HezIf there's any doubt how important #ValentinaWasson is in the history of #PsychedelicResearch, let's never forget that in his own words, #GordonWasson said "before my marriage I had not once fixed my gaze on a mushroom; not once looked at a mushroom with a discriminating eye", indeed he had thought them to be "repugnant fungal growths" and "expressions of parasitism & decay." #TinaWasson changed all that & sparked a passion for which I'm eternally grateful. #WorkJournal https://maps.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/01127was.pdf
Starting Vol 2 of #MushroomsRussiaAndHistory - married #mycologists the Wassons are booking their first research trip to Mexico. Sad to learn that after all her hard work, #TinaWasson ended up missing the first #MagicMushroom ceremony her husband #GordonWasson participated in (she arrived a day later with their daughter). Breaks my ❤️ that he went ahead & started the #psychedelic experiments w/o her, he's now the more famous one & she's seen as the trailing spouse. #ValentinaWasson #WorkJournal
That moment when you find out "Oberon" is simply a derivative of the French "auburon" - a type of forest #mushroom that towers above the others like a king. So yeah, we couldn't have Midsummer Night's Dream without #mushrooms, either. This fuckin' book, man. I am AGOG. #TinaWasson #GordonWasson 🍄 🤯
Reading #MushroomsRussiaAndHistory by #TinaWasson & #GordonWasson, and there's no doubt why these 2 are revered in the worlds of #Mycology & #PsychedelicWellness. Such an amazing book spanning continents & eras (we just had a big discussion of the death of Emperor #Claudius in the juicy chapter "Mushrooms For Murderers," w/input from their close pal #RobertGraves) & we're just getting started on the actual mushrooms themselves now at 100 pgs in. #WorkJournal #Mushtodon https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzacea4mu3mnro444mkrnnxwjvrf2k56nq77jvtxqkjlhw2o6mo66frgc?filename=Valentina%20Pavlovna%20Wasson%2C%20R.%20Gordon%20Wasson%20-%20Mushrooms%2C%20Russia%20and%20History.%20Vols.%201-2-Pantheon%20Books%20%281957%29.pdf
Next up on my #PsychedelicReadingList is #MushroomsRussiaAndHistory, another seminal work about #MagicMushrooms published in 1957 (which also seems to be online as a PDF if anyone wants this link!) written by the iconic husband & wife research team of
#RGordonWasson & #ValentinaWasson. 🍄 💝 📖 Perfect #reading for #ValentinesDay #WorkJournal #BooksAboutShrooms #PsychedelicWellness #reading
#Psilocybin #TinaWasson #GordonWasson https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzacea4mu3mnro444mkrnnxwjvrf2k56nq77jvtxqkjlhw2o6mo66frgc?filename=Valentina%20Pavlovna%20Wasson%2C%20R.%20Gordon%20Wasson%20-%20Mushrooms%2C%20Russia%20and%20History.%20Vols.%201-2-Pantheon%20Books%20%281957%29.pdf
#RGordonWasson & #ValentinaWasson. 🍄 💝 📖 Perfect #reading for #ValentinesDay #WorkJournal #BooksAboutShrooms #PsychedelicWellness #reading
#Psilocybin #TinaWasson #GordonWasson https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzacea4mu3mnro444mkrnnxwjvrf2k56nq77jvtxqkjlhw2o6mo66frgc?filename=Valentina%20Pavlovna%20Wasson%2C%20R.%20Gordon%20Wasson%20-%20Mushrooms%2C%20Russia%20and%20History.%20Vols.%201-2-Pantheon%20Books%20%281957%29.pdf