#2347 - Paul Stamets

The speaker mentions holding up a book titled 'Psilocybin mushrooms in their natural habitat', which is the latest of eight books written by Paul.

The participant had an interesting perspective on that too. When I first met him, he was very reluctant to talk about DMT experiences that he had personally because he had run those FDA studies that were documented in DMT, The Spirit Molecule, the book.

Pressfield talked about that in The War of Art. Have you read that book? It's all about creating things and resistance, and this thing that we all have where we're reluctant to sit down and actually do the work.

The speaker recounts a mushroom hunt with Michael Pollan, referencing his book 'How to Change Your Mind' during the discussion about identifying psilocybin mushrooms.

Pressfield talked about that in The War of Art. Have you read that book? No, no. I've got copies of it. He sent me a whole box.

He was very reticent to talk about it. And then he sort of came out of the closet on that. Fully. And then when I asked Roland's friends, well, where did he like to trip?

The speaker mentions having the best photographs of the largest organism in the world in their book, 'Mycelium Running'.

The speaker recounts a mushroom hunt with Michael Pollan, highlighting the ease of identifying psilocybin mushrooms after familiarity.

In my book, Mycelium Running, I have the best photographs of the largest organism in the world. I hired an airplane and first time I couldn't see it because I was too low.

The speaker mentions Jack Harer's work on connecting psilocybin mushrooms and Christianity, which involved a collection of ancient images and paintings.