History: The Use of Amanita Muscaria

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Amanita Muscaria are certainly psycoactive, yet it is questionable as to whether or not it is a good recreational drug. The Amanita Muscaria was regarded as the God Soma in the ancient Vedic Hindu texts. It was also ingrained into the culture and rituals of the nomadic tribes in Syberia. There is some debate as to how to take the mushrooms. The tribes in Syberia had the men eat the mushrooms and then the women drank their urine. It was not a sexist thing at all. The reason the urine is drunk is because the raw mushroom causes severe vomiting and nausia. However the "refined" liquid does not have these adverse effects. The hindus have lost the knowledge in practice as to the proper way to take the mushrooms, yet some knowledge can be gleaned from the Vedas. First the Divine Mushroom of immortality was clensed by a ray of sunlight. Then the mushroom was crushed wet and the liquid that came out of the mushroom was strained through wool to get any solids out. Next the liquid was put in milk or mixed with milk curds. There is some debate as to if that was the final form of the Soma or if it was filtered through a priest's body before it was ready for final ingestion.

Soma is also called Fly-Agaric. There are some interesting reports in the Hyperreal drug archive on the Web about Fly-Agaric, although I must Caution you about some of the info seeing as it is far from first hand.

I don't know if I could eat something someone views as a god, without following the proper ritual involved... and that is lost knowledge.

ALSO be careful!!!! 90% of all poisonous mushroom DEATHS come from the same genous Amanita Muscaria is found. So be sure you have found the right one.