Book Reviews About Magic Mushrooms
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Book Reviews About Magic Mushrooms
Invisible Marijuana and Psychedelic Mushroom Gardens
Information about growing both marijuana and mushrooms, but more importantly, how to grow and not have your operation detected.
While it is not the ultimate book on growing either substance, it would be a very good book (in addition to) a more detailed book dedicated only to growing. Use the methods contained in this book to plan your set up.
Invisible Marijuana and Magic Mushrooms
A very good introduction to the subject, it would be of most value to someone with an interest in magic mushrooms but who knows nothing about them. About 120 pages with black and white illustrations. Easy to understand and informative, it will only take a day or two for most readers to finish.
Includes information about history, growing, chemistry, dosage and other aspects of magic mushrooms. Psilocybe cubensis, Psilocybe semilanceata, Psilocybe cyanescens, Psilocybe baeocystis, Psilocybe stuntzii, Panaeolus subbalteatus, and Amanita muscaria are described.
Magic Mushrooms Mushroom Cultivator:
A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home
A very good book that is recommended for advanced mushroom growers. Describes in detail all the steps involved in growing mushrooms. Over 400 pages, it gives exact growth parameters for Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms as well as other hallucinogenic mushrooms (panaeolus and psilocybe varieties).
Several kinds of non-hallucinogenic mushrooms are included. The book is geared towards growing on a large scale but someone who wants to start a small personal garden will be able to do so once they understand what is involved. If you want to grow on a larger scale later, everything you need to know is in this book.
Mushroom Cultivator Mushrooms and Mankind:
The Impact of Mushrooms on
Human Consciousness and Religion
A book about the impact psychoactive mushrooms (primarily Amanita muscaria) have had on the history of the human race. If you have any interest in psychoactive mushrooms and how they have influenced the history of our planet, you should read a copy of this small book (about 100 pages).
Spanning from pre-history to the present, the author shows the deep impact mushrooms have played in almost every culture and religion that have had access to them. Includes mushrooms and Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, USA, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and more.
Mushrooms and Mankind Psilocybin Mushroom Handbook:
Easy Indoor and Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation
If you have never grown and find it hard to follow online guides or if you have tried to grow magic mushrooms and had problems, this is the book to look at. Compared to previous mushroom growing books, this is a fairly easy to understand, accurate, illustrated guide to growing mushrooms that contain high concentrations of psilocybin (the primary chemical that produces intoxication when a person takes most types of magic mushrooms).
Based on Oss&Oeric, Psilocybe Fanaticus, and other growing methods. Takes the accumulated knowledge of growing magic mushrooms and puts them together in one book. Shows basic and reliable methods for growing psilocybin mushrooms that can be adapted as the grower gains experience.
This book was written for the first timer but and also has information that intermediate and advanced growers might benefit from. Primarily about growing indoors, there is a chapter about growing outdoors. About 200 pages with black and white images that illustrate the text being discussed. Includes 32 page section of color photos. If this book and info you find online don't help, mushroom cultivation might not be for you.
Psilocybin Mushroom Handbook Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World:
An Identification Guide
An identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin containing mushrooms (the ones that produce a high). Not just a field guide, it contains an exploration of their long standing use by ancients and their continued significant to modern-day culture. Over 200 pages.
A complete guide: history, descriptions, experiences and all relative information that you need. This is the book to get if you plan on going mushroom hunting. Detailed descriptions and color photos of over 100 species of psilocybin mushrooms are provided. A must for anyone wanting to identify magic mushrooms and deadly look alikes.
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World Sacred Mushroom of Visions:
Teonanácatl:
A Sourcebook on the Psilocybin Mushroom
A compilation of scientific information, historical lore, and personal accounts about magic mushrooms. Very informative and entertaining, over 300 pages with black and white illustrations. More than an introduction to magic mushroom, this book offers a great deal of information on most of the important events and people involved in the world of sacred mushrooms.
Ralph Metzner, the author, was part of the Psilocybin Research Project with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass). Chapters include relative potency of magic mushrooms, psilocybin in psychotherapy, the harvard psilocybin project, r. gordon wasson and much more.
Sacred Mushroom of Visions Sacred Mushroom Seeker:
Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson
R. Gordon Wasson (September 22, 1898 – December 23, 1986) in the course of his mushroom research went to Mexico to study the religious use of mushrooms. In 1957, the details of 'magic' mushroom use was published in a Life magazine article (Seeking the Magic Mushroom). This brought knowledge of psychoactive mushrooms to the world.
This is a collection of articles about R. Gordon Wasson and his contributions to the world of magic mushrooms. Authors include those who have worked with and been influenced by him.
Sacred Mushroom Seeker