basic question ... what are magic mushrooms ?
https://psychedelicreview.com/what-are-magic-mushrooms/
Posts
michael pollan writing about psilocybe azurescens
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/what-its-like-to-trip-on-the-most-potent-magic-mushroom/561860/ a discussion of the paralysis problem ... https://psychedelicreview.com/wood-lover-paralysis-unsolved-mystery/
main-stream media ... more of the same ...
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/psychedelic-compound-found-in-magic-mushrooms-may-help-with-anxiety-and-depression-in-cancer-patients/?utm_content=buffer3ca50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR35J4dINlXlsbFZot7NZ81nsNK2a9qH5eILfMWLK1eZfshiPL3yNotUPLE
a newspaper article about the yanomami people
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/29/claudia-andujar-photography-yanomami-brazil-jair-bolsonaro
a pretty exhaustive introduction to shamanism ... the link will lead you to a big pdf booklet ... i haven't actually read it !
http://www.sacredhoop.org/Free-Guide-To-Shamanism/Sacred-Hoop-Free-Guide-To-Shamanism.pdf
psilocybin in therapy ... update
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/magic-mushroom-compound-edges-towards-a-treament-for-depression-/