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by syntheno
2055 days ago
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I’m as skeptical as you are but your hypothesis makes no sense. You’d have to take an exceptional amount of potent hallucinogens to have an experience like the one described in the article, let alone share such an experience with others in such vivid recalled detail. |
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re: amount you'd have to consume, "entire families would find themselves afflicted with either symptoms of burning and eventual gangrene in the hands and feet or with epileptic-like convulsions, headaches and hallucinations." [1]
re: timing, ergot tends to thrive in summer after cold winters followed by damp springs. March is a bit early, but not out of the question.
re: wide-spread, ergot outbreaks affected huge populations all at once. [2]
For what it's worth there's a decent chance that ergot poisoning may be responsible for the Salem Witch Trials. [1]
The best argument I could find against my case is that it was rare in the UK as the climate is less favorable to rye [2].
> ...let alone share such an experience with others in such vivid recalled detail.
It's an acid trip. Ask someone whose done acid. They'll tell you exactly what they experienced.
[1] https://asm.org/Articles/2018/November/From-Poisoning-to-Pha...
[2] https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2017/has-ergot-altered-events-worl...