Where In The World Is Evan?

It was with great amusement that I read about a recent study on the effects of psilocybin. It says much about the scientific community’s closed mindedness regarding psychedelic drugs that 40 years since it was isolated as the active ingredient in magic mushrooms (and after thousands of years of shamanic use) a study reporting what any first time user could tell you is considered “breaking news”.

After experiencing qualified success with the Amanita family of mushroom, some weeks ago, my interest in more conventional magic mushrooms was renewed. As convenience would have it I was able to locate a reliable source of Copelandia cyanescens within the wildlife reserve of a nearby public university.

Although I cannot be sure enough in my memory of recent months to say with complete certainty, I can recall taking psilocybin based mushrooms on at least ten occasions during a six week period immediately following the events of my last blog entry. One might go so far as to say that through various mushroom related activities (i.e. reading research papers and field identification guides, picking wild mushrooms and processing them for consumption) mushroom taking became my primary, and on some days, sole occupation.
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