Ergot: the story of a parasitic fungus (circa 1958)

[Godsmacker]

I found a Documentary from 1958 on the history of the ergot fungus. This fungus has a rather interesting history...

What's even moar interesting is that this video was made before LSD went mainstream and this documentary is surprisingly unbiased :lol:

 

[Spiritofspice]

Yea it's a great video.
I found the link to that video on shroomery.
There is a whole thread of ergot videos and documents on there you should check it out.

 

[Swarupa]

Nice documentary thanks for sharing that

Yea it's a great video.
I found the link to that video on shroomery.
There is a whole thread of ergot videos and documents on there you should check it out.

Can you link to the thread plz as i can't find it on the shroomery, cheers!

 

[downwardsfromzero]

Quite a thorough coverage of the entire process of ergot alkaloid production!

I pity the poor woman towards the end though - hypnobirthing ftw!

 

[anonenium]

bumping an old thread because i wanted to ask because although this may be strange i just need to know.

lsa from hbwr seeds commonly causes pain between the legs of people who take it, is this the same mechanism or similar?

and has their been any study about the administration of harmalas, spice or a combination as aya either during a pregnancy or during childbirth?

maybe i sound odd but for some reason i think that aya during pregnancy (so long as their were no aborfecants if rue extract was used) would actually be good for the stimulation of the newly formed brain.

just curious because all said, this was a good documentary.

 

[null24]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but i think caapi is an abortifacient. Probably the absolute worst thing a woman could do in childbirth is take any type of vasoconstrictor combined with an emetic. Just saying, hope you aren't planning or promoting this idea. :thumb_dow

I'd place a bet that giving birth is psychedelic on it's own.