"The strongest inducement to a frequent or daily use of the substances in question is to be found in the properties they possess; in their capacity to excite the functions of the brain-centres which trans­mit agreeable sensations and to maintain for sometime the conscious­ness of experienced emotions." That's #LouisLewin in 1924, seemingly paving the way for #microdosing & #PsychedelicWellness in his groundbreaking book #Phantastica, which turns 100 next yr. #WorkJournal #PsychedelicReadingList

More deep dives into the backstory of #psychedelics today... further down the rabbit hole from #RGWasson to his co-author on #TheHallucinogenicMushroomsOfMexico, (#LesChampignonsHallucinogènesDuMexique) French #mycologist extraordinaire #RogerHeim. (It's times like these I'm incredibly grateful I can read French, but still hoping to find online translations of Heim's work somewhere as PDFs, if anyone has a link🙏 🍄 ) https://www.samorini.it/doc1/alt_aut/ek/heim-wasson-les-champignons-hallucinogenes-du-mexique.pdf #WorkJournal #PsychedelicReadingList #MagicMushrooms

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