What to do on Magic Mushrooms
July 16th, 2008
Ever since the early days of college when my friends told me about the spiritual trips they had while on magic mushrooms, I’ve always had a curious fascination with them. I’ve heard the horror stories though of people jumping off high places while on the drug and have always been a little intimidated by them. Recently however, the LA Times posted this story pretty much giving magic mushrooms a resounding thumbs up.
The story details a 2006 US government funded study which observed the spiritual effects of the drug. The study involved 36 college-educated adults who had never tried magic mushrooms nor had any prior drug history. After the experiment, one third of the participants reported that the shroom trip was the single most spiritually significant event in their lives. One year later, 79 percent of the participants reported greater well-being or satisfaction as a result of having taken the magic mushrooms.
So with all this positive press, I’ve let go of all anxiety of taking magic mushrooms. Saturday is the tentative date which my roommates and I have decided to partake in what is surely to be the most spiritually significant event in our lives. What all that said I’ve been doing some research on what to do on magic mushrooms and how to prepare for it which I’ll discuss below.
What to do on Magic Mushrooms:
Our plan is to spend the first half of the trip in the apartment, to get comfortable with the drug, and then spend the rest of the time at the UCLA sculpture garden. Since magic mushrooms primarily attract your visual and to a point your audio senses, I’ve been brainstorming activities that cater to these senses.
Things to do in the apartment:
- Play music with a wide range of sounds - I imagine Ratatat would be a good choice to listen to. The diverse sounds in every song are sure to create some crazy sensory feelings while on shrooms.
- Stare at artwork, especially drug-induced artwork - Which artist better to connect to while on a psychedelic drug than Salvador Dali. I have a bunch of posters of his drawings which I’ll be sure to keep in handy come Saturday.
- Watch screensavers - screensavers are so crazy today and already trip me out when I’m completely sober.
- Pour Water - as silly as this sounds I’ve heard the action of water splashing is pretty trippy on mushrooms.
- Create Artwork - I’ll have my colored pencils and drawing pads handy. I’m not really an artist normally, but under the influence, I would like to see what kind of masterpiece (or crap) I can create.
Things to do in nature:
- Look at Sculptures - The UCLA sculpture garden is an amazing resource we have in our backpocket. I’m sure that I’ll have some interesting conversations on Saturday with the Greek Gods and Goddesses.
- Look at plants and trees - I’ve heard they start growing before your eyes. It’s too bad that I don’t live near a forest because I would imagine that would be an amazing albeit potentially frightening experience.
- Go to the Beach and Watch the Waves - This is something I probably won’t have the opportunity of doing. Being stuck on a crowded bus for 45 minutes under the influence of magic mushrooms sounds like a suicide mission.
- Lay Down and Watch the Sky - I’m sure that if there are clouds in the sky something magnificent has to come out of staring at them. I think this is what happened to Simba in the Lion King.
If you guys can think of any other creative ideas I’d love to hear them. I’ll report back on Sunday how our trip went and which activities I’d recommend doing. Hopefully I’ll be feeling like this:
rather than like this:
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