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(1+1) Mexicana Magic Truffles
Shop rating: mild
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A magic mushroom trip, from first wave to afterglow
A magic mushroom trip usually starts 30 to 60 minutes after eating, is strongest in the first two hours and has largely faded after four to six hours, according to the Jellinek addiction centre in Amsterdam. This site follows that course phase by phase: what tends to change in perception and thought, where the hard moments cluster, what a sober sitter is for and how the next day feels.
Drag the playhead along the waveform to see each phase. The curve is a schematic built from published timing, so your own trip can start later, peak higher or end sooner.
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Schematic intensity from published timing (Jellinek; Holze et al. 2023). Your own trip will differ.
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The phases of a trip
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0:00 to 0:30 Waiting
Nothing much happens yet. Psilocybin first has to be converted into psilocin, the compound that acts in the brain. FRANK, the UK drug information service, warns that mushrooms can take more than 30 minutes to work, so wait before taking any more. A second portion taken now arrives together with the first.
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0:30 to 1:00 Come-up
The first signs are often physical: nausea or a dry mouth. Pupils widen and the heart rate can rise a little. Light, sound and colour start to change at the edges. Unease during this half hour is common and usually passes when the effects settle.
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1:00 to 2:30 Peak
Jellinek describes the first two hours as the most intense part of a trip, and lab studies measure the highest psilocin levels in the blood about two hours after a dose. Colours deepen, patterns move over walls and faces look different. Time usually slows down. Thoughts become associative and can run in loops.
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2:30 to 4:00 Waves
The trip does not decline in a straight line. Jellinek calls its character wave-like: calm stretches alternate with surges in which the effects return almost as strong. Many people find this the easiest phase to talk, listen to music or go outside in a familiar place.
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4:00 to 5:30 Comedown
Visual effects fade and thinking becomes more ordinary again, often with tiredness and hunger. You are not sober yet. Driving or cycling in traffic is a bad idea and in the Netherlands it is forbidden.
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5:30 to 7:00 Afterglow
What remains is a quiet, slightly altered evening. Some people feel bright and talkative, others drained. A headache can appear hours later; in a controlled study such headaches were delayed and lasted no longer than a day.
The tracks
Seven long pages, from the clock to the day after. Play them in order or pick one.
- 01 Timeline The clock from first bite to the evening after 6 min
- 02 What it feels like Perception, time, thought and the body 4 min
- 03 Set and setting Mindset, place, people and the sober sitter 4 min
- 04 Difficult moments Where the hard parts fall, and what helps 4 min
- 05 The day after The evening, the next morning and the week after 4 min
- 06 Truffles in NL The legal option for a stay in the Netherlands, with a choice guide 4 min
- 07 Trip reports A mild first trip, a looping peak, a long evening 4 min
Bonus track · Netherlands only
For a stay in the Netherlands
Fresh magic truffles are sold legally in Dutch smartshops, while mushrooms with psilocybin are banned there and in most other countries. The truffles follow much the same course as mushrooms. Dutch-Smart describes its Mexicana as the mildest strain in its range and the most accessible choice for people without experience; strains further up the scale are stronger. Buy them only for use in the Netherlands and never take them across a border. See the choice guide from mild to strong.
Volume: the shop's strength scale
The numbers behind the curve
- 30 to 60 minuntil the effects begin (Jellinek)
- 2 hoursto the highest psilocin level in the blood, on average (Holze et al. 2023)
- 4 to 6 hoursuntil a trip has largely worn off (Jellinek)
- 1 dayat most for the delayed headache some people get (Johnson et al. 2012)