microdosing psilocybin

this was originally published June 21, 2019

You may have noticed psilocybin has been decriminalized in Oakland and Denver recently. Before jumping to conclusions about magic mushrooms 🍄 based on the rhetoric from the 70s and 90s, I highly recommend giving How to Change Your Mind: What New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Conciseness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan a read. I can't put it down. And y'all know how I feel about reading books written by white men. I feel like Michael Pollan's work is considerate, empathetic, thoughtful, and pretty inclusive.
I explored psychedelics in high school and college by doing a lot of reading 🤓🤓🤓 and ingested a few times. My first introduction to psychedelics was through The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda. s/o to my mamala for introducing me to her anthropology professor! Once I actually ingested psilocybin, I had very enjoyable experiences but didn't have the need/want to continue exploring. In the past few years I've been reading and hearing more and more about microdosing psilocybin's and its impact on depression. (microdosing psilocybin [.1 - .3 mg] is wayyyy less mgs than cannabis mgs [2.5-5mg]). I decided to give microdosing a try and I have been absolutely enjoying it. there's a beautiful, positive glimmer to everything I see, do, touch, feel. I don't know if thats an adequate description, but if you wanna chat about it I'm here!

Anyways. I highly recommend reading Michael Pollan- you'll learn about america's relationship with psychedelics (past and potential future) along with the science + spirituality of psychedelics on humans. Carlos Castaneda documents the use of peyote in Yaqui shamanism and sorcery- I can't recommend reading this book enough- this was a life changing book for me. if you read either book i'd love to hear your thoughts 🧡