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The History of Psilocybin: Humanity's Oldest Trip
From sacred rituals to outlaw science, psilocybin mushrooms have been altering minds and making history for thousands of years. Grab a beer and settle in for the story they forgot to teach in school.
Psilocybin has been called sacred, illegal, medicinal, and dangerous - sometimes all at once. This is an unfiltered dive into the mushrooms that keep showing up where they're not supposed to. From ancient rites to modern reboots, we'll explore how psilocybin shaped religion, medicine, culture, and controversy across continents and centuries.
You'll learn what it is, what it does (without the neuroscience lecture), and why it refuses to stay buried. Expect strange detours, disputed theories, and a few stories you'll probably want to fact-check afterward.
About the speaker
David Moss is a Pacific Northwest tech founder, storyteller, and executive producer and narrator of the award-winning documentary Cosmic Heirloom: Buried 400 Years, which explores the long-buried and often controversial history of psilocybin.
His journey into mycology began over a decade ago with a backyard mushroom and one uncomfortable thought: "If I guess wrong, somebody dies."
Since then, he's spent years exploring the world of fungi, from gourmet delicacies to psychedelic species and their deadly imposters. Until recently, mushroom socks under an otherwise respectable outfit were his only tell.
The History of Psilocybin: Humanity's Oldest Trip
From sacred rituals to outlaw science, psilocybin mushrooms have been altering minds and making history for thousands of years. Grab a beer and settle in for the story they forgot to teach in school.
Psilocybin has been called sacred, illegal, medicinal, and dangerous - sometimes all at once. This is an unfiltered dive into the mushrooms that keep showing up where they're not supposed to. From ancient rites to modern reboots, we'll explore how psilocybin shaped religion, medicine, culture, and controversy across continents and centuries.
You'll learn what it is, what it does (without the neuroscience lecture), and why it refuses to stay buried. Expect strange detours, disputed theories, and a few stories you'll probably want to fact-check afterward.
About the speaker
David Moss is a Pacific Northwest tech founder, storyteller, and executive producer and narrator of the award-winning documentary Cosmic Heirloom: Buried 400 Years, which explores the long-buried and often controversial history of psilocybin.
His journey into mycology began over a decade ago with a backyard mushroom and one uncomfortable thought: "If I guess wrong, somebody dies."
Since then, he's spent years exploring the world of fungi, from gourmet delicacies to psychedelic species and their deadly imposters. Until recently, mushroom socks under an otherwise respectable outfit were his only tell.