_ _ _ _ __ _ __ _| |__ | |__ ___ _ __ | |_ __ _| | ___ ___ / _` |/ _` | '_ \| '_ \ / _ \ '__| | __/ _` | |/ _ \/ __| | (_| | (_| | |_) | |_) | __/ | | || (_| | | __/\__ \ \__, |\__,_|_.__/|_.__/ \___|_| \__\__,_|_|\___||___/ |___/ __ _ _ / _|_ __ ___ _ __ ___ | |_| |__ ___ | |_| '__/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ | __| '_ \ / _ \ / | _| | | (_) | | | | | | | |_| | | | __/ ___/ |_| |_| \___/|_| |_| |_| \__|_| |_|\___| \ ___/ \___ \ _ _ _ \ / \___ | | _____ _| | __ _ _ __ __| |___ \ / \ / | |/ _ \ \ /\ / / |/ _` | '_ \ / _` / __| \__ | \___/ | | (_) \ V V /| | (_| | | | | (_| \__ \ / | / \ |_|\___/ \_/\_/ |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__,_|___/ _/ |_____/ \ \ / \ 1 5 \ / \____ 21 ?????? \ / / ??? ?? ??? ? | 3 / | 8 21 ??? ___ 5 3 .. ? | __ ___ /../ .. .. ___ \\ \..\ ?? ___/ /___ .. ___ \..\ \\ _\- \_ / _ | _ \ __ \..\ _\. \__/// | \ / / | | | \ \ /../ ________/ ______//________\__ \ \ |__|_| / / __/__/_ / / / / | \ \| |/ / / _____ \/ / / / | //| |\\ / /______/ /-' ________/ | | || | \//_____/__,--______________/ / | 2 | || | | | \ \ | | | | || | __| | ______ \ \_____________| | | _\|_||_|/_//_| |/,___ _\/ /____/ _ \ | | | /____||____\ |_|\|_:__\___/____|__/ \_\__|_|__________| Gabbertales from the Lowlands part 1: “Mushrooms & the Fibonacci Sequence” An autobiographical text by Koernaad Bramenboter aka Mr. Maximal Recommended music while reading this article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKol0f_Tzjk Once upon a time when Gabberhouse reigned supreme and global warming was just a rumour, yours truly found himself in a posh villa, together with around 20 acquaintances and a large kettle of mushroom tea. This tea was only part of what would be consumed at the party that evening. I for myself would keep it minimalistic and stick to mushrooms and cigarettes. Earlier, someone had told me that mushrooms and chemicals don’t combine. I had taken that advice to heart. The party - fueled by alcohol and hardcore beats - started raging. I, myself started feeling increasingly hot and uncomfortable. I unzipped the front of my expensive yet low quality tracksuit. That did not cool me off. I found that it was not the temperature or even the music that made me feel weird. It was the energy of the people in the room. I seemed to be at another “wavelength”, for lack of a better word. I decided I needed to get away. So I rolled under the couch I had been sitting on. Now, to the reader this might seem like a weird move. And it was. But I hope fellow psychonauts will understand. Weird or not, It was indeed a very bad idea. People started kneeling down to look what I was doing. This made me more uncomfortable. Soon I also started feeling claustrophobic. What was supposed to be a fun party full of psychoactive experimentation had taken a turn for the worse. I rolled back from under the couch, got up, zipped up my tracksuit and went outside. Before me was a well-kept lawn with a number of large trees around it. I lit a cigarette and picked a spot under a large pine tree. As I got comfortable under the tree, I felt my body calming down. I rested my head in the soft grass. I took a drag of my cigarette. I looked up to the sky and stars trough the tree’s branches. And that’s when I saw it. It was perfection. Every branch, twig and needle was in exactly the right spot. The only spot they ever could be. Perfectly arranged to nature’s universal rule. The Fibonacci Sequence