What are some of your experiences on psychedelic mushrooms?

 

• It's much more inwards and introspective than lsd. Rather than thinking about the world, it can be like examining yourself from the perspective of another, unbiased person.

• Visually, it's less about colors and acuity, and more about perspective, warping, and transformations. Edges will “breathe”, and objects will warp slowly, sometimes transforming. You still do get “HD” visuals, but it's not nearly as pronounced as lsd. My friend had a knitted face of their grandmother's dead cat. I was looking at it, and it was transforming. First it turned into a ceramic Cheshire cat (orange, though, not purple), and then it became a wooden totem. In that same trip, my friend's house (or their moms house, rather) was small. There were spots where the wood floor would become tile, and the house was set up in almost a circular manner. But in the archways where the rooms transitioned, the floor seemed to fold, as if they were slopes. The TV was on a nook in the wall. We were watching anime. When the characters talked, the edges of the TV would jiggle. The nook would sometimes seem to become longer, almost like a very short hallway.

• Mushrooms, while they can absolutely be euphoric and joyous, can be a lot more brutal than lsd as you hit higher doses. It will show you things you don't always want to see.