I’m reading his book right now and he just started to tell a story about how when he was 7, his parents took him on a vacation to hang out with their friend.. Terence McKenna. Yeah. He and his brother had no chance at being ‘normal’. And the world is better for it!
"Entangled Life" which I read earlier this year us one of my all time favourite popular science books. Absolutely riveting, connecting biology to sociology, ecology, philosopphy and more. Amazing achievment.
Same! ive heard Paul Stamets mention Sheldrake but star talk is my first encounter... getting Entangled life this week and I cant wait to further my understanding of this utterly awe instilling hidden world beneath us that it appears obvious we need to look after and treat with respect, I believe our continued existence is solely reliant on it, as much as the oxygen we breathe!
how beautiful the earth is, humans have everytingh we need , we just need to find it. and knowing things like this , we start to appriciate the beauty of earth more.
would love to know more about this... the fungi farming industry already is pretty sustainable in itself, the only aspect i found thus far which wasn't were the bags they're grown into - which contain plastic.
I've been learning how to grow over the last couple of months. I've grown a couple different species so far. (๑ˊ͈ ॢꇴ ˋ͈)〜♡॰ॱCan we just talk about how dang cute they are for a moment? Lil' mushrooms, poppin' up in weird places, their cute little shapes, the way they wiggle when you poke at them. I don't even like eating mushrooms, I just think they're so cute.
Psychedelic mushrooms should ideally not be used when alone, at least the first time. Just a tip. My first time I was alone, and I can tell that this kept me from going deep, I was scared to delve so deeply into myself. This is different when there is someone with you. They don't even have to do anything, just sitting there, maybe holding a hand. Not much more. They are a link to reality, they give security and a feeling of safety.
@@hansolowe19 however the person you choose to be with you needs to be the right person who knows when to talk and when to give you your space to enjoy your own journey, ideally someone who has tripped plenty before but at the very least someone who is going to be a positive influence and not someone who will ask leading questions or try to ‘guide’ your trip. They also need to be aware of when the person they are trip sitting needs to sit with their anxiety and work through it themselves and when they may actually need to intervene which is a very delicate balance, imo unless you have someone that you trust to do this, and has done it before, trip sitters are fantastic if they’re good at it, but I’ve found some of my best friends are actually the worst trip sitters bc they want to be too involved with the journey and in these cases it would be better to be alone, especially the first time which is often the most profound, it would be a shame to miss out on some of the lessons and revelations that may come bc your trip sitter was too interested in asking you questions, I’ve only found one or two people that I’d actually want to trip sit for me, most of my closest friends I actually wouldn’t want to do it, tripping /with/ them, absolutely, but not them sitting there sober while I’m tripping lmao
NEVER FELT SO PROFOUNDLY ABOUT MUSHROOMS, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE WERE LIKE MUSHROOMS INSTEAD HAHAHA I WISH.....also i wish humanity was more like bees......i guess just try to be the best version of ones self.
Imaging the world All with good behaviour?😊or All with bad behaviour?what you think?perhaps your fungi are delicious for your taste ..I am not disagree with you ..but not everything you*or me*likes it's necessary to be for others ..do you understand what I mean?I like fungi 😃 relatively. It's the world ever aspects.mnot absolutely ..just Nature 😊*it's absolute.thx I like books about plants..and popular medicine..which are use 1000y..
with a name like Merlin Sheldrake your born destined to be a fungi expert
lol!!
I’m reading his book right now and he just started to tell a story about how when he was 7, his parents took him on a vacation to hang out with their friend.. Terence McKenna.
Yeah. He and his brother had no chance at being ‘normal’.
And the world is better for it!
And his brother, Cosmo Shelldrake, is a musician
@@peacechickification Good being normal is overrated. How can I write music like them?
"Entangled Life" which I read earlier this year us one of my all time favourite popular science books. Absolutely riveting, connecting biology to sociology, ecology, philosopphy and more. Amazing achievment.
Lets all take a moment to acknowledge heroes of society, like Merlin Sheldrake and Terrence Mckenna, saving the world.
No
I want to buy Merlin a pint or 2 and spend hours listening to what human's should sound like. Bless you mate. Keep up the great and significant work.
I was impressed that he could belt out that explanation without a stitch!
Brilliant book! Engages the reader! And look at the author with honest eyes and a hopeful heart for the future ! He’s magical !
His name suggests well for the future of our understanding about fungi and its pivotal role in our lives! ❤
Doing extraordinary work as we'd expect from Rupert and Jill's offspring.
Rupert and his dearly old friend Terence McKenna must be happy about his work;)
I read this book. What a beautiful and interesting, mind expanding book and man. He is a perfect spore of Rupert Sheldrake.
He seems like a Fun guy
I like this guy.
Love this man, definitely gonna get the book. Found him through Startalk, super informative. I do believe mushrooms are the key.
Same! ive heard Paul Stamets mention Sheldrake but star talk is my first encounter... getting Entangled life this week and I cant wait to further my understanding of this utterly awe instilling hidden world beneath us that it appears obvious we need to look after and treat with respect, I believe our continued existence is solely reliant on it, as much as the oxygen we breathe!
how beautiful the earth is, humans have everytingh we need , we just need to find it.
and knowing things like this , we start to appriciate the beauty of earth more.
You can reach out to the store on my UA-cam handle to get psychedelic products.
Gosh! You really live up to your name. Thank you!
I mean "Merlin!"
The book is marvelous!
Delightful person and wonderful book!
I’m a new fan of this man
At my university a student was working on growing fungi in a wind mill- mould, as in bio-degradable blades.
would love to know more about this... the fungi farming industry already is pretty sustainable in itself, the only aspect i found thus far which wasn't were the bags they're grown into - which contain plastic.
Dude, those fungi cells are totally tubular!
The magnificent ecosystem of Fungi
Beautiful
Merlin, you should be the one people idolise. I know I do.
When Penguin Books tell you about Psilocybin you know the people know better than the UK Government.
Merlin and his face like a Roman statue 👌
this guy just fucking rocks
I've been learning how to grow over the last couple of months. I've grown a couple different species so far. (๑ˊ͈ ॢꇴ ˋ͈)〜♡॰ॱCan we just talk about how dang cute they are for a moment? Lil' mushrooms, poppin' up in weird places, their cute little shapes, the way they wiggle when you poke at them. I don't even like eating mushrooms, I just think they're so cute.
Psychedelic mushrooms should ideally not be used when alone, at least the first time.
Just a tip.
My first time I was alone, and I can tell that this kept me from going deep, I was scared to delve so deeply into myself.
This is different when there is someone with you. They don't even have to do anything, just sitting there, maybe holding a hand. Not much more. They are a link to reality, they give security and a feeling of safety.
@@hansolowe19 however the person you choose to be with you needs to be the right person who knows when to talk and when to give you your space to enjoy your own journey, ideally someone who has tripped plenty before but at the very least someone who is going to be a positive influence and not someone who will ask leading questions or try to ‘guide’ your trip. They also need to be aware of when the person they are trip sitting needs to sit with their anxiety and work through it themselves and when they may actually need to intervene which is a very delicate balance, imo unless you have someone that you trust to do this, and has done it before, trip sitters are fantastic if they’re good at it, but I’ve found some of my best friends are actually the worst trip sitters bc they want to be too involved with the journey and in these cases it would be better to be alone, especially the first time which is often the most profound, it would be a shame to miss out on some of the lessons and revelations that may come bc your trip sitter was too interested in asking you questions, I’ve only found one or two people that I’d actually want to trip sit for me, most of my closest friends I actually wouldn’t want to do it, tripping /with/ them, absolutely, but not them sitting there sober while I’m tripping lmao
@@elliecowell3412 next time, paragraphs? A wall of text is hard to read.
@@hansolowe19 lmao fair, It’s a UA-cam comment not academic writing though, at least there’s punctuation to break it up 😅
Ecology is our Ontology
I like fungi.
😍 liberty caps
there is a song called jesus was a mushroom , check is out and a book was written years ago on this subject very intresting.
Flora, fauna and funga.
The big question is how much do they know.
NEVER FELT SO PROFOUNDLY ABOUT MUSHROOMS, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE WERE LIKE MUSHROOMS INSTEAD HAHAHA I WISH.....also i wish humanity was more like bees......i guess just try to be the best version of ones self.
@Adams no thanks, wth lol
Too many mushrooms
and not enough thyme.
Imaging the world All with good behaviour?😊or All with bad behaviour?what you think?perhaps your fungi are delicious for your taste ..I am not disagree with you ..but not everything you*or me*likes it's necessary to be for others ..do you understand what I mean?I like fungi 😃 relatively. It's the world ever aspects.mnot absolutely ..just Nature 😊*it's absolute.thx I like books about plants..and popular medicine..which are use 1000y..