Soma siddhas and alchemical enlightenment: psychedelic mushrooms in Buddhist tradition.
Journal of ethnopharmacology October 1, 1995 S Hajicek-Dobberstein 34 citations
Legends of 2nd- and 9th-century Buddhist adepts contain clues that they consumed psychedelic Amanita muscaria mushrooms to achieve enlightenment, with the mushroom hidden behind symbols, some shared with the Rg Veda's Soma system, others from earlier Northern Eurasian shamanic use, and some unique to Buddhist stories. These symbol sets from Northern and Southern Asian traditions also appear in the Germanic god Odin.