Psilocybin & Psilocin
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
None
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Psychedelic Tryptamine
CHEMICAL NAME
Psilocybin: O-phosphoryl-4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine
Psilocin: 4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine
Psilocin: 4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine
DESCRIPTION
Psilocybin and psilocin are naturally occurring psychedelics with a long history of human use. Both are present in 'psychedelic' or 'magic' mushrooms. Psilocybin, the better known of these two chemicals, is metabolized after ingestion into psilocin, which is the primary active chemical.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
NATURAL SOURCES #
HISTORY #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Psilocybin and Mystical Experience: 14-Month Follow-Up - Erowid Extracts, Nov 2008 
Psilocybin, Science, and Sacrament - by Lux, Nov 2006
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences - Griffiths et al 2006
EXPERIENCES #
An Immense Wave or Relaxation Hit Me, by Jonas
Good Psychedelic Kick on the Rear, by Triptamine
The Woodland Initiation, by Scumbag
Death, Responsibility, and the Void, by Xorkoth
4Ho The Bell Tolls, by PippUK
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Psilocybin, Lycaeum
NEWS ABOUT MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE STUDY #
Sacred Intentions - Boston City Paper, Oct 8, 2008
Looking for God in All the Wrong Places - Reason, Jun 2007
Up to their usual trips again - The Australian, May 16 2007
Studying Shrooms; Psilocybin and Spirituality - Reason, Oct 2006
Looking for Mushroom Magic? - DrWeil.com, Oct 16 2006
Chemical Enlightenment - Science News, Sep 30 2006
Magic mushrooms hit the God spot - ABC Science Online, Jul 2006
Neuroscientists Probe Psychedelic Psilocybin - Scientific American, Jul 12 2006
The God Pill - The Economist, Jul 13 2006
Guinea Pigs hail 'Mystical Experience' - Japan Times, Jul 2006
Magic mushrooms really cause 'spiritual' experiences - Newscientist.com, Jul 2006
Counterculture Drug Provides Spiritual Boost - LATimes.com, Jul 2006
Drug's Mystical Properties Confirmed - WashingtonPost.com, Jul 2006
Go Ask Alice: Mushroom Drug Is Studied Anew - WSJ.com, Jul 2006
Hallucinogen found to have diverse effects - Baltimoresun.com, Jul 2006
Mushroom Drug Produces Mystical Experience - AP, Jul 2006
Tripping Out: Scientists Study Mystical Effects of Mushrooms - ABCNews.com, Jul 2006
Magic mushrooms could help depression - DailyMail, Jul 2006
Magic mushrooms can induce mystical effects - independent.co.uk, Jul 2006
Scientists Show Hallucinogen in Mushrooms Creates "Mystical" Experience - hopkinsmedicine.com, Jul 2006
Q & A with Lead Researcher Roland Griffiths - hopkinsmedicine.com, Jul 2006
NIDA Director Nora Volkow Reacts to Psilocybin Study - nida.nih.gov, Jul 2006
'Magic Mushroom' Drug Study Probes Science, Spirituality - Forbes.com, Jul 2006
Magic Mushroom Research Validates Sixties Stories - pugbus, Jul 11 2006
The Drugs Do Work - DailyRecord.co.uk, Jul 2006
Quantifying a Mystical Experience - ScienceAGoGo.com, Jul 2006
AUDIO & VIDEO#
Video Interview: Dr. Charles Grob on Psilocybin Therapy for Cancer Patients, July 27 2006, Etopia
PROHIBITION SITES #