Want to measure the magic in your mushrooms? The miraculix test kit shows the percentage of psilocybin in your mushrooms.
Read moreHow Mushrooms Started Going Mainstream
In the 1950s, Gordon and Valentina Wasson encountered magic mushrooms. Then they wouldn’t stop talking about them.
Read moreCan a Bad Trip Be a Good Thing?
Psychedelic users say that even bad trips gave them ‘life-altering insights’, a small study finds.
Read moreHow Magic Mushrooms Evolved
Why does nature produce hallucinogenic compounds? One study set out to uncover the answer... keep reading to find out more.
Read morePsilocybin and Terminally Ill Patients
This new study suggests that psilocybin may reduce suicidal thoughts in terminally ill patients.
Read moreInterview: Psilocybin for Depression
In this interview, leading psychedelic researcher, Robin Carhart-Harris, speaks with a participant in a psilocybin for depression trial on the potential of psychedelics.
Read moreResearching the Magic in Mushrooms
The new Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics at MGH was created to better understand psychedelics effects on the brain, their mechanisms, and potential for therapeutic purposes.
Read morePsilocybin and Migraines
A single dose of psilocybin has a lasting therapeutic effect on migraine headache, according to a new placebo-controlled study.
Read moreMushrooms and Healing
Ezra Klein of the New York Times considers the healing potential of psilocybin mushrooms in an op-ed that covers the success of Oregon's Measure 109, which creates a "support infrastructure through which psychedelic mushrooms can be woven into everyday life."
Klein shares the "cautious" yet supportive perspective of MAPS Founder and Executive Director Rick Doblin, Ph.D., on the initiative: "I worry those with the most at stake in terms of licenses will be fearful of participating, when those are the people we most want to participate."
Read moreHistory of Cultivating Mushrooms
Here’s some info on the history of home cultivation methods of Psilocybe.
Read morePsilocybin Works for Depression as Well as Common Antidepressant
A growing body of evidence suggests that the psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms" could help ease depression symptoms.
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