It may surprise you, but there is a new boom related to consumption and use magic mushrooms. Yes, dear reader, as you hear, we are back to the great sixties with a hallucinatory and slightly hallucinogenic twist on psychedelia in all its forms. In a very short time, ideas, products, and theories have mushroomed all over psilocybin mushrooms and their benefits.
There are now scientific theories that explain that the Earth’s ecosystem is largely based on an ancestral network of fungi that link Pachamama to state-of-the-art studies to treat mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression through the delivery of psychoactive microdoses.
It’s too early to tell if it will be great trend for a few more years or just another attempt to sneak in a lot of the extravagance of the moment. After the NFT bubble and crypto collapse comes the mycelium boom. But we are not talking about mushrooms or trumpeters of death, but about a business that is growing disproportionately towards a mushroom empire.
The magic mushrooms They are new pigs. Nothing is thrown away, everything is used. Soon there will be brush bristles from mushrooms as well. Guru’s word. The latest discovery is the production of biodegradable and sustainable packaging as an alternative to plastic and dependence on oil. What COP27 couldn’t solve, an ancient microorganism that controls everything will solve.
Even kefir didn’t go that far. The euphoria of these new discoveries rises to such a high level that There are Silicon Valley workers who are already microdosing to increase their productivity. Take mushrooms to work more. Mother of beautiful love. Not even in the worst nightmares of the Merry Pranksters, creators of the lysergic punch that intoxicated half of the United States in the 1970s.
I imagine a post-capitalist sect neo-hippies andworkaholics (people who work hard and multitask) plan their return to magic mushrooms, they do lobby and financing documentaries on Netflix. And that’s it platform streaming has become a wellspring of information on neopsychedelia. Like a series Midnight Gospel (which is awesome by the way) and documents like Fantastic mushrooms and How to change your mind They create an endless number of fun propositions promoting and advocating just how good a few judicious mushrooms can do for you.
There are a huge number of stories that support the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms and that go against it. the beliefs we had until recently about paranoia and the possibility of going insane and ends up locked up in a psychiatric hospital. The only thing missing is a document dedicated to recycling, but like everything, it will arrive soon.
YOU ARE A MUSHROOM AND YOU WILL BECOME A MUSHROOM
In a company where, as far back as 2008, Starbucks promised to eradicate plastic cups by 2015 with a resounding failure, At what point have we placed our consumer fate at the loggerheads of a mushroom system? who was the enemy of mankind until recently?
We grew up fearing infections like thrush and heartbreaking Google images every time we looked up the symptoms. But now it seems We returned to nature as the essence of beneficial principles not only for our body.but for our mind and the whole society. Perhaps it is a whitewashing of something that has done us as much harm as drugs in the past and has now become the source of the solution to all the world’s ills.
The revival of the mushroom kingdom is such that There are even those who claim that human evolution is due to interaction with an alien fungus with which we came into contact thousands of years ago. It could well be the beginning of a new religion. A holy book could even be created with a new messiah who came to save humanity through mushroom poisoning from another reality, brought to Earth by the hand of God, a new god who would be called Primicelium, the primordial mushroom. Spielberg has already bought the rights to Major blockbuster history.
All kidding aside, research on fungi and mushrooms is expanding a lot, and in addition to their positive effects on depression and other disorders, The trend in 2023 will be related to sustainable packaging design, the biggest plague of the 21st century. When you think about it, it makes sense. We always try to fight one pest with another. It is a very valid principle in our society.
In recent years, many initiatives have flourished that make nature the most important resource for creating alternatives to plastics and other materials that are polluting our oceans and causing the end of the world as we know it. Companies like Magical Mushroom Company and Ecovative Design LLC are researching and creating packaging biodegradable products based on mycelium and growing mushrooms on to produce lightweight, durable materials capable of disappearing without leaving a trace.
Our little weedy friends have many abilities and traits that can be turned into solid reality. There are clear signs such as one of the last packaging for Adidas OZLUCENT sneakersa collaboration between the English studio Black Ink Projects and the Magical Mushroom Company.
The packaging is amazing, as are the sneakers themselves, which look like they are from another planet. It is a brutalist aesthetic both in its appearance and in the material itself. For design lovers, this is an incredible project that also has a double value related to the idea of not polluting. In fact, the packaging can last for several years as long as it is not exposed to water or other substances that can degrade it. But It only takes about 50 days for it to decompose in the soil, where it leaves behind a load of nitrates that enrich the substrate..
And it is not the only project of this type. There are more and more companies betting on similar solutions, and they are not limited to packaging design, because miracle mushrooms are everywhere. This year The New York Times named hallucinogenic mushrooms as product of the year. It acts as the main ingredient in vegan burgers and refreshment, as in the treatment of post-traumatic stress in war veterans. It is the dissemination of deep-rooted ideas and suggestions about the benefits of mycelium.
It’s the golden age of mushrooms, screams it from the rooftops of an artist like Björk, who made her last album a real ode to mushrooms and the world of psychedelia. Janis Joplin already said it: “What makes you good can’t hurt you.