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Fantastic Fungi

This then was quickly noticedby academics at Harvard and other Ivy League schoolsand then...

This then was quickly noticed
by academics at Harvard and other Ivy League schools
and then the cognoscenti, including Timothy Leary,
Ram Dass, and Dr. Andrew Weil

Full Transcript

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This then was quickly noticed by academics at Harvard
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and other Ivy League schools and then the cognoscenti,
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including Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Dr. Andrew Weil.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:23
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Artemis Rising,Diamond Docs,Moving Art

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Movie Summary

Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
Why do mushrooms produce molecules - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Why do mushrooms produce molecules
Psychedelics during the '50s and '60s - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Psychedelics during the '50s and '60s
There were remarkable studies - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
There were remarkable studies
Psychedelics became part of research in psychiatry for 30 years. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Psychedelics became part of research in psychiatry for 30 ye...
And there were several very interesting indications that they were researched. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
And there were several very interesting indications that the...
We found that having a mystical experience - Fantastic Fungi 00:13
We found that having a mystical experience
Some of these drugs, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Some of these drugs,
Millions of people were using them - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Millions of people were using them
The kids who take psychedelics aren't going to fight your wars. - Fantastic Fungi 00:11
The kids who take psychedelics aren't going to fight yo...
It was a time of rapid cultural change. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
It was a time of rapid cultural change.
There was irrational fears - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
There was irrational fears
President Nixon called Timothy Leary - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
President Nixon called Timothy Leary
We must wage what I have called total war - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
We must wage what I have called total war
When everyone says "shrooms" to me, - Fantastic Fungi 00:11
When everyone says "shrooms" to me,
The movement to marginalize the major psychedelics - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
The movement to marginalize the major psychedelics
I mean, it plugged into a counterculture movement, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
I mean, it plugged into a counterculture movement,
There are many, many forces that were at play. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
There are many, many forces that were at play.
Somehow the fuse blew - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Somehow the fuse blew
There was a very irrational and anti-scientific climate - Fantastic Fungi 00:15
There was a very irrational and anti-scientific climate
The Controlled Substances Act was passed - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
The Controlled Substances Act was passed