October 3, 1799
English Doctor Makes First Medical Documentation of the Effects of Psychedelic Mushrooms
Dr. Everard Brande of London, England is the first to document the effects of psychedelic mushrooms on humans in a medical journal.
Timeline of Psychedelic Scientific Studies
1450
- 1500
Mixtec Mesoamerican Codex is Published and Shows Ritualistic Use of Mushrooms by Gods and Godesses
The Mixtec Mesoamerican Codex shows the ritual use of mushrooms by Mixtec gods.
1450
- 1500
Xochipilli Statue Carved by the Aztecs
Xochipilli statue depicting Psilocybe aztecorum is carved by Aztecs
1200
Albertus Magnus Advises People Not to Eat Mushrooms in His Treatise De Vegetailibus et Plantis
Albertus Magnus advises people not to eat mushrooms in his treatise De vegetabilibus et plantis.
33
- 325
Use of Psilocbye Mushrooms in Early Christianity
Psilocybe mushrooms are used in early Christian worship and Christian art.
1100 B.C.E.
- 600
Greek Eleusinian Mystery Initiations Use Psilocybe Mushroom
Scholars believe that the ancient Greek Eleusinian Mystery initiations were centered around a species of Psilocybe.
3100 B.C.E.
- 332 B.C.E.
Ancient Egyptians Grew Psychedelic Mushrooms
Some scholars believe the ancient Egyptians grew psilocybin mushrooms on barley and that the Eye of Horus may have been the cap of an entheogenic mushroom.