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Psychedelics

There is a stigma around psychedelic drugs and it is time to address it. PyramidRealm does not actively encourage its readers to seek out psychedelic drugs but we do believe the choice should be left completely up to the individual. In our opinion, the joy and insight that users can gain from a psychedelic experience far outweigh any potential harm. At least from my perspective, the laws restricting these drugs are not here to protect us so much as they are to control us. The last thing the government wants is a conscious population with big picture ideas and more idealistic values. 


More and more research is coming out confirming the mental health benefits of psychedelic use and this should not really serve as a surprise. Our ancestors have been using psychedelics to open new dimensions, communicate with mother earth, and heal the soul for thousands of years. The wonder and wisdom that is held within these magical plants is likely the birthplace of most mystic beliefs. Psychedelics have also been consistently described as the catalyst for religious experiences throughout human history. Remember, Moses spoke with god through a "burning bush". Many ancient religious texts prove ancient people held psychedelic compounds at the heart of their spiritual practice. 


Please enjoy some interesting videos about the nature of psychedelic drugs and the messages often discerned from experimentation. Even if psychedelic drugs are something you aren't interested in experiencing personally, it is definitely worth listening to other people describe their experiences.

Mushrooms are Smart

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Humans have held a deep reverence for the wisdom of psychedelic plants since ancient times. Psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin mushrooms have played an essential role in our progression as a species and yet the world of academia continuously undermines their significance. We often examine plant life through an overly inanimate lens. What if the life force inhabiting plants is much more complex and conscious than mainstream science leads on? Many cultures and spiritual practices around the globe hold a sacred connection to plant life, especially psychedelic plants. They believe psychedelic plants are capable of healing us by interfacing with our consciousness. This concept is at the heart of all shamanistic practices and a wave of recent scientific discoveries has lent credibility to these ancient beliefs.


One research study recently proved that around 90% of all land plants are in a mutually beneficial with fungi. While the signature mushroom shape might be the most familiar part of a fungus, most of the fungal bodies are made up of a mass of thin threads, known as a mycelium. We now know that these threads act as a kind of underground internet, linking the roots of different plants. That tree in your lawn is connected to the tomatoes in your garden and your neighbors weeds, thanks to mycelia. The more we learn about these underground networks, the more our ideas about fungal life must be reworked. By linking through the network of mycelium, fungal life is capable of helping it's neighboring plant species by sharing nutrients and information. Fungus have also been known to sabotage unwelcome plants by spreading toxic chemicals through the network. That demonstrates remarkable intelligence. This fungal network has its own method of sustaining ecosystems and maintaining the balance of life.


This concept is alluded to in many cultures and has even found its way to the big screen. Avatar is one movie that actually references the research being done on the role of plants in connecting all life. In this magical world occupied by blue humanoids, all the organisms are connected by a conscious network. They can communicate and collectively manage resources, thanks to "some kind of electrochemical communication between the roots of trees". This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from professor Terrence McKenna who stated that "Nature is alive and it is talking to us. This is not a metaphor." 

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One scientific research project done with Physarum polycephalum further demonstrate the innovative nature of fungus. The experiment shows that the gelatinous fungus mold is capable of organizing itself and spreading into extremely efficient networks. The growth patterns of this plant are so impressive that some scientists have even suggested incorporating it into the engineering design process. This research began when Atsushi Tero from Hokkaido University in Japan, along with colleagues elsewhere in Japan and the United Kingdom, placed oat flakes on a wet surface in locations that corresponded to the cities surrounding Tokyo. They allowed the Physarum polycephalum mold to grow outwards from the center. They watched the mold self-organize, spread out, and form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network (2).


"Some organisms grow in the form of an interconnected network as part of their normal foraging strategy to discover and exploit new resources," Tero writes in the report. "Physarum is a large, single-celled amoeboid organism that forages for patchily distributed food sources... [It] can find the shortest path through a maze or connect different arrays of food sources in an efficient manner with low total length yet short average minimum distance between pairs of food sources"



The researchers understood that utilizing this behavior could prove useful in the construction of self-organizing and cost-efficient networks in the real world. They captured the core mechanisms needed by the slime mold to connect its food sources in an efficient manner and incorporated them into a mathematical model. This formula based on fungi feeding habits could actually provide a route to more efficient and adaptive network designs for transportation and communication (2).

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Many plant and fungus species are also renowned for their healing properties. Dating back to the Stone Age, human cultures have utilized a wide array of plants in their spiritual, cultural, and medical practices. These ancient beliefs state that the beginnings of disease originates from an imbalance or disharmony in our emotional and spiritual bodes and that plants are effective in healing these bodies (2). While modern society moved away from these practices to embrace western medicine, many are beginning to question whether pharmaceutical drugs are really the best solution to improving health and wellbeing. One such person is Mark Pischea, a 42-year-old political consultant and father of five from Williamston, Michigan. Ten years ago Mark was rushed to the hospital with severe stomach pain. He was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic autoimmune condition that can cause extreme abdominal discomfort, weight loss, fatigue and fevers. For the next decade of his life, the formerly healthy husband and father lived in a constant cycle of flare-ups, surgery and recovery. 


At his wife’s insistence, Pischea made his way down to a rustic healing center in San Roque de Cumbasa, a tiny village in the Peruvian Amazon. 

Pischea spent most of the next three weeks in solitude, following a strict dieta of rice, plantains and specially prepared plant teas. Several times a day, he met with a shaman named Antonio, who prescribed him local plants known to induce vomiting, as a way to cleanse the body and “reboot” the immune system. The shaman’s recommendations also included ayahuasca, a potent hallucinogenic brew, and kambo, the venom of a rain forest tree frog. Four months later, Pischea was freed of not only his Crohn’s symptoms, but also the depression that had developed. Pischea remarked that, “I went to the top Crohn’s clinics in the world and saw the top doctors in the world, and none of them could help me. There is a curative quality to the plants in the jungle that you really need to be there in that environment to experience. I think it really does work.”  


Mark's recovery led him from skepticism to an outspoken proponent for alternative holistic healing practices and many scientific research groups are following suit. One such scientist is Dr. Mark Plotkin, an Amazonian ethnobotanist, conservationist and author of the 1994 book Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice. Plotkin recognizes the benefits of wester medicine but believes there are many instances in which the holistic approach is the healthier option. “All you’ve got to do is look at pancreatic cancer, insomnia, acid reflux, stress — all these things that Western medicine can’t cure — to realize we need alternatives or additions,” Plotkin told HuffPost. “As Westerners, we’re taught that anything that isn’t done by a white guy in a lab coat isn’t science, but that obviously isn’t true.” (3)

Consider the implications for time and ancient prophecies..

"All the worlds a stage... and all the men and women merely players." - William Shakespeare

Ayahuasca has been used medically for thousands of years by indigenous people. You might have a set reaction to psychedelics being used medically but I encourage you to really challenge this notion. Is it really crazy to use natural herbs to get in touch with our own spirit? Or is it crazy to use thousands of pharmaceutical drugs that often create more problems than solutions?

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