Leto: 2025

St. Paddy’s Day: A Secret Psychedelic Holiday?

St. Patrick’s Day — the Irish holiday that has become synonymous with raucous, green-hued merrymaking. Sure, it’s associated with whiskey, beer, and Guinness, but dig a little deeper into Celtic history and things become a little more trippy. To celebrate, we’re asking, just how psychedelic is St. Paddy’s Day?

How Does the Psychedelic Experience Evolve Over Multiple Trips?

Your first true psychedelic trip is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Stepping over the threshold of the unknown, you come face to face with yourself in a way you never did before. However, once you’ve had that first life-changing journey, what comes next? How do our psychedelic experiences evolve over time?

ChatGPT Recommends User Ease Grief with Shrooms; Reddit Agrees

Expecting empathy from a machine might have seemed like total lunacy a few years ago. However, in a post-Large Language Model world, it seems that it is becoming more and more plausible. Initially, LLMs tended to make fools of themselves when answering more nuanced questions, but, though barely older, they seem to have become significantly wiser, even recommending the use of magic mushrooms…

New Fungus That Turns Spiders into ‘Zombies’ Found in Irish Cave

Did you enjoy The Last of Us? Or was the thought of parasitic fungus taking over the world just a bridge too far? If you belong to the latter club, then — trigger warning — parasitic fungus (and spiders) ahead. However, if you’re part of the former, read on for a curious case of life (kind of) imitating art…

Study Finds Psilocybin Increases Empathy in Depressed People

Humans are social animals. In fact, you could easily argue that our sense of empathy and social conscience is directly linked to how civilization as we know it, began. A new study has found that psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, can actually increase empathy in those who are suffering from depression, a condition in which empathy can be compromised. 

Mycologist Grows Crazy New ‘Mutant’ Magic Mushroom

There’s a new magic mushroom on the block, and it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. And, despite the fact spring is finallying sprunging, we’d recommend keeping those winter warmers around for just a little bit longer. You see, this new psychedelic mushroom is called the ‘Snowball’ and it’s… super cool. 

Why Athletes are Demanding Psilocybin to Treat Concussion & Boost Performance

In the highest echelon of professional sports, athletes and their trainers are always on the lookout for ways to enhance their performance (both physically and mentally) and to recover most efficiently from injury. Of course, while traditional types of training, medical care, and nutrition remain crucial, there is a new tool on the scene that is stirring up interest: namely, psychedelics. 

Expectation vs. Reality: Avoiding Common Pitfalls of Psychedelic Prep

Preparation before a psychedelic trip is vital. However, you can do everything right and still find yourself stumbling upon common pitfalls, or beating yourself up when things don’t go the way you imagined. In this article we will explore how best to avoid them, as well as how these experiences can be learned from. 

Understanding The Short & Long-Term Effects of a Psychedelic Trip

So you’ve reached the psychedelic peak, admired the view, and now it’s time to make your way back down the mountain. But when are you back to ‘normal’ after a magic mushroom trip? When can you drive, or care for children, or cook? What are the short-term effects? What are the long-term effects?

Dear St. Valentine: Can Magic Mushrooms Mend A Broken Heart?

Valentine’s Day is here — a holiday that some people love to love and others love to hate — especially if they are currently nursing a broken heart. Luckily, there may be a way to speed-up romantic recovery… and rather than red roses, it involves magic mushrooms…

Did This Popular Magic Mushroom Originate In Africa?

Perhaps you know them as gold caps, or cubes? Maybe Mexican mushrooms, or golden teachers? If you’ve tripped on shrooms before, it was highly likely that it was on one of its many strains. Yep, we’re talking about Psilocybe cubensis, the most popular species of magic mushroom. Beloved they may be, but for many years their origins have been shrouded in mystery. Until now…

How Psychedelics Boost Your Memory & Fight Decline

Can psychedelics improve memory?

A growing body of research suggests that they might! Yes indeed, this once demonized set of drugs could actually be the key to both unlocking and maintaining memory into old age.