{"id":19868,"date":"2021-11-12T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/?p=19868"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:50:50","slug":"vinieron-las-esporas-de-los-hongos-del-espacio-exterior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/blog\/did-mushroom-spores-come-from-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfLas esporas de los hongos vienen del espacio exterior?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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According to the original panspermia theory<\/a><\/strong> by the likes of Francis Crick<\/a><\/strong>, it just may be the case. Theorists say that the Earth was barren before asteroids crashed onto the surface, spreading life. Psychonaut icon Terence McKenna took it one step further by saying that psilocybin spores<\/strong> may have also arrived from outer space… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the question. Was McKenna right? Do shrooms and magic truffles actually have an alien origin? Were spores used as probes to detect life in the galaxy? And is this how magic mushrooms eventually came upon our planet\u2026 to spark the rapid evolution of our caveman ancestors? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psilocybin Panspermia Theory <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In his Psilocybin Panspermia theory, Terence McKenna believed that mushroom spores came from outer space.<\/mark><\/em> via Wikimedia Commons<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Terence McKenna <\/a><\/strong>made his mark as an American ethnobotanist and mystic. In 1976, he co-wrote the seminal \u201cPsilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower\u2019s Guide\u201d<\/em> with his brother Dennis McKenna, under the pseudonyms OT Oss and ON Oeric. Terence also came up with the Stoned Ape Theory<\/a>, which proposed that our evolution from Homo erectus <\/em>to Homo sapiens<\/em> occurred due to our ancestors eating Psilocybe cubensis<\/em><\/strong> for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What most people don\u2019t know is that McKenna was a huge proponent of the Psilocybin Panspermia Theory<\/strong>. Terence said that magic mushrooms may be a \u201chighly-intelligent species\u201d<\/em> that came to Earth as spores migrating through space. A fungal species that is now trying to build a symbiotic relationship with the human race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said McKenna:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe mushroom was somehow more than a plant hallucinogen or even a shamanic ally of the classic sort. [Psilocybin] was in fact a kind of intelligent entity \u2014 <\/em>not of earth<\/em><\/strong>\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted how across aeons of time and space, spore-forming life forms float in the vacuum of space for millions of years \u201cuntil contact is made with a suitable environment\u201d. <\/em>Turns out our humble planet Earth, with its cattle manure<\/strong> and all manner of damp soil<\/strong>, served as the perfect candidate for such an event. Psychoactive mushrooms soon began to sprout in early farming communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKenna also argued that each spore is an \u201cartifact of an alien intelligence\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, with each mushroom being \u201cengineered\u201d <\/em>as a vessel of alien information. Hence the philosophical insights one can get during a shroom trip, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Most Unique Lifeform<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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psilocybin chemical symbol<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

McKenna also pointed out how psilocybin<\/strong> is the only 4-phosphorylated indole <\/strong>known to occur in nature. A molecule so unique to shrooms, it doesn’t have near-relatives spread in other life forms. Not in plants, nor in animals… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only psilocybin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, if you were searching for extraterrestrial thumbprints on the biology of Earth, you would look for <\/em>molecules that are unique<\/em><\/strong>\u2026 In psilocybin we have a perfect example of this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNature doesn\u2019t work like that, folks. Nature builds, always, on what has previously been accomplished. So this is a red flag saying that this thing <\/em>looks like an alien artifact<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 at a molecular level.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spores from Outer Space <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As alien probes, mushroom spores are cheap, self-replicating, and quite sturdy.\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

McKenna also explained how spores fit the bill perfectly <\/em>as alien probes <\/strong>sent out in space to detect life. Here\u2019s the process in detail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA single mushroom in the sporelization phase can shed up to <\/em>3 million spores a<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>minute<\/em><\/strong> for up to six weeks. ONE mushroom could do this. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I maintain, that a strategy for extraterrestrial contact carried on by a super technology would take the following form:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuild a probe. Give the probe the <\/em>ability to replicate itself<\/em><\/strong>. Start these probes out from your home planet. The probes replicate, so the volume of the probes stays constant as the volume of space increases.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knew spores were this adaptable? And in outer freaking space??<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep Purple, Ultraviolet<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To support his claims of spores being able to survive in outer space, McKenna cited the dark blue or deep purple colour<\/a><\/strong> of the Psilocybe cubensis<\/em><\/strong> spore. Scientists say it\u2019s the \u201cideal colour\u201d to protect against ultraviolet radiation<\/a>,<\/strong> a particularly vicious killer in the vast emptiness of space. McKenna also pointed out the P. Cubensis <\/em>spore\u2019s liking for a cold, high-vacuum environment.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guess what else is terribly cold and high-vacuum? Outer space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re carrying out an exhaustive search of the galaxy for life, it\u2019s very hard to imagine a civilization that could visit and monitor every star over <\/em>long periods of time.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds like the ideal job for spores floating around with all the time in the galaxy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spores: A Gift From Ancient Aliens?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ancient aliens may have used spores as \u201cprobes\u201d to help inject life in distant planets.\u00a0Photo by Brian McMahon` on Unsplash<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

McKenna\u2019s theory on psilocybin panspermia was built upon the ideas of biologist Francis Crick<\/strong>, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. <\/em>Crick favoured LSD as a psychedelic of choice, doses of which helped him co-discover DNA\u2019s double-helix structure<\/a><\/strong>. But he spent much more time researching psilocybin \u2014 the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms and magic truffles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his original panspermia theory, Crick said it was very likely that ancient aliens<\/a><\/strong> existed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider it for a moment. Our blue planet is relatively young compared to the massive age of the galaxy. There was enough time, Crick said, for the formation of \u201ctechnological societies elsewhere\u201d <\/em>before the Earth even came to be. And if there\u2019s one bit of alien technology that\u2019s sure to exist, it\u2019s got to be interstellar travel<\/a>. <\/strong>This time with a teeny-tiny twist… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancient aliens may have preferred microorganisms<\/strong> for interstellar travel. Crick said that mushroom spores were the best probes. They could be sent out in large groups at once, and can survive in outer space on their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why Earth, you ask? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No particular reason! The entire galaxy was barren by then, and our planet was simply lucky to get \u201cinfected\u201d <\/em>by the spores sent by the aliens. According to Crick, ancient aliens may have sent mushroom spores out to help <\/em>\u201cblanket the galaxy with life\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Birthday, Terence McKenna! <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This November 16th marks what would be the 75th birthday<\/strong> of our beloved icon Terence Kemp McKenna<\/strong>: American ethnobotanist, mystic, and hero to psychonauts everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in honor of Terence McKenna\u2019s birthday, we decided to give you the epic rundown of his Psilocybin Panspermia theory<\/strong>. Why not? ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spores as probes? Sent by ancient aliens to inject life into the galaxy? And now changing the world one shroomy dose at a time? \u2018Tis been a wild couple of billion years for fungi, indeed! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00bfY si la vida no se origin\u00f3 en la Tierra?
\n\u00bfY si en lugar de la creaci\u00f3n natural, los fuegos de la vida llegaran dentro de cometas, meteoritos, asteroides y polvo espacial? Ahora que lo decimos en voz alta, suena fuera de este mundo, pero \u00a1esc\u00fachanos! <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-19868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychedelic-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19868"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161205,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868\/revisions\/161205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19868"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=19868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}