Making and Using Agar (for mycology)
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In this video I show you how to make and use agar. Written up TEK is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/56209839
Recommended LMEA recipe:
8 grams of light malt extract
8 grams of agar powder
400ml hot water
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Optional stuff only if making PDA or black agar:
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Music Credit to Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
https://youtu.be/QnJFhuOWgXg
"The thing that's going to change people is something that no-one will ever be able to capture on film, it will just be something you see and all of the sudden you realize I'm on the wrong page..." -Gil Scott Heron (explaining the meaning of his song)
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Making and Using a Spore Syringe (for mycology)
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I show how to make and use a still air box in this vid:
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Hopkins Griffiths/Richards Protocol for Psilocybin with Meditation for Enduring Benefits
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Things you will need for the Hopkins Griffiths Protocol for Psilocybin with Meditation for Enduring Benefits:
Passage Meditation by Eknath Easwaran: https://amzn.to/2FF9vUm
Eyeshades: https://amzn.to/3iN7Vhi (these are great!)
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My favorite Headphones: https://amzn.to/35TbK0Y (but if you don’t need to drown out distractions playing on an in room sound system with subwoofer is better)
Hopkins Music Download: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32638441
Hopkins Spiritual Practice Suggestions (one page outline): https://bit.ly/32JTDbM
Prayer of Saint Francis: https://bit.ly/35Sljx6
Suggested Passages for Passage Meditation:https://www.bmcm.org/inspiration/passages/
Spores (if you need mushrooms): https://reliablespores.com/#a_aid=gordo
Mushroom Growing Vid: https://youtu.be/ckLJgKy2taM
The written protocol summary: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28680845
References used in this video:
The Hopkins Study "Psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experience in combination with
meditation and other spiritual practices produces enduring positive changes in
psychological functioning and in trait measures of prosocial attitudes and behaviors": https://bit.ly/2RIDMUF
Hopkins Safety Guide: https://bit.ly/32R21WZ
A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin (2019) https://youtu.be/TIVIfQaqVG4
“Science and Sacraments: Psychedelic Research and Mystical Experiences” https://youtu.be/dm1TPRQyYnA
Introduction to passage meditation: https://youtu.be/oThyqWcR4uU
Blue Mountain Center for Meditation: https://www.bmcm.org/programs/online-course-introduction-to-meditation/
FoundMyFitness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkBq33KWFmY “Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. on Psilocybin, Psychedelic Therapies & Mystical Experiences”
How to trip without drugs: https://www.fieldtriphealth.com/blog/how-to-have-a-psychedelic-trip-without-drugs
Holotropic Breathwork: https://youtu.be/prfll4C1zw0
Criticism of holotropic breath work: https://youtu.be/US4kUV6MbCg
Alkaloid content in mushrooms: "Morphological and Chemical Analysis of Magic Mushrooms in Japan": https://bit.ly/3mFZhDx
"Forensic analysis of hallucinogenic mushrooms and khat using cation-exchange liquid chromatography": https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.013
"Replication and extension of a model predicting response to psilocybin": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31203401/
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Panaeolus Cyanescens: Crown Jewel of Mushrooms
Learn more about the most potent mushroom currently known as of 2022 (aka Copelandia cyanescens, Hawaiians, blue meanies, Pans and Pan cyans)
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Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22774475
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References cited in the video:
A Novel Experience with Panaeolus A Case Study from Hawaii
Plants of the Gods (revised and expanded version is here)
"Stability of psilocybin and its four analogs in cubensis mushrooms" (how to best store mushrooms)
Forensic analysis of hallucinogenic mushrooms and khat (Catha edulis Forsk) using cation-exchange liquid chromatography (pdf full text, most potent mushrooms ever described in published research)
Efficiency of treatments for controlling Trichoderma spp during spawning in cultivation of lignicolous mushrooms
Redesigning Psychedelic Mushrooms to Never Cause a “Bad Trip”
Scientists Discover New Compounds in Magic Mushrooms
More Evidence of the Chemical Compound Variability in Magic Mushrooms
Psilocin, psilocybin, serotonin and urea in Panaeolus cyanescens from various origin
Trip Report: Panaeolus Cyanescens are the true Magic Mushroom. I'm never growing or consuming Cubensis again
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Mazatec Mushroom Usage: Notes on Approach, Setting and Species for Curious Psilonauts
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