@Jonas Rosen Beautifully said, brother — and I really resonate with your balance of curiosity and discernment here. 🍄 You’re absolutely right: media articles often compress nuance, and visionary states are rarely as uniform as headlines suggest. Even when a pattern appears consistent, the inner depth and phenomenology can vary enormously. That’s why I’m holding this Lanmaoa case as promising but unconfirmed — intriguing signals, not yet solid entheogenic ground. Your DMT comparison is actually very relevant — repeated entity-encounter motifs across experiencers are not unprecedented in altered states. The key scientific question is whether we’re seeing a compound-driven neurophenomenology, a cultural expectation effect, or a mix of both. That’s where careful field, lab, and ethnographic work really matters. From the mycological side: interestingly, we do have a mushroom from the same broader bolete family present in Slovenia that is considered edible — very rare and also protected. So the Asian Lanmaoa visionary reports stand out even more as unusual and distinct within this group. I appreciate you opening this inquiry and the spirit you’re bringing to it. As more data emerges, this could turn into a very important case study. If new field reports or analyses cross your radar, I’d truly enjoy continuing to map this mystery together. If you were to design the next step of research into this mushroom, would you start with chemistry, field ethnography, or controlled experiential reports first? 🍄✨

@Jonas Rosen I’m with you on that, Jonas — that feels like a very wise research entry point. 🍄 Careful qualitative case reports and phenomenological mapping of the experiences could give us a much richer signal than chemistry alone at the beginning. Patterns in timing, motifs, body load, cognitive shifts, and after-effects often reveal structure long before a molecule is identified. Without that layer, even a compound discovery floats without context. And yes — the ethnographic dimension seems essential here. When a culture carries practical preparation rules (“cook it well or you’ll see little people”) and seasonal familiarity, that’s already a form of embedded knowledge. Documenting how local people classify, prepare, interpret, and talk about the experience could be just as important as lab analysis. It would be fascinating to compare: local narratives, clinical reports, and modern psychonaut descriptions side by side and see where they converge and diverge. If consistent motifs remain across those layers, that would be very telling. If someone were to begin gathering structured experience reports, what key questions or variables would you most want included in that qualitative map? 🍄✨

@Marja-Kristiina Vihervaara great! Looking forward to hear more about your mission 🙏❤️🙏

@Marina George Beautiful ✨ Sometimes the portal shows us before we can name it. What does that light feel like for you—warm, expansive, peaceful?

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