アムスで流行！「幻覚トリュフ」 3/3 - The rise of psychedelic truffles in Amsterdam part 3

[HAMILTON'S PHARMACOPEIA] [HAMILTON MORRIS AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE PART 3 OF 3] Burat invited me to join him on his delivery route and visit the magic truffle storefront in Amsterdam. The Dutch countryside touched us both deeply, but we could not linger on these natural delights. We had important sclerotium deliveries to make. One of the stops was a wholesale psychedelics distributor specializing in *** cacti. We finally made it to the shop and not a minute too soon, as the hoards of truffle-hungry Dutch waited eagerly for their Queen's Day delights. [CHILLS N' THRILLS AMSTERDAM] Two, fifteen or ten? Fifteen. Chills N' Thrills was not the truffle theme park I was expecting, but I knew the real ride would come later. Hello. How are you? I'm good. I would like to buy some P.Tampanensis. Okay. Thank you. - Thank you! Enjoy. The truffles require no preparation. And though the Truffle Brothers recommended a truffle-based milkshake, I chose to take them raw so that I could savor their essences. That's not bad at all. It's actually kinda good. Well... It has almost a sour aftertaste, but sour is like... Sour is the last taste I would associate with a truffle. Do you want some truffle crumbs? Scarf them down. Tastes pretty darn... Like a wet nut. This is a drug. This is a drug. This is technically a drug. And well, I don't have any experience with a truffle. But if it's not a health risk and it doesn't have any other negative side effects, I would say, allow it and then make sure you can control it. What sort of person buys psychedelic truffles? I don't think there's a specific type of person. Age has nothing to do with it. We've had people in their eighties coming for mushrooms. Yeah, or people who are curious for the experience who think there's more in life than the regular things we see. And there's also the real cosmonauts, who use it for the real spiritual thing, like the shamanic experiences. What category would you put yourselves into? None. None? You don't use your own products? No. Bummer. While the Mazatec Indians prescribe special conditions under which the sacred mushroom should be consumed, there exist little known rituals surrounding the psychedelic sclerotium. Their history remains unwritten. Though I feel sweaty and overwhelmed by the chaos of Queen's Day, I feel no compulsion to ritualistically stab a dog and play with its internal organs in a van. Nor do I wish to jump off a bridge to a watery death. I'm glad that the resilient structure of the sclerotium has survived the inhospitable environment of prohibition. And I hope that it sends forth my cilial threads of liberty for many years to come.