Amanita Microdose Tincture

Benefits

• grounding, gentle effect

• deep restorative sleep

• insightful, meaningful dreams

• chronic pain management

• decreasing inflammation

• joint support

• mood stabilization

• connection with sub-conscious

• healing inner-child trauma patterns

Ingredients

• Amanita muscaria fruit body*

• Amanita pantherina fruit body*

• Plantation Overproof Artisanal Rum

• Food grade vegetable glycerin (for emulsion)

• Eldorado spring water

• Intention, prayer, and song for: the highest healing, inner wisdom to emerge with clarity

*sustainably foraged from Biržai, Lithuania

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The Amanita genus of mushroom is native throughout the temporal and boreal regions of the northern hemisphere, living in symbiosis with various deciduous and coniferous trees, most notably birch and pine. Amanita muscaria, the universally recognizable bright red capped mushrooms with white spots more commonly known as Fly Agaric, and related species have been used for centuries as entheogenic teachers in many shamanic traditions including Siberian, Celtic, Norse, Native American, and beyond. The particular Amanitas which comprise this tincture were sustainably foraged by my friend Adam Lewington, a naturalist and leading plant medicine healer, from the old growth forests of Lithuania near his family farm.

The historic and cultural significance of Amanita muscaria has been encoded into art, literature, and folklore throughout the world for hundreds of years. This iconic mushroom is widely perceived as toxic and poisonous, due to the ibotenic acid present in its raw form, and has largely been dismissed or even denigrated by modern science and western medicine. However, when properly prepared, the psychoactive compound muscimol can be rendered and extracted to yield safe and high quality medicine, or even eliminated entirely for culinary use.

Amanitas are innately intelligent and sentient beings who have offered access to the most profound inner wisdom and connection with divine source from the beginning of time, opening our consciousness into previously imperceivable realms within and without. This sacred medicine invites us into our inner child and targets our earliest stages of development (birth through 6-8 years old), addressing formative aspects of identity and perceptions of the world around us. This facilitates the reprogramming of our most deeply ingrained (and often unconscious) mental and emotional body patterns, including unresolved childhood traumas. While no two experiences are the same, a consistent truth is that the medicine which is meant to come through will always be delivered. 

The spirit of Amanita is playful and cheeky. She likes to be asked questions. She also demands respect and will often be sly or mischievous when not properly honored. If someone is just looking to get high, she can intentionally create negative experiences or even refuse to offer any effect at all. On the other hand, for those who engage with integrity and aligned intention, she fosters a unique personalized relationship that meets the individual where they are at and focuses on what most needs to be addressed in their life.

Properly receiving the ancient wisdom of the Amanita is best served through a patient process of gradually deepening relationship with her over time. In fact, there is often an initial period of attunement until the ideal foundation for journeying deeper has been firmly established. Curiously, this medicine continues to work even on nights that it is not directly engaged, and the personal evolution that emerges from this connection is never lost, even if one stops taking the tincture. Many people report breakthrough experiences that profoundly affect their lives in a multitude of ways.

Micro-dose experiences generally bring about a sedative effect as Amanitas engage one’s GABA receptors, gently guiding us into deeply restful and restorative sleep, and inspiring vivid and meaningful dreams. The medicine works on us overnight, and upon arising the following morning, we reintegrate into waking reality with subtle shifts into peace and an increased clarity of purpose and understanding. Macro-dose experiences are highly variable, but often consist of activating, energizing, euphoric, and psychedelic effects, which can include synesthesia, and macropsia/micropsia (feeling big or small, as illustrated in Alice in Wonderland).

“Especially in these times, I want everyone to utilize the most sacred Amanita, sitting with her, intently with the request of being given the knowledge to see through all things and to become the most powerful version of themselves, and to watch diligently what follows in their lives, as everything around them completely changes for the better.” ~ Adam Lewington, founder of Reindeer Amanita