Finest Imaginary

mushroom brooch (“for the mycologist in your life”) from Finest Imaginary:

Riding Windhorses

“A more potent hallucinogen, the mukhomor [Russian name for A. muscaria] mushroom, has been connected with Siberian and Mongolian shamanism from ancient times. While mushrooms are not always consumed during shamanist rituals, shamans may consume the dried mushrooms in order to achieve ecstasy during times between rituals.”

from Riding Windhorses: A Journey into the Heart of Mongolian Shamanism by Sarangerel

I wonder if they feel the mushroom is more conducive to private exploration than more structured healing rituals, or if there’s another reason it’s used primarily between rituals.

Shelob companion

Makes sense that next to this giant Shelob from Lord of the Rings, we’d find a lovely fly agaric (click to read a story about one of the LOTR stars in search of real life mega-spiders).

Lush mushroom video

Thanks to reader Leathra for pointing out this video embedded in the product page for Lush’s Magic Mushroom Bubble Bars in my last post. If you thought that what was missing was an animation of the bubble bar mushroom playing ping-pong in a forest and talking in a eerily squeaky little voice, your wait is over:

Mushrooms for the bath

Magic Mushroom Bubble Bars from LUSH

The Wanderer

What better accompaniment to this wonderfully strange art doll but a few fly agaric mushrooms!

See more photos at Anthropomorphica.

Hetalea

Honestly, I have no idea what’s going on in this picture, but it’s all awesome, and there’s Amanitas to boot!