Raven's Bread

Finest Imaginary

Raven's Bread — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:41:40 +0000

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

Riding Windhorses

Raven's Bread — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:40:24 +0000

“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

Raven's Bread — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:09:41 +0000

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

Raven's Bread — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:50:03 +0000

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

Raven's Bread — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:08:56 +0000

Magic Mushroom Bubble Bars from LUSH

The Wanderer

Raven's Bread — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:00:49 +0000

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

See more photos at Anthropomorphica.

Hetalea

Raven's Bread — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:21:32 +0000

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

The Librarians

Raven's Bread — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:17:44 +0000

Caught this screenshot from the first episode of the Australian television show The Librarians. The professor’s book is “Five Fabulous Fungi” but it looks like they chose the most fabulous of all to showcase!

Mod Cloth

Raven's Bread — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:33 +0000

A few offerings from decor/clothing website Mod Cloth:

cabinet knob/drawer pull

mug

salt & pepper shakers

tea towel

lamps (I just got one of these recently!)

There’s even more – just search for “mushroom” on their site.

Mushroom art

Raven's Bread — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:02:07 +0000

A few pieces from around the internet:

“Faery Amanita Muscaria” by Sharyn Turner (click on the link to see her process)

“Shrooms” by Claudio Rodriguez Valdes

“Shuqing in Wonderland” by Yina Goh

“Just Peachy” by amiima