Psilocybe Cubensis "Magic Mushroom"

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Psilocybin mushrooms or magic mushrooms are a type of fungi, which contains psychoactive compounds called psilocybin and psilocin. These mushrooms have a long history of use in Mesoamerica in religious and spiritual rituals.

Archaeological evidence from the Sahara desert suggests that humans have been tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms for more than 7,000 years. Extensive use of Magic Mushrooms has also been reported in the Mayan and Aztec cultures of Mesoamerica, namely in Mexico and Guatemala.

Magic mushrooms were widely used in Central America during religious ceremonies. According to a theory, the Mesolithic rock paintings in Algeria of Tassili n’ Ajjer are a depiction of mushrooms used in various rituals. The Aztec called magic mushrooms “flesh of gods” or teonanacatl.