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11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to
their various kinds." And it was so.
12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their
kinds. And God saw that it was good.
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They
will be yours for food.
In God we trust.
Genesis 1 - The Creation-
1. Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect.
2. Remain close to the Great Spirit.
3. Show great respect for your fellow beings.
4. Work together for the benefit of all mankind.
5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
6. Do what you know to be right.
7. Look after the well-being of mind and body.
8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
9. Be truthful and honest at all times.
10. Take full responsibility for your actions.
Indian Ten Commandments
"There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby, and invisible. And there is where God lives, where the dead live, the spirits
and the saints, a world where everything has already happened and everything is known. That world talks. It has a language of its own. I
report what it says. The sacred mushroom takes me by the hand and brings me to the world where everything is known. It is they, the sacred
mushrooms, that speak in a way I can understand. I ask them and they answer me. When I return from the trip that I have taken with them, I
tell what they have told me and what they have shown me."
Maria Sabina
"If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the
Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on."
Terrence McKenna
"At the very first, mushrooms had been served. They ate them at the time when, they said, the shell trumpets were blown. They ate no
more food; they only drank chocolate during the night. And they ate the mushroom with honey. When the mushrooms took effect on them,
then they danced, then they wept. But some, while still in command of their senses, entered and sat there by the house on their seats;
they danced no more, but only sat there nodding... And when the effect of the mushrooms had left them, they consulted among themselves
and told one another what they had seen vision in vision."
From a report of an indian named Tezozomoc, 1598
"The little mushroom comes of itself, no one knows whence, like the wind that comes we know not whence nor why..."
Anonymous Mazatec Indian about searching the magic mushroom
"I was eight years old when a brother of my mother felt sick. He was very sick, and the shamans of the sierra that had tried to cure him
with herbs could do nothing for him. Then I remembered what the Teonanacatl (mushrooms) told me: that I should go and look for them when
I needed help. So I went to take the sacred mushrooms, and I brought them to my uncle's hut. I ate them in front of my uncle, who was dying.
And immediately the Teonanacatl took me to their world, and I asked them what my uncle had and what I could do to save him. They told me an
evil spirit had entered the blood of my uncle and that to cure him we should give him some herbs, not those the curanderos gave him, but
others. I asked where these herbs could be found, and they took me to a place on the mountain where tall trees grew and the waters of a
brook ran, and they showed me the herb that I should pull from the earth and the road I had to take to find them... (after regaining
consciousness) it was the same place that I had seen during the trip, and they were the same herbs. I took them, I brought them home,
I boiled them in water, and I gave them to my uncle. A few days later the brother of my mother was cured."
Maria Sabina
"Mushrooms will save the world."
Paul Stamets
"Maria Sabina was many things: an earth woman, a mother, a sabia, a poet, a healer, a curer, a believer, an achiever, and a curandera who
stood at the very edge of her universe and glimpsed the secrets and meanings of life. Dona Maria had shared her secrets of magic and plant
knowledge with the outside world. Only through hope and prayer will the benevolence she provided to the world be fully understood and
appreciated. Through the pursuance of R. Gordon Wasson's persistency in following his dream of the trail of the magic mushrooms. Dona Maria
has truly presented mankind with a magical key (mushroom) concerning some plausible answers surrounding some of the mysteries of our religious
beginnings and maybe the origin of the earth.
Dona Maria may be gone, but her spirit and her wisdom still remain. Reach out and take the the wisdom she was willing to share. Take
it with care and share it with love and respect. Can you see her face in the dark? Can you hear her chanting?"
John Allen
"The mushrooms are usually harvested in the evening when the moon is full, although sometimes they are gattered in the day. Mushrooms
gattered in the moonlight may sometimes be harvested by a young virgin. After the mushrooms are collected they must be taken to a church.
There they are placed on an alter to be blessed for the holy spirit. If the virgin who picked the mushrooms comes upon the carcass of a
dead animal, one which had died along the path she follows, she must then discard the mushrooms and find a new path back to the field where
the mushrooms grew. There she must gather up more fresh mushrooms and then find a new trail leading back to the church, hoping and praying
that she will not come across any more dead animals. Once the mushrooms have been consecrated on the alter they are ready for use."
Uit het artikel "Saint Mother of the Sacred Mushrooms" van John Allen
"When you make the campfire bigger, more darkness is revealed. I found more questions than answers in my search."
Terrence McKenna
"Drugs are here to stay. History teaches that it is vain to hope that drugs will ever disappear and that any effort to eliminate them from
society is doomed to failure."
Andrew Weil
