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Night trips are fun. The darkness leaves stuff to your imagination although you can't appreciate the beauty of nature as much. Also, star gazing is amazing. The shrooms dialate your pupils so they let more light in and all of the stars look super vivid.

You can do a lot of things while you trip but I think it is best to just sit and talk. If you want to go for a walk, that would also be nice. I don't think there is really much of a point in planning out activities since you'll find something fun to do while tripping.

It's hard to say how your recent breakup could effect your trip. It sounds like you have a good mindset regarding what happened so I think you'll be fine but no one can really say for sure.

A half eighth is a rather small dose (which is why it is recommended to beginners), and your weight doesn't matter, so you probably shouldn't expect anything mind blowing. You might see a bit of visual distortion but not much and you'll have slightly different thought patterns. It's hard to describe how the thought patterns are different but your mind sort of jumps between topics and makes connections that it normally wouldn't. You also forget a lot of your biases and preconceptions about things. It also seems pretty common for people to cry a lot while on shrooms. It's not exactly a sad crying but more of your eyes just produce a lot of tears while you are very emotional.

And finally, I don't think you should look for something spiritual from your first trip. I think you should figure out what psychedelics are like before you start seeking to use them as a spiritual aid. If you want to use them to have a spiritual experience after your first trip though, I highly recommend this book. It's written by a Ph.D. level psychologist that had a job monitoring people on LSD in therapeutic settings while he was in grad school. He knew a lot of the other prominent psychologist in the psychedelic community such as Tim Leary and Richard Alpert. He's definitely a very smart guy with a lot of experience in the world of psychedelics and the mind.

Glad to hear things went okay and thanks for posting a follow-up!

>I am a little sad for him because he didn't find what he was looking for. Any advice on this?

Where to start? There are so many differing approaches and ideas on how best to use mushrooms for self-improvement that it's difficult to offer proper advice. I guess the best general advice I could offer is to learn as much as you can and then experiment with techniques to find what works best for you and your husband but also don't become too attached to any technique; it's best to remain fluid.

To be more specific, consider some of the following ideas...

Work on setting specific intentions beforehand. What do you want to get out of this trip? What are your emotional intentions? Write it down, talk about it, just put some energy into forming and understanding your intentions before the trip.

During the trip, let go of your intentions. Your conscious mind does not now how to achieve your intentions otherwise you wouldn't need mushrooms. Often times during a trip I come to the realization that my compulsion to label, understand and rationalize are what is inhibiting me from progress. To that end meditation is quite useful for quieting the compulsions of the mind.

After the trip journaling is again useful. The ineffable lessons learned are best assimilated by attempting to articulate those lessons, whether that means talking about them or writing it does not matter.

But, as many will say, mushrooms won't always give you what you seek but they do tend to give you what you need. I deeply understand the desire for results but gaining a handle on tripping is essential otherwise it's just brainfuck masterbation (sorry for the crude wording.) In that sense, it's probably best that your husband didn't get as deep as he felt necessary. The brain's ability to deceive us is uncanny so it's important to begin to recognize the self deception before going too deep.

Personally I believe mushrooms only suspend your mental barriers; the hallucinations are a product of your mind's inability to fully comprehend your personal truths and see through the deception. Everything you encounter in a trip is nothing more than you, whether you see a hideous monster or yourself as a scared, crying, vulnerable child (for example) depends on your ability to recognize your mind's deception. Your mind deceives you in this way to protect you from something you were unable to cope with at the time you experienced it.

On a side note, check out The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide and also consider looking into a practice known as holotropic breathwork, it can produce very similar effects to mushrooms and works incredibly well as an adjuvant to tripping. I found this article in particular rather compelling.

If there are any ideas I can expand upon, don't hesitate to ask. Good luck to you and your husband on future travels!

There are plenty of mushrooms where a book and understanding basic anatomy of a mushroom can lead you to a proper macroscopic identification. Others you will have to use a microscope since here are many look alikes. Getting the proper mushroom identification guides for your area and type of mushroom you are looking for will be a big asset as guides for large areas dilute their value greatly. Also most beginner guides will not have chemical and microscopic data.

If you have the proper books, learn the anatomy of a mushroom and identification characteristics, cap, gills, pores, hymenium partial veil, universal veil, volva, mycelium, stipe (stem) etc.

Also join a mushroom club for your area there are experts will help enormously. Also use the internet there are plenty of excellent sources. Just going out hunting and spending a few hours picking apart your mushrooms once you get home is the best thing you can do. Learn before you try eating anything especially with active mushrooms as there are many look alikes.

If you are only interested in actives look up the actives in your area (link in the sidebar) and have an expert who is ok with this kind of mushroom hunting take you out and explain how to ID them

Here are some guides and extra info:

Regional guides

Alaska

Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams

Western US

All The Rain Promises and More
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest

Midwestern US

Mushrooms of the Midwest

Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States

Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest

Southern US

Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide

Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States

Midwestern US

Mushrooms of the Midwest

Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States

Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest

Eastern US

Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

Mushrooms of Northeast North America (This was out of print for awhile but it's they're supposed to be reprinting so the price will be normal again)

Mushrooms of Northeastern North America

Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America(Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America)

Mushrooms of Cape Cod and the National Seashore

More specific guides

Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World

North American Boletes

Tricholomas of North America

Milk Mushrooms of North America

Waxcap Mushrooms of North America

Ascomycete of North America

Ascomycete in colour

Fungi of Switzerland: Vol. 1 Ascomycetes

PDFs

For Pholiotas

For Chlorophyllum

For parasitic fungi, Hypomyces etc "Mushrooms that grow on other mushrooms by John Plischke. There's a free link to it somewhere but I cant find it.

Websites that aren't in the sidebar

For Amanita

For coprinoids

For Ascos

MycoQuebec: they have a kickass app but it's In French

Messiah college this has a lot of weird species for polypores and other things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykmzoobz6gw&list=PLMXLD2DQKuEt2MVDbxk1TB7g85acq-FvY

here's a set of videos you can watch.... instead of a spore syringe (used in the videos) you will use a sterilized Q-tip and take a few spores from your print that you order-wipe the print then wipe the spores onto agar.... or place directly into jar.... anytime you see a spore syringe in the videos instead-you'll have to use a sterilized Q-tip and spores (you can buy these Q-tips at any drug store) The process is easy once you learn about Still air box and keeping things clean.... is it perfect, no.... but you WILL be successful if you try a few times and follow the methods you see in the videos....

the "Tiger drop" videos are on this page.... scroll down to find them.... the reason you'd want to use agar is because the success rate is higher and the growth is faster....

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20111637

Here's the Q-tips:

https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Tip-Applicator-Sterile-100/dp/B000BI3M60/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=sterilized%2Bapplicator&qid=1565380244&s=gateway&sr=8-5&th=1

Thanks guys, on that page i found the Exo Terra ones for 3pack=6$ that will show up tomorrow so wish me luck!

https://smile.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Plantation-Quarts-3-Pack/dp/B001CY4ELE/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Eco-Earth+coco+coir&qid=1570065921&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sr=8-3

I chose exo as I found exo, many had the title "eco earth" with different manf, havent been to a pet store in years and closest i know of its pets mart, since Exo Terra Plantation Soil was listed at $6 for a 3pack i figured its best to get exactly what you guys posted. I have 3 hours to order if anyone thinks Exo Terra Plantation Soil is not the best option for a first time bulk grower. But thank for the info! Much appreciated.

Most of them are pretty insanely accurate for the cost.

These are very popular when very small/accurate measurements are needed:

https://www.amazon.com/Diagtree-Milligram-Electronic-Weighing-Calibration/dp/B07CKG2DJN/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=scales+.001&qid=1570829507&sr=8-9

Or any variation of the above. There are a few different styles and hundreds of brand names slapped on these but they are pretty much all the same. I would recommend these if you think you may get into microdosing.

The ones below go to .01 instead of .001 but have a much larger surface for measuring so you don't have to have your shrooms in a container or on a plate like those above:

https://www.amazon.com/GDEALER-Digital-Kitchen-0-001oz-Stainless/dp/B01E6RE3A0/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=scales+.01&qid=1570829813&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Habor-Hygrometer-Thermometer-Temperature-Greenhouse/dp/B072XHJLFD/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=humidity+reader&qid=1568257012&s=gateway&sr=8-2

$9.99 bro

Keep the temp at 70.F and the humidity very high 60-90 RH


Mist 4 times a day AT LEAST... make sure you mist away from the cakes and into the perlite or whatever u have at the bottom of your fruiting chamber (dont spray cakes directly)

Fan the entire chamber every single time you think about it just fan it... fresh air exchange should be your motto at this time...

chill for a bit and.........

you gucci!!!!!!

Happy harvesting!! :)

humid https://imgur.com/gallery/clUJIDQ

Youll need:

1. wide but short sterilite tub
   
   
2. fan - ELUTENG 40mm USB Fan with 3 Speed... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JB9WYB?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
   
   
3. fogger / atomizer https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F312020236124
   
   
4. Hose - up to u , u can use water hose.
   
   
5. drill really small holes for the fan , up to u where u wanna put it.
   
   
6. drill hole for fogger to go thru. drill from the top.
   
   
7. drill hole fo hose. up to u how many holes u need for hose. I got 4 atm.

Amazon friend. Pre poured trays ready to use. Even with shipping they're under a buck a piece. For starting out its worth it can help to consolidate steps as it leaves less room for error. Then again some people nail first try.
https://www.amazon.com/Malt-Extract-Agar-MEA-grams/dp/B008W7XHSU/ref=pd_aw_fbt_328_img_2/140-1355592-1355928?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B008W7XHSU&pd_rd_r=0df17d51-af99-4e06-b575-b464b444e42a&pd_rd_w=gpaEC&pd_rd_wg=LCD1a&pf_rd_p=6e6afc8a-fbbd-4649-97cf-4e08f5113612&pf_rd_r=8CM4G0TX37C3AZEJT2NG&psc=1&refRID=8CM4G0TX37C3AZEJT2NG

https://www.amazon.com/EZ-Bioresearch-Sterile-Petri-vented/dp/B01ARAZQM4/ref=asc_df_B01ARAZQM4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241986316970&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=892502642786041879&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002272&hvtargid=pla-607290418314&psc=1

IMHO It's one of the easier parts of mycology work. tek: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/21922023 and a solid premade recipe: https://www.amazon.com/Malt-Extract-Agar-MEA-grams/dp/B008W7XHSU/

if you live in the us one of the cheapest places to get coir is amazon.

3x8qt bricks for $4.49