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Indole hallucinogens
Psilocin and psilocybine
The magical mushrooms used by the Aztecs and other tribes were found,
for the European
scientists, by R. Gordon Walson in 1957. For his enthusiasm he was called
“the botanist Walson”. But the search for hallucinogen mushrooms was his
hobby. The interest of the bank clerk Walson came in a rather peculiar
way. In 1927 he and his young wife Valentina – she was Russian – were
walking through the woods when they saw a group of death-cups of the same
type from which Valentina got into ecstasy. The young husband thought
that this was just a part of her Slavonic spirit but gradually he got
to know so mush about these mushrooms that they became a hobby for his
whole family. Walson thought that from antiquity till now people have
been amazed by the hallucinogenic plants. These plants “can be a powerful
detonator for the soul, the mind and the imagination of the people who
lived centuries ago.” According to him these plants are the reason for
people to start believing in God. Ironically many of today’s religions
disapprove of such a way to find a path to God.
The first usage of the mushrooms that was recorded is dated from 1502. During the coronation of some emperor the magical mushrooms were given to the captured princes before they were slaughtered. The Indians on the other hand started hiding their records about they knowledge over as they called it “the holly flesh”. At the beginning of the 20th century the mushrooms were just one of the thousands false legends concerning the Indians.
The usage of the sacred mushrooms was thought by the Indians to be a very important and responsible ceremony; it was done only at night in a locked room. The character of the experience very much depends on the mood and the personality of the person as well as on the experience and the skill of the local shaman-mage. There is a great difference between the frequent taking of peyote and the rare, only on special occasions, usage of the magical mushrooms. Usually they were used to show a prophecy, which had to resolve a serious problem or to help in overcoming some bad disease. Nowadays, in some regions of Mexico the mushrooms have to be first sanctified by the priest in the church and then they may be brought into the house.