On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:59:51 GMT, Fat Chants <fatchants@earthlink.net>
spewed forth:
>Amanita Muscaria mushrooms.. which are red and white and grow under pine
>trees
>overnight, even when it is not Christmas Eve,
>and which are known to be eaten by reindeer..
>
>feed on decaying pine needles:
>
>http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/mount_t...anita_muscaria
>
>"Here is a beautiful autumn scene from Bed 203 in our Garden. Fallen oak
>leaves, pine needles, pine cones and this bright fungal fruiting body of
>the Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria."
>
>
>
>This would not be the first time Floyd wrote lyrics speaking in the
>first-person as if they were a plant, as you might know Gilmour does
>this in 'Fat Old Sun' when he says, "roll me up and lay me down"
>(probably something to do with the 'new mown grass' ?)
>
>but Fat Old Sun and that inference is a bit sketchy,
>whereas Amanita Muscaria absolutely feed on decaying pine needles, this
>is basically their only food.
>
>
>http://www.erowid.org/plants/amanita...history1.shtml
>
>the photo on the above page, from a 13th century fresco, depicting this
>mushroom as the Tree of Knowledge (blown up here):
>
>http://www.erowid.org/plants/amanita...anita_art1.jpg
>
>
>..probably did not escape the members of Pink Floyd all that easily, if
>you know what I mean.. if you read my last 2 posts regarding some deeply
>entrenched, ritualistic use of psychedelic plants and their ensuing
>states of mind which Floyd clearly.. and most deliberately.. referred to
>in their lyrics.. repeatedly, there are many more.
>
>just a piece of their mind.. for those of you who can be bothered..
>
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