Five Psychedelic Books You Need to Read

Quick answer: The five essential psychedelic books to read are Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind, Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, Stanislav Grof’s LSD: Doorway to the Numinous, Terence McKenna’s Food of the Gods, and Julian Vayne’s Getting Higher. Together they cover the history, science, therapeutic use, and ceremonial practice of psychedelics — […]

Best Psychedelic Journey Kits for Conscious Exploration: Portalbox & Ceremonybox by Portier

Quick answer: The Portalbox and Ceremonybox by Portier are premium, thoughtfully designed psychedelic journey kits created by psychonauts Koen and Sebastian. Inspired by Japanese tea ceremonies, they hold sacred tools, a milligram scale, and an educational guidebook to support safe, intentional use. This post is an interview covering what inspired the kits, their sustainable materials, […]

Could the Bee Man Shaman Be More Than We Thought? An Ethnomycology Investigation

Quick answer: This ethnomycology investigation explores a little-known traditional practice: using the smoke or spores of certain fungi, especially puffballs and earthstars, to gently anesthetize bees during honey harvests. Drawing on Anishinaabe accounts, African beekeeping traditions, and the 10,000-year-old Sahara “Bee Man Shaman” cave painting, the author asks whether that ancient image might depict beekeeping […]

Mushrooms and Mind-Bending Cathedral Interiors from Russia

Quick answer: This post is a curated photo showcase of Russian Instagram photographer Valerii (@valerii3000), who shoots vivid macro images of wild mushrooms and sweeping wide-angle, multi-shot panoramas of European cathedral and church interiors. It collects a series of his embedded Instagram posts and invites you to follow his account for more. Instagram user Valerii3000 […]