Magic Nanaimo

04/08/2026

A writer named Brandon Quittem published one of the most interesting essays in crypto history, and barely anyone in the fungi world noticed.

His argument is that Bitcoin and mycelium share the same structural logic. Decentralised. No single point of failure. Antifragile. Gets stronger under attack.

The slime mold experiment proves it. Scientists gave Physarum polycephalum oat flakes arranged like cities around Tokyo. With no brain, no plan, and no engineers, it built a network nearly identical to the actual Tokyo railway system.

That's how Bitcoin works too. Consensus from feedback, not design.

Quittem says the bull runs are mushrooms. Spectacular, brief, then gone. But the organism (the underground mycelium) never stopped growing.

Most people mistake the price for the asset. The price is the fruiting body.

The network is the mycelium. Bear markets aren't death. They're the fungus going underground.

The obvious objection is that fungi aren't intelligent, but humans who use Bitcoin are.

But if you look closer, our ideologies and tribal loyalties aren't rational choices. They're electrochemical gradients and evolutionary pressures dressed up as beliefs.

A being of higher intelligence would look at human civilisation the way we look at a Petri dish.

The distributed network archetype is one of the deepest patterns in nature. We see it in neurons, in mycelium, in the internet, and in immune systems.

Whether Bitcoin is the latest expression of that pattern or a historical footnote, the pattern itself is real. It has been real for 1.3 billion years.

If it's genuinely decentralised, scarce, and secure, neutral money beats politicised money over long enough timeframes.

That's how monetary history tends to go. Will Bitcoin continue the trend, or is more a tulip than a fungus?

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

04/05/2026

A lovely customer shared their experience with mushrooms. Let me know if any of this resonates with you:

"I use magic mushrooms because they offer a different perspective—and the only way to change your objective reality is through subjective perception. They expand my conscious awareness beyond my doubts, judgments, and convictions.

It's easy to live day by day: pay your taxes, buy your food, go to sleep. We live according to a specific narrative we didn't create and don't control—from individual free will deciding right from wrong, to governance and positive law, to the immutable laws of nature, cosmological constants, and beyond. But how often do we take time to understand the fundamental questions? Why am I here? I don't remember asking to be brought here, yet now I can't leave. Is there a particular purpose to my existence?

We can choose to ignore these questions, siding with our morals and dogmas. Or we can let go, sit in the silence, and allow our inner wisdom to arrive at its own conclusions. This substance alters your perception of time, and given enough space, you will be granted understanding.

However, without proper preparation, a difficult experience can occur—intense fear and anxiety, distorted perception, or loss of control. For some, this can extend to 'ego death,' where the mind observes the body from a neutral, third-person perspective. Someone experiencing this may temporarily forget their name, age, and personal details. It can sound intense, yet with moderation and humility, this won't happen.

The next morning arrives like any other, but with new questions—questions that remain unanswered until you choose to lie down in that green pasture and enter within once again.

If you wish to partake but your first thought says no, listen to it. If you continue listening and eventually ask again, you may receive a different answer. As Jung said: 'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.'"

03/25/2026

This is really interesting because it's both about microdosing and 5meo. It's worth the 2 minute to watch. As it happens, I serve 5 MEO with my partner therapeutically. If you're interested. We don't use toad secretions. However, cuz we like to leave the toads alone. We use synthetic.

03/24/2026

Crown and Throne

What crowns the mind claims the throne.
The planted seed becomes full-grown.
Sweet or venom — blind or sight,
The crown conforms to what you write.

From your sun to your private moon,
Corresponding frequencies find their tune,
The mind's throne becomes a tuning fork,
The strike initiates the spin and torque.

Spirals bind like thoughts in motion,
Tides reflect the mind’s deep ocean.
Shallow waves call to shallow seas,
Deep finds deep with hidden keys.

What you rehearse begins to lead,
Its shape turns into desire or creed.
You think you’ve been choosing what's true?
Beware… all the while it's been choosing you.

By Bartrand Tateno

Bart is unhoused and using. I see him daily at my store, and he writes the most beautiful poetry. I really appreciate his visits.

03/18/2026

These lovely mushrooms called Albino Gumby came in these really amazing shapes. Just for that batch though. I managed to save two of them but they all sold out because they were quite strong and very popular. We have a new batch in in but they are more standard in shape.

03/18/2026

We're so pleased to announce these wonderful 1 g squares of dark chocolate in various strains. They are $10 each or three for $25 which makes it a fantastic value. The strains are quite strong.

03/04/2026

Today one of Magic's clients reported that since microdosing L*D she has completely gone off her ADHD medication Adderall. In addition, she's slowly tapering off her antidepressants with no negative results. With antidepressants it's never a good idea to get off them quickly. She is reporting return of the depression.

02/26/2026

We always prefer whole mushrooms to synthetic formulas.

People have said for years that whole shrooms feel distinct from synthetic psilocybin.

Scientists shrugged it off, but a new study in Scientific Reports just mapped out the mechanics, and the case for a mushroom "entourage effect" is now seriously compelling.

Murray's team screened 15 compounds found in Psilocybe mushrooms and found eight that survive digestion and cross the blood-brain barrier.

Eight brain-active molecules in a single bite.

They hit 44 protein targets across serotonin, dopamine, and neuroplasticity pathways as a coherent network.

it seems mushrooms may run the same trick as ayahuasca. Three β-carbolines in the mushroom bind to MAO-A, the enzyme that breaks down serotonin and psilocin.

So the mushroom delivers the psychedelic and the thing that slows its breakdown, all in one organism.

A built-in potentiation system, evolved over millions of years.

This isn't just theory.

Mouse studies already showed crude mushroom extract outperformed pure psilocybin for anxiety. Whole extracts alter synaptic proteins differently than synthetic psilocybin. And patients consistently report preferring mushroom-derived experiences.

The computational model now gives us a mechanistic why behind all of that.

Maybe in our rush to isolate the "active ingredient," we've been ignoring the system it evolved within.

The magic in the mushroom is not just psilocybin. Its the conversation between compounds.

And that conversation, this research suggests, may be where the deeper therapeutic potential resides.