Flying Reindeer As Well As Elves
The USA Forest Service website explains how nosotros got flight reindeer as well as elves - it's is thank you lot to a particular mushroom that grows nether evergreen trees inward Europe as well as Asia.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/mindandspirit/flyagaric.shtml
"In the “old world”, the psychoactive wing agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) has been closely associated amongst northern European as well as Asiatic shamans as well as their rituals. Researchers bring documented its role or presumed role yesteryear numerous cultures throughout Europe as well as Asia. In Siberia, its role predates the crossing of the Bering Straits into North America."
The wing agaric is a favorite nutrient of reindeer - you'll recognize it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkCS9ePWuLU
Drink that reindeer urine for a particular vacation treat!
When wing agaric mushroom savage out of popularity, it was replaced yesteryear the freedom cap mushroom.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/mindandspirit/flyagaric.shtml
"During the Pleistocene, the role of wing agaric entered Alaska, spread out across North America, as well as eventually southward into Mesoamerica. However, the role of the wing agaric mushroom savage yesteryear the wayside inward the “new world” due to the availability of liberty cap mushrooms (Psilocybe spp.). Liberty caps became the preferred psychoactive fungi every bit they were to a greater extent than easily tolerated as well as produced to a greater extent than intense experiences."
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/mindandspirit/flyagaric.shtml
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"In the “old world”, the psychoactive wing agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) has been closely associated amongst northern European as well as Asiatic shamans as well as their rituals. Researchers bring documented its role or presumed role yesteryear numerous cultures throughout Europe as well as Asia. In Siberia, its role predates the crossing of the Bering Straits into North America."
The wing agaric is a favorite nutrient of reindeer - you'll recognize it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkCS9ePWuLU
Drink that reindeer urine for a particular vacation treat!
When wing agaric mushroom savage out of popularity, it was replaced yesteryear the freedom cap mushroom.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/mindandspirit/flyagaric.shtml
"During the Pleistocene, the role of wing agaric entered Alaska, spread out across North America, as well as eventually southward into Mesoamerica. However, the role of the wing agaric mushroom savage yesteryear the wayside inward the “new world” due to the availability of liberty cap mushrooms (Psilocybe spp.). Liberty caps became the preferred psychoactive fungi every bit they were to a greater extent than easily tolerated as well as produced to a greater extent than intense experiences."