collected.  This one appears at least one
week in age and had some environmental degradation.  Is it possible they had dropped there spores
and the gills had dropped?  There was no
veils present on any of the stems.  A
spore print was attempted but seemed to be just flesh stains which were blue to
blue green. I did however remove a cross section of the gills/pores for
analysis and is drying do you have a mailing address for this?  The zip file enclosed is several photos from
different angles.

suffolkpo........The pictures you sent were of a
Bolete.  Boletes have a sponge like
structure underneath instead of gills. 
They are not true gilled mushrooms, Basidiomycetes.  There are several species of Boletus that
will bruise blue.  One of these is Boletus bicolor and is many times
confused with Psilocybin Mushrooms by new and inexperienced magic mushroom
hunters.  No matter how blue they may
get, no Boletus produces Psilocybin. 
There is a section on this in our production "Fruit of the
Gods".  It has good footage on
showing the bluing reaction.  Slp/fmrc

ordering fresh material

sinvestment@hotmail.com

Hello,



My name is Guy, a graduate biology student from Israel.

I'm interested in conducting a research project to study the metabolic pathway
in synthesis of compounds called betalains, which are present in the mushroom Amanita muscaria. For this project I
will need fresh material. I have found a

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number of vendors that sell dry material over the internet
but have not found anyone who supplies it fresh. Do you sell fresh specimens or
know how I can find some?

I would consider buying some spores but growing mycorrhitic mushrooms would
take too long, and they will probably not grow in our hot climate anyway.
 

Thank you for your help, Guy

 Guy.......The fruiting
season here for Amanita muscaria has
ended several weeks ago.  I can tell you,
fresh A. muscaria do not ship very
good.  Usually arrive in a gooey mess, or
fly larvae have taken over.  They are
probably now fruiting just south, like in Mexico.  I would pass this on if you like. 

Thank You, for your interest in FMRC! Highest Regards,
Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC

Hello
Stephen, Sure, you can include my email address in the question. Thank you,

Guy

Subject: Re: ordering fresh material

To: sinvestment@hotmail.com

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 “T E O N A N A C A T L”

                                The International Journal Of

                             Psychoactive
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                                Color Photograph for #31  “TEO” February 2010

Taken from Mr. John Allen’s Volume XIII Sacred Mushroom
Studies, Deluxe Edition.  Photograph
taken by Cactu.

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                   Large
Mushroom Bust In North Carolina

Perquimans County, NC
- Authorities in Perquimans County,
North Carolina busted two people
for a mushroom growing operation that produced a product with a street value of
$25,000.



Authorities found hallucinogenic mushrooms growing inside nearly 200 containers
at a home in Woodville.



"Opened up a blanket that was covering a door and there it was, rows with
bags of the product growing in it," said Sheriff Eric Tilley.



The product, a mix of cow manure and hay, was injected with mushroom spores
that yield the psychedelic drug known to cause hallucinations.



Deputies say it was the work of Joseph Sawyer and Stacey Colson, both facing
maximum level drug charges for trying to distribute the drug which was last
popular in the 1960s.



"But some of the things you're seeing from the 60's and 70's are starting
to come back," Sheriff Tilley said.



"Easy money, it's the lure of easy money - that's it."



It would've been an easy score for Sawyer and Colson. Sheriff Tilley says the
mushroom spores they ordered online were delivered right to their door. It
isn't clear whether they sold much of it, but what deputies found inside the
home was historic.



Perquimans County Sheriff's Department along with North Carolina's Bureau of Investigation
took full inventory of the mushrooms.



"After we done the search warrant, we called them back and told them what
we had and they cannot remember anywhere in the state having something of this
magnitude," Sheriff Tilley said.



Investigators say it's one of the largest mushroom growth operations ever for
that area. Deputies in Perquimans
County have only made one
minor mushroom bust in the past.

                                              
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                       The War On "Super
Bugs"
- Here's what we should do about it.

http://www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage11.html

A most interesting read for those who are worried and concerned about our war
on resistant microbes. It is placed in Public Domain by its author, S.L. Peele,
for free inspection, download, and distribution. Pass it on, let's all get
involved.

I place the article here..........slp/fmrc

                                                The War On "Super Bugs"

Here's What We Should Do About It!

By Stephen L. Peele, Curator Florida Mycology Research Center (FMRC) 11/09/09

We are now at the cross-roads with our battle against bacteria and other
microorganisms.  Just about every pathogenic strain of bacteria has
developed its own resistance.  It is a resistance that stands against
everything we have.  No matter what antibiotic you purchase thru subscription,
it has no effect.

These microbes have been given the name "Super Bugs", or as referred
to here, "SB's".  Did you know that 2.5 million in the US contract
dangerous bacterial infections each year?  And, more than 100,000 of these
DIE.  These types of infections are now ranked the 4th leading cause of
death in America. 
These same said infections are the 2nd leading cause of deaths,
worldwide. 

All this SB resistance has now pushed the related drug world market upwards to
more than $45 Billion a year.  In 2008, just about 686,000 people went to
the hospital for MRSA alone.  The

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direct
health-care cost was $10 Billion.  The total overall cost was
approximately $118 Billion. 

Did you get a real sense of danger reading that?  How does it make you
feel, knowing the best anti-infective drugs we have are worthless and out of
date?  Makes you want to start washing your hands more often, huh?

And now we have all this new attack, HIV, Bird Flu, "Monkey Flu", and
the Swine Flu (H1N1 Strain).  It's a constant battle, and to whoever is
reading this, it is a war we must win.  Humanity itself could be at stake
here, just as it plays out in many science fiction stories about how the human
race is wiped out by some microbe.  All these deaths, all these people who
meet "The Reaper", and now even people dying from ear-aches from some
resistant strain.

I know there is great promise and grand discoveries of new antibiotics,
antivirals, and anticancer/tumor agents, not to mention immune enhancement
capabilities, waiting to be found in mushrooms.  I know this is true, for
I myself have discovered some of these new Myco-drugs, and there are many,
many, other researchers that have now done the same. 

I know that there is all the armament we need against these microorganisms, in
mushrooms.  Think about this.  Some of these new novel antibiotics
and other anti-agents from mushrooms, are what some call "Ancient Defense
Mechanisms".  Like the ones molds and other primitive type growths
have.  They rely on their own self produced biochemically-acting agents,
to protect them from attacking bacteria and other microbes.  Without this
protection, they would not survive.  Checking out a mold one day, they
found "Penicillin" - one of the most effective antibacterial agents
ever discovered……and that's the end of that story.

All classes of plants and animals produce these type agents.  In mammals,
they are known as HDP's or, Host Defense Peptides.  Many call these agents
our "first line of defense".  They can stop many attacks, right
at first sign of invasion.  These anti-agents produced in humans are also
known as "Defensins".

Here may be the answer on how some of them work so well.  Bacteria contain
more negatively charged chemical groups on their cell membranes, than human
cells.  Human cell membranes have plenty of cholesterol, while bacteria
cell membranes have none.  These new Myco-drugs target in on cell
membranes  with phospholipids that have a negative charge, and ones that have
no cholesterol.  This means their attack is specific and selective to
bacteria.  It kills the bacteria by rupturing its cell wall.  There
has been research done that points to selection, somehow, of even
bacteria.  Meaning that beneficial bacteria are left alone, while harmful
ones are killed.  More on this in just a moment.  This mechanism
differs from the traditional one.  And even many new traditional types of
antibiotics like Tetracycline and Penicillin are waiting to be found.  
Bacteria, in order to form a resistance to Ancient Defensive Mechanisms
isolated from mushrooms, would have to create a new type of cell
membrane.   No wonder these Ancient Defense Mechanisms have proven
themselves for millions of years.   

But true gilled mushrooms, the Basidiomycetes, are much more evolved, than
lower class of fungi and molds.  True gilled mushrooms are the most
evolved and most high, in the fungus world.  They are many times referred
to as the Highest "Class of Fungi", or fungi-perfect.  It is
these types of mushrooms that will have many proven antibiotic and antiviral
agents, and they will be much more advanced, much more evolved, and also have a
proven track record.  This is true, as the mushroom under said type of
attacks, would not be here.  It has fought its war, and has won.

Think about these new, novel mushroom compounds.  We know they work, and
what if they come from a mushroom that humans eat, or can eat, with no side
effects?  What you have is a real weapon.  A weapon that never
existed before.  A weapon agent that would have no trouble, because there
has never been a resistance for it.  No bacteria or virus has any
resistance to it.  They have never seen this before; therefore there is no
resistance, or defense.  If the mechanism involves the destruction of the
microbe's cell wall membrane, how could the microbe ever develop a new cell
wall? 

All my years of research into the "Ancient Defense Mechanisms", has
shown me it is far more complicated than I had ever thought.  It is tuned
with such precise settings, that I am amazed at what I learned one day. 

In the early 80's, I was working with a Doctor who had connections with St. John's University.  I had a theory that
certain mushrooms must have their own Ancient Defense Mechanisms.  How

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else
could certain groups of them ever grow?  How did they survive this massive
attack by microbes?  We both agreed on a species of mushroom to
investigate, and it was soon after, a great discovery was made.

As the mycelium (the cotton like growth that is the vegetative growth state of
a mushroom) grew, it produced strong antibiotic and antiviral agents. 
This find alone, answered many questions, but what was discovered next was even
more sacred. 

Certain agents were produced for several hours.  They then shut
down.  Then, new agents were produced.  The unbroken chain of new
agents replacing old agents never seemed to end.  How about that?  I
never saw or heard of that before.  Not only were there new anti-agents
found, Mother Nature even also saw fit to place something really special inside
its Ancient Defense Mechanisms.  The changing of the anti-agents meant
that even if a resistance was to be developed by one of these microorganisms, it
would not matter.  That one is no longer there.  Here's the new
boss.   Amazing, isn't it?  Also, these anti-agents were
selective in that they did not harm beneficial types of bacteria.  There
are some other really amazing things I have found out about mushrooms, and so
have many other researchers.

I published an article about the PSTMP Compound.  I have it posted up at
FMRC's Website www.mushromsfmrc.com under Mushroom Research Papers.  It
not only halted the biological clock in hundreds of tests, it had other, very
unusual properties.  One of these was tested by the University of Arizona,
and in over 100 insects that were tested, every one showed activity of a new
insecticide never before known of.  Most of these were never investigated
because of government mycophobia toward me and my research…..and they forbid me
to release any more mushroom isolated extractions under the threat of heavy
fines.   

Dr. Samuel B. Lehrer at Tulane
University launched a
"Mushroom Spores As Aeroallergens" research project, under a
grant.  He contacted FMRC for help and consulting, concerning mushroom
spores.  We established very fast that mushroom spores are major fungal
aeroallergens in and around the Gulf Coast Area, and probably throughout much
of the United States. 
Stephen L. Peele developed a way to capture enormous amounts of mushroom spores
from specific species of mushrooms, in gram weights.  This turned out to
be a most valuable tool.  These spores provided "skin-pop"
preparations that were used to detect allergic reactions to specific species of
mushroom spores.  A whopping total of over 80 grams of mushroom spores
from one specific mushroom, not only solved specific allergic reactions some
people were having, but also was enough to make an anti-allergic preparation
that stopped said attacks.      

Even though specific mushrooms were known for their medicinal use for many
centuries back by Chinese and other Eastern healers, we are just now starting
to look at them, in a scientific manner.  These very same mushrooms right
now, are being used to fight cancer/tumors, blood cholesterol, and even
AIDS…….a prediction I made and was published in several documentaries and
articles thru the 80's.  Antitumor effects of hot water extracts from
several mushrooms have now been discovered, including new and unknown
polysaccharides, specifically beta-D-glucans.  This lead up to discovering
"Lentinan", a proven, very powerful antitumor substance.  Japan has
recently isolated "Krestin" from the Turkey Tail mushroom.  It
fights a number of cancers.  Its use is so good; it is covered by the
Japanese Health Care Plan!

Many new mushroom compounds that have great medicinal uses are being found
every day.  Not just the next new antibiotic or antiviral weapons will
come from mushrooms, many or all of the new and most effective ones will come
from mushrooms.  I have been researching and saying this now, since
1972.  In 1993 I published "THE  MUSHROOM 
RESEARCHER".  It had one of the largest listings of "Mushrooms
That Indicate Medicinal Properties" ever compiled….358!  It also
lists 130 references, 53 toxic mushrooms and spore identifications.  This
book was published way before many "Medicinal Mushroom" books began
to appear, and has yet to be matched.

Yes, it is now time to find these new drugs, and the place to look is
mushrooms.  My day is here now.  I now see it all happening.  I
once wrote in the said Mushroom Researcher Book "May the word now go out
to all private and scientific sectors, here is your sword.  Polish it well
for the final kill."

I will begin to approach old research contacts and renew these interests once
again.  I will also contact some other research groups that I think might
be interested in this approach.  If you, or

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your
research team, whether private, government, or University/College, want to get
involved with this very exciting new frontier of mushrooms…..Contact Stephen L.
Peele, Curator FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523…..Email: 
floridamycology@cs.com.....Business Phone 1-850-327-4378…..website:  www.mushroomsfmrc.com

                                                
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                 Amanita
muscaria  and  the  Drinking  of  Urine

Interesting
things about urine:

It
is sterile when you are healthy.  It has
been used to stop earache.  It helps stop
jellyfish sting.  Urine from cattle has
been used to clean bad and exposed wounds.

In
the book “Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy” by Clark Heinrich, he says
that when he drank his own urine, he was suddenly telepathically linked to his companion,
who had also done the same.  It appears
from one person’s thought, that while under Amanita
muscaria, the thought of drinking one’s urine is not as distasteful.  The person stated if it had tasted like urine
he could have never drank it.  

I
have to own up and say me and a friend actually did this years ago.  I had done a fair amount of research into the
plant, and came across the urine-drinking bit a fair amount. Never thought I
would do it myself until I was under the influence and reading Magic
Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy by Clark Heinrich aloud to my friend. At
the point where he said he drank his own urine and was suddenly telepathically
linked to his companion, who had also done the same, I thought, "Wow,
that's a great idea!"



It was definitely the influence of the Amanitas
because ordinarily neither me nor my friend would ever have voluntarily done
such a thing. So I did the deed, and it actually tasted and looked nothing like
urine... This was several years ago but I think it had a weird orange look to
it, and tasted exactly like the Amanita
concoction. If it had tasted like piss I would have vomited for certain.



The effects definitely intensified for both of us, but for whatever reason, not
to the point where it was worth drinking urine for. Overall my explorations
into Amanitas (which have been several) have been disappointing. I've heard of
wonderful, powerful trip reports but I can't say I've really reached that level
myself. Best of luck, if you give it a try! 
I wanted to add that me and my friend drank our own respective urine...
That would just be going too far.

I
have researched this too and all the reports agree with you and say the urine
isn't like normally urine at all. Also I read the shamans in Siberia
would store there urine and use it later. The toxic effects of the mushroom
having been removed. And there the real meaning of xmas xp The shaman bringing
back gifts of knowledge from the other worlds.

Been reading this thread and
thought I would share some things.  It is
clear to me that Soma, the rootless, bloomless plant, that takes one beyond the
Earth and Sky, that is mentioned in the RgVeda......is Amanita muscaria.  The RgVeda
refers to urine drinking.  The practice
is everyone eats about one large mushroom. 
This is a safe amount considering the toxin Muscarine.  Their urine is saved.  What's happening is, Muscimol, the
psychoactive compound, has a very unique trait. 
It is not metabolized like everything else.  The Muscarine and other bad things, are not
in the urine.  So by drinking the urine,
one can reach higher realms of the Earth and Sky...without having the other bad
things.  When you consider all this,
there really isn't any other choice of what Soma could be.  Sometime ago I read a post where some guy was
going to publish a paper on what the new and actual plant Soma was, and that it
was not Amanita muscaria.  Never did see it come out.  And whatever this new Soma was, it better
have something like Muscimol in it, or the passages in the RgVeda that refer to
urine drinking will knock it right out as being "Wrong"!  I will do an article on this in the next #31 "TEO".  Thanks for some of the posts. I enjoyed them.  See To Drink The Wee or Not, a post made at
Edot.  slp/fmrc

                                               
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                                        Never Agree To Let The Police Search

When Police Mistake Candy for Crack…

Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Tue, 01/26/2010  

Everyone's
talking about this wild story from New York City,
in which two men spent 5 days in jail for a bag of coconut candy. The driver
consented to a search of his vehicle and both men were arrested after police
discovered what they believed was crack cocaine. An officer told the passenger
to "shut up" when he insisted it was candy, and the men had to wait
in jail for almost a week before lab tests proved their innocence.

In
addition to demonstrating the combined arrogance, incompetence, and contempt
for innocent people that so often characterizes drug war policing, the story also
provides another glaring example of how consenting to police searches can
instantly make a bad situation much worse. Pete Guither explains:

Lesson #1: Never, ever, ever, ever, agree to a search. If you’re
guilty, you’re helping them catch you. If you’re innocent, you’re wasting your
time, you’re taking a chance since they aren’t required to fix anything they
break, you’re leaving yourself open for being charged for something you didn’t
know about that fell out of a friend’s pocket, and you’ve got the possibility
that a couple of morons will think your coconut candy is crack and throw you in
jail for a week.

Whether
or not refusal prevents the search is beside the point here (although, yes, refusal often
prevents the search). Such cases are less likely to be prosecuted,
even after evidence is discovered, due to the fact that police and prosecutors
do – believe it or not – sometimes recognize a constitutional violation and
decline to proceed simply because they don’t want to bring a messy case into
the courtroom. Finally, consider how much more impressive a civil suit would
look in this case with an illegal search thrown into the mix along with the
already-compelling story of spending days in jail over coconut candy.

We'll
never know how things would have turned out if these guys had refused the
search, but there's no question what happened when they agreed to it.

                                                           
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Panaeolus cyanescens  FMRC’s Catalog Number SO191                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                .                                                     

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required. This is the reason why tuition may sound to be on the
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by most academic institutions, I decided to make them available. I many times
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mushrooms involved in mushroom poisonings. They find themselves learning a lot
from me about identifying mushrooms, especially from spore microscopy and
taking mushroom spore prints on paper to see their color. They openly relay to
me how Mushroom ID “Challenged” they really are. When I tell them about these
very same courses and how they can

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present our "Certificate of Completion" as supplemental credentials,
and proof of further learning into the specific area of Basidiomycetes.

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                                      Mushrooms and Religion

No big article this quarter, just
some experiences and pearls gained by 19 years of trial and error with P. cubensis, P. cyanescens, Liberty
Caps, Blue Legs/Blue Ringers (Seattle Nomenclature for P. Stuntz).

You can take too much and you can
take too little.  It all depends on set
and setting.  Just imagine you had the
power to invite the Holy Spirit or Jesus Christ into your temple.  Would you invite him into your living room
when you’re distracted or have invited other guests (real or spiritual)?  Probably you would not, but if you have (as I
have) then you’ve felt the anxiety and disorientation Psilocybin (the
Eucharist) can bring.  If you have not,
that is wise because you can only give your full undivided attention to one
spirit/personality at a time.  Granted
Michael/Marijuana does get along rather agreeable with Christ.   But even with wine, I have found you do
better starting out by inviting/taking mushrooms and then later 2 – 4 hrs
adding wine & spirits. 

As everyone knows you take the
“body” (mushrooms) with honey.  But what
most people don’t know is that if you eat yogurt while sipping the blood (tea)
and eating the body (mushrooms in tea) you avoid the stomach upset that has
kept so many away from mushrooms for sooooo long!

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Well that’s it, stay tuned for the
fascinating movie of the 3 Super Power Psychedelics in History and Religion:
Entheogenta! To be sold here in TEO #32 (God willing).

There is a 10 minute preview
YouTube now: http://www.youtube.com/user/Matthalamew#p/a/u/2/lj1LVpDxng0

In Faith,

Rv. Matthew N. Wyman DD

Brother Matt........just a note.  I found out a long time ago, although the
amount taken is important, several other things also play a role, maybe
more.  How much rest you have had over
the past 5 to 7 days.  You want to be
well rested up.  If this is not met, the
experience is many times very short and rather short coming.  Who you are with, or just by yourself.  Where you are at. Things on your mind.....if
going through hard times, a recent death of someone close to you, or for that
fact, any bad thoughts, never enter the sacred realm.  You will dive into these thoughts so deep,
uncontrollable crying and sadness will take over like you have never
experienced.  slp/fmrc

Brother
Steve,

I
will counter with the fact that Scripture states clearly that "a night
spent weeping with the Lord can earn you a life long friendship with Him."

Also,
the Mushrooms as the rock of God doesn't work well if you can't go their when
your depressed, downtrodden, hurting emotionally, sad,

unhappy,
tire or otherwise spent by life's wicked ways.

Please
ad this because my Rock is the God behind the Mushroom door and he can take all
this crap away and make you feel brave, happy, sure

and
trusting by His wise counsel and "Presence."

 I know exactly what you
are saying however, and I would encourage the brothers to work hard in prayer
and in the sacred state to make a sticking

relationship
with the Most High and his Son.  That is the ticket to my thousands of trips
that overwhelmingly have gone well. 

Oh
and if you get into a negative/nasty spin and everything you try to fix it with
(music, light a candle, lie down) doesn't work - the thing that brought

me
out of hell was (20 grams cyan) was to go down on bended knee... and ask for
forgiveness (sh*t its not that hard - I don't know why I didn't think

of
it for the first 8 years).  Brother Matthalamew

Brother Matt……..maybe it’s a recreational/religious
conflict.  I do know of many
instances.  slp/fmrc

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Full
color reprints of my journal are all $10 dollars each on paypal.  At:

mjshroomer1@yahoo.com

"Sex, Mushrooms and Rock and Roll" New special version (80 pages)
with two new full page color erotic shroom art images not in the hard copies
can now be bought for Ten dollars.



”The Chemistry and Cultivation of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia” in full color is $10 dollars, and



The Chemistry of Psilocybe villarrealiae from Mexico in full color is also
$10.00.

And anyone who buys these reprints can go to any cheap copy shop and use 112 x
17 paper and have a magazine size booklet printed in color and ask the clerk to
make the first page printed on a little heavier cover stock and you have your
own book of the journal article.  They will be a collector’s item at some
time in the next 25-50 years or so.

http://www.ethnomycologicaljournals.com

After writing my “Sex, Mushrooms, and Rock and Roll article, I came across
a great article related to my subject matter. It was in my mint copy of
Psychedelic Review number 10, 1968.  I have not read it since the early
1970s.



The article in question is Titled as, "LSD and Sexuality" by Richard
Alpert (Baba Ram Dass, Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner's colleagues in the
original psilocybin research projects projected through their work at Harvard
that occurred at the Concord Massachusetts State Reformatory for Men. 
That was the research that Rick Doblin of MAPS just a few years ago validated
as legitimate use of an entheogen as a valid took and adjacent to
psychotherapy.  Also a few years later re-affirmed by the now infamous John
Hopkins study.



I bring this up for you who are reading this issue of TEO, because in 1958, Dr.
Sam I Stein, a colleague of Roger Heim, Albert Hofmann, Rolf Singer, R. Gordon
Wasson and others whose interest revolved around the possible use of psilocin
and psilocybin as a tool for psychotherapists, by bioassay, consumed 5 dried
grams of baby in vitro grown specimens of Stropharia (Psilocybe) cubensis
[Earle] Sing.  Of course, those grown indoors in his laboratory were more
potent by exact weight of their natural dung inhabiting environment.  Dr.
Stein apparently had a very bad frightening experience that he published in a
respectable journal.  Thus he became the first person to report a bad trip
from eating more mushrooms than was necessary.

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[John’s
Note to the readers of this issue about this publication by Dr. Stein:

Stein,
Sam I. 1958. An unusual effect from a species of Mexican mushrooms, Psilocybe
cubensis. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata vol. 9(4):263-267.
September 29.

Dr. Sam Stein's somewhat terrifying account
of his dysphoric reaction after he ingested 5 dried grams of in vitro grown
specimens of Psilocybe cubensis. An abbreviated version of this paper
was circulated privately.]



However, it was Dr. Stein's next article that drew some positive attention
within the scientific community when in 1959, Dr. Stein published a paper
concerning his therapy session with a confused young adult who had homosexual
tendencies and so psilocybian mushrooms were used in a therapeutic setting to
try to bring about a change in such tendencies which caused this kid much
emotional stress.  The research paper was published and was one of the
first papers published in English concerning the use of such mushrooms in a
therapeutic setting.   And as noted at the beginning of the paragraph
it drew accepted attention within the psychiatric community in the late 1950s
and early 1960s and in the last ten years of this new century from 2000-2009,
it led to much criticism, rude comments, unjust mockery and very negative
attention from members of numerous popular Internet mushroom website
forums.  The reference to the article in question is posted here below:

[John’s
Notes on the reference for Stein’s research:

Stein,
Sam I.  1959. Clinical observations on the effects of Panaeolus
venenosus versus Psilocybe caerulescens. Mycologia vol.
51(1):49-50. January-February.

This is the first published report on the
clinical results involving psilocybian therapy. Two species of psilocybian
fungi were administered to a patient as an aid to help rid him of possible
homosexual tendencies. According to the research, the results were positive.
The mushrooms involved are mentioned in the title of paper.]

[Steve: Post here Dr. Stein’s paper on the use of
shrooms to treat homosexual tendencies]

(I was unable to transfer said document)

Now
I wish to draw attention to how Richard Alpert’s short paper posted below is
related to this subject of sexuality and entheogenic and/or research chemical
compounds.

Tim
Leary had LSD parties at Millbrook about three years after his first research
with magic mushroom pills of psilocin that he legally obtained from Sandoz in Switzerland.

Tim
noted in Flashbacks that he did take home at least 7 women to his home

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while
at Harvard, but as a sexual playboy who was expelled from West
Point and once for being caught in a sexual encounter with a
dean’s daughter, it never occurred to him until years later that mushrooms were
an aphrodisiac.

While
he did mushrooms three years prior to his first LSD experience, he was
originally afraid to try LSD.  However, after he became the primary
advocate for LSD and was, according to the words of President Richard Milhous
Nixon who described Tim Leary as, “The most dangerous man in the United States,”

Tim
held sexual acid parties at Millbrook, a mansion owned by someone who had a
grand relationship with acid.  There were always sexual orgies involving
the use of LSD.  Years later, When Tim made his move from his expulsion in
Mexico to California, the Senate subcommittee held a
meeting on Passport Fraud and Hashish Smuggling.  Printed as A U.S.
Government publication for $1.00 a copy, these senate subcommittee hearings
published a series of wanted posters of a majority of the Czars of LSD, The
Brotherhood of Love Family who manufactured the famed Orange Sunshine mini
tablets.   Which are still available as microdots only mostly in the
65 milligram dose level.  I can only give you my word that these tablets
are still circulating around the country at low doses that is why no one jumps
from windows. They also produce an equal dose level on blotters as well,
although they do have sheets of hits that run from 250 micrograms to 500 per
square.

In
the Senate Subcommittee hearings, one of the congressman is quoted in the
booklet as saying in regards to Leary and his hangout buddies from the
Brotherhood of Love and their activities at their Beach house in Santa Monica
is very outrageously quite humorous and readers of your journal will like this
comment and stupidity of the governments elected congressional idiot who made
the comment as quoted here below.

Mr.
Sinclair, one of the sworn Fed witnesses before the Senate subcommittee, stated
“Leary left Millbrook after being fired from Harvard, went to Berkeley,
California and then traveled to a small city
in Southern California called Laguna
Beach.  The Brotherhood was heavily drug
oriented.  From its inception, in addition, intelligence indicates that
the group was ceremoniously practicing group sexual freedom in connection with
the use of drugs (page 18).”

Ooh,
that’s scary I thought as I read that comment from someone who obviously had
his head up the hole of his arse.

However,
the above statement made by DEA pig was the very true nature of what went on at
Leary’s home on the west coast at Laguna
Beach.   I bet a lot of those creeps would
of liked some group sex.

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Here
is the paper by Dr. Stein of his work with this kid who had homosexual
tendencies and how he used both Panaeolus (subbalteatus) venenosus and Psilocybe
caerulescens..

[Steve,
see attachment and post here, “LSD and Sexuality” by Richard Alpert]

(I
was unable to transfer said document)

Now
in Richard Alpert’s study he conducted three sessions.  One with a
practicing homosexual who took LSD twice and had encounters during
therapy.  A few years later, he was living with a woman, however, I am
sure no one today knows how this affair turned out. 

Richard
Alpert’s 3^rd session involved a heterosexual couple who had sex on
LSD, were already in love and the woman reported that she had the greatest most
profound sexual experience of her life.

This
data of Alpert’s should have been noted in my article and I will have to remove
a few lines or a small image to post a paragraph regarding Alpert’s study and
reference but only on the 3^rd session that showed that LSD enhanced
sexual fulfill ness in unions between couples during sexual intercourse.

The
End

           
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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area:  Some readers who receive this Journal live
in areas where no mushroom laws exist. 
Others, like those living in the USA, must be aware of laws that
forbid the possession and cultivation of mushrooms that contain controlled
substances.  Psilocybe cubensis
is an example of an illegal mushroom in the USA.  As articles are done on an international
basis, always keep in mind the laws on these said type mushrooms in your own
specific area.  Most all areas allow
mushroom spore print samples on paper to aid in the identification of mushrooms
found out in the wild.  Questions?  Check with the law from a pay phone.  Write down date, name and badge # of officer
spoken with, to confirm any “no laws” 
answer given.  Thailand and other legal areas,
have no mushroom laws to worry about. 

From John Allen

Hello Steve,

Some new news on the front.  This is
about my last contribution to the world of mushrooms, although I have a few
other projects to finish off before I completely retire to northern Cambodia.



My latest presentation is an 80 page Magazine Journal, Ethnomycological
Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies Volume VIII:  Consisting of three new
articles.  "Sex, Mushrooms, and Rock and Roll," a short
biography based on my first mushroom experience hand-written in a 10-page or
more to Sasha Shulgin in the 1990s and an exchange of personal communications
of six letters between me, Sasha and Jochen Gartz, all talking about the taboo
subject of Sex and Drugs as an enhancement to compliment their effects together
with the music of Grace Slick’s Manhole.  The article is 60 pages, plus
two additional articles on the chemical analysis, occurrence, use, cultivation
and SEM Lab work by me, Dr. Sihanonth of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok,
Dr. Jochen Gartz of the University of Leipzig, Germany, Dan Molter of Ohio, 
and Fulvio Castillo Suarez of Jalisco, Mexico.   The article has a full color-cover front and
back and 2 additional 11 x 17 inch colored on both sides pages. 
Altogether that is 3 full colored 17 X 11 double-sided pages which include the cover
and complete centerfold.

Hi Steve, today is my 70th birthday, I am so broke putting
this journal together.  You can read about it and see all 11 colored full page
images and title page, contents and two pages of text at shroomotopia.org and info
about it.  Includes an extra 19 colored photos in the text but numbers
26-250 will only have the three full colored 8 and 1/2 sized color.  These
are also two new mushroom articles on chemistry of two new species from the
last ten years.



IF it sells, then I will do volume 9 which is 149 pages and 5 authors. 
SEM, DNA, Chemistry, cultivation and new species and others from SE Asia.  A 20-year follow-up to all my last years
in Thailand, Burma, Cambodia,
Nam, Indonesia and India.  So here is the cover and back cover. I am waiting
on a blurb from Tjakko Stijve.  John  ………. 
The said pictures are our Color Photo for #30 TEO.



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   “T E O N A N A C A T L”

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         My Biggest
Contribution To The World of Mushrooms

By S. L. Peele

I was interviewed by a student
from Alabama University concerning my research into
mushrooms.  He asked me what I thought
was my biggest contribution to the world of mushrooms.  During the mid 1980’s, I was involved with a
5 year program that dealt with the search for anti-cancer compounds found in
mushrooms.  I worked with a team at the
National Cancer Institute (NCI).  I
provided extracts from many different wild mushrooms……including ones that
produced Controlled Substances like mushrooms from the Psilocybe Genus.  As the NCI is a Federal Institute, the
Federal DEA and the like, had no problem with following the work that was going
on.  Didn’t take them long to get upset
over all this.  I mean, here they had
Psilocybin listed as a Scheduled One Compound (this means it had little or no
medical benefit, and huge abuse potential), and here I was trying to prove them
wrong.  What they did to stop the
research, made me declare war on them. 
On 4/21/87 I was visited and inspected by two Federal DEA Investigators
and an investigator from the HRS Department of Florida. 
I was put on notice, that the mushroom extractions I was making
available to NCI and to other researchers were classified as “New
Investigational Drugs”.  This meant that
special proper permits were needed to release said New Investigational Drugs
and I did not have them.  For anyone to
receive such types of permits, to my knowledge, was impossible.  They halted all my mushroom extraction
programs.  They warned me, and handed me
the written warnings informing me that if I released any more samples, I would
be fined $5,000.00 a day, retro-active back for the past 4 years.  I can tell you, that stopped me from
releasing any more samples.  That’s when
the war started.  I hired a team of
lawyers and got the backing from two Congressmen, Banjanin and Huto.  Six months later, I received a Certified
letter, 9/23/87, stating that the decision made on Extractions from Mushrooms
being New Investigational Drugs, had been over-turned and no longer existed.  During all this time, all my fellow
researchers were contacted by the DEA, and they were told that I was under
investigation for releasing prohibited New Investigational Drugs.  This is an old tactic.  Destroy someone’s credibility and their
character by connecting them with illegal activity.  This will cause all of them to run away from
the person as fast as they can.  No one
wants to be linked with such an investigation.

This paved the way so that all
other researchers could now investigate and make mushroom extractions
available, at no risk of being charged with releasing New Investigational
Drugs.  Every time you see a mushroom
extract available somewhere, it was I that made it possible.  This has now opened the door for all mushroom
researchers around the world.  It has led
to many new discoveries about mushrooms. 
slp/fmrc 

                             
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For those who have not seen
this Sale
posted on FMRC’s Website:  The Entire
Mushroom Spore Bank, over 200 different Samples, is on sale for only
$1,000.00!  And, when any new species are
listed in the Bank, and you have an interest in receiving it, just let us know
that you purchased the Entire Collection before.  Just make the request and it will be shipped
right off to you at no charge!

This entire massive collection,
the World’s Largest Mushroom Spore Bank of its type since 1972, can be
inspected and downloaded at www.mushroomsfmrc.com.

To be the proud owner of this
entire spore bank collection, simply mail in your request for the Entire
Mushroom Spore Sample Collection, held at FMRC. 
The best method of payment is a

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Postal Money Order that you buy
at your local Post Office.  Send your
request and payment made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL  32523.  If you live in CA, ID or GA, where many of
the spore samples are illegal…..no problem. 
Just send $830.00 and none of the illegal samples in your area will be
included.  Otherwise, you must send a
legal state shipping address for the entire collection.

        Good  People With Good Mushroom Books

Call
1-916-771-4203 and find out how to get this Catalog!  Tell them “I saw your Catalog in the “TEO”
Mushroom Journal by FMRC.

                                 
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         The
2008-2009 Mushroom Sales for the USA

The 2008-09 NASS Mushroom Report: Mushrooms sales were up 1%. Mushroom value
down 1%. The U.S.
mushroom crop was 817 million pounds. This mushroom crop sold for $957 million.
The number of growers listed was 285. Agaricus mushroom production was 802
million pounds and sold for $909 million. The total number of Agaricus growers
was 116. Specialty mushrooms like Shiitake, Oyster, and all other Exotics sales
were $48 million. A lot of Mushroom Growing Operations, are family owned. If
anybody is thinking they might like to get their share of this business, think
about this. If you already know how to grow mushrooms, you have a big advantage
over others who are looking at these numbers. If you want to grow and sell
mushrooms, joining the Independent Mushroom Grower's Network (IMGN), can be the
most important investment toward this goal you can make. Over 7,000 strong and
established back in 1983. Go to www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage2.html and you will
find all the details on IMGN. slp/fmrc

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2009  Page 05   Copyrighted Material

                                      New Mushroom Journal CD-ROMS



“THE MUSHROOM CULTURE”, The Journal of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC)……Now
comes

the #3 CD-ROM of “The Gospel of Mushrooms”.

This new #3 CD comes with all the Back Issues #70 TMC thru #83 TMC!  Just like #1 and #2, the #3 CD comes in color,
just like the Issues were published. 
Just place it in your computer, and you will be there to see it all. To
check out the Contents of these past Back Issues, just go to www.mushroomsfmrc.com and click Catalog.  Then scroll on down until you come to the
Back Issue section for our Journals.

#3 GOSPEL CD-ROM, TMC’s #70 - #83………………………………….……$40.00



“TEONANACATL”, The
International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms (TEO)……Now comes the #2 CD-ROM of
“TEO” Back Issues.  #1 “TEO” has #1 -# 13
“TEO” Back Issues. This new #2

“TEO” CD-ROM has all the “TEO” Back Issues #14 - #28.Just place it in your
computer, and you will

be there to see it all.  Just like the “TEO”
#1 CD-ROM, this #2 “TEO” CD-ROM comes in color just like the Issues were

published. To check out the Contents of these past Back Issues, just go to www.mushroomsfmrc.com and click

Catalog.  Then scroll on down until you come
to the Back Issue section for our Journals.



#2 “TEO”

CD-ROM, TEO’s #14 - #28…..……………………………………………………$40.00



Save even more money……..buy both #3 Gospel and #2 TEO

CD-ROMs for only………………………………………………………….……..$50.00.

                                       FMRC's  2009 
Christmas Sale

The Gospel of
Mushrooms

This will be your communications link to growing many different species of
mushrooms.  The Gospel of Mushrooms contains all the Back Issues of
'THE  MUSHROOM  CULTURE", The Journal of Mushroom Cultivation
(TMC) up to the time #3 Gospel CD-ROM was published, #83 TMC July 2009. 
The Gospel of Mushrooms is a 3 CD-ROM set.  It covers the last 25 years of
mushroom growth and documentations.  You will see all the mycological achievements
made over this past quarter of a century…. All in color.  All the mushroom
related stories.  All the mycological events.  The Gospel of
Mushrooms is a major Mycological publishing Event dealing with mushrooms. 
All you have to do is place the disk into your computer, and you will be there
to see it all. 

The Gospel  #01 CD-ROM has all the TMC Back Issues #01 thru #40.

The Gospel  #02 CD-ROM has all the TMC Back Issues #41 thru #69, plus a
Classified section, plus an extraordinary Mushroom Gallery.

The Gospel #03 CD-ROM has all the TMC Back Issues #70 thru #83.



To purchase all three of these Gospel CD's would cost you the listed price of
$100.00.  To purchase all 83 Back Issues in Hard Copy, $830.00.

The Entire Gospel THREE CD-ROMs Christmas sale price……$65.00

                                           
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The "TEONANACATL", The International Journal
of Psychoactive Mushrooms (TEO)

The TEO Back Issues #01 CD-ROM has all the TEO Back Issues #01 thru #13.

The TEO Back Issues #02 CD-ROM has all the TEO Back Issues #14 thru #28.



To purchase both these CD-ROMs would cost you the listed price of $80.00. 
To purchase all 28 Back Issues in Hard Copy, $280.00.

Both TEO CD-ROMs Christmas sale price……..$55.00

Want to save even more?  Order both TMC and TEO Back Issue CD-ROMs, that's
all 5 CD-ROMs, for only $100.00.

Want to look over the information covered on these CD-ROMs?  Just go to
www.mushroomsfmrc.com and click "Catalog" off of the main menu. 
Scroll down until you come to the Back Issues Section.  Each Issue is
listed with a