It’s a beautiful time in the redwoods with rains on and off. Amanita began popping up about a week ago. I am deepening my love with the magical red robed queen of the forest. I see her as an ancient wise old grandmother with sacred heart and womb codes and truly there is infinitely more. Including making a cap and stem tincture and then creating a balm for topical use on pains and strains. I’m reading Microdosing Amanita by Baba Masha which documents 3,000 volunteers that experienced incredible positive benefits from Amanita. Everywhere from people clearing addictions, freedom from depression and anxiety, better sleep, inner alignment, and on and on! I find it fascinating and want to share!

☄️ MYTH: THE MUSHROOM THAT FELL FROM THE STARS

Amanita muscaria is not just a mushroom.

She is a being.

A gatekeeper of altered realms, dressed in red and white—a signal to those with eyes to see that she does not hide.

She’s the one who taught the reindeer to fly.

The one who split the sky and whispered Soma into the mouths of Vedic priests.

She’s the red flare in the snow that turned shamans into sky-walkers, riding visions across the aurora.

She is what the elves drank before they became myth.

She appears in fairy tales as the mushroom ring—

where time folds,

where children vanish and return wise,

where spirits emerge through mist.

But only those who come with reverence may step into her circle.

To all others, she brings nausea, confusion, unraveling.

Not to punish. To protect.

She is mythic because she remembers what humans forgot—

That altered consciousness is holy when held in sacred context.

🕯️ MAGIC: THRESHOLD MEDICINE + REVEALER OF FALSE STRUCTURES

Amanita is not a psychedelic like psilocybin.

She does not dissolve ego with wonder.

She disorients first—intentionally.

Why?

Because she unroots false systems inside the body,

especially the nervous system and voice-body-memory loop.

She has a strong affinity for:

• Unraveling control patterns

• De-hypnotizing behavioral loops

• Accessing ancestral signals locked in somatic memory

• Inducing a dream-like, hypnogogic state where buried truths surface sideways

Her magic is not about hallucination.

It is about re-orientation.

She rewires how you perceive reality, and in doing so,

she gives you the choice to reclaim it.

🧬 MEDICINE: GABA + DREAMWORK + RESTORATION

At the body level, Amanita’s compound—muscimol—doesn’t dissolve you.

It stabilizes.

She binds to GABA receptors.

She slows things down.

She drops you into delta waves and body-based restoration.

This is why she’s associated with:

• Deep sleep healing

• Lucid dreaming

• Restoration of broken cycles (sleep, trauma, pattern loops)

• Voice de-conditioning (especially if punishment was linked to expression)

In essence:

Psilocybin flies you to the stars.

Her medicine isn’t always comfortable.

But it’s deep.

And it’s real.

And it’s for those who are ready to walk between.

If you’re drawn to her, don’t rush.

Make offerings.

Place her on your altar before your tongue.

Ask her if she will work with you, not just for you.

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