Good products and service.
Peter and the team have gone beyond good business practice to ensure their customers’ satisfaction. I placed my first order in December 2018 from the US to find out that electronic transference of money was more complicated than I had anticipated. After 10 days with two failed attempts and no explanation from the banks, I resorted to sending cash in a Christmas card. Three weeks later, I was informed that the post still has not arrived. I was disappointed for the lost cash, but more disappointed that I had to start the process again and wait further before I could receive the Truffles. I wrote to Peter expressing a hope that it would arrive, though that hope was fading quickly by the hour. The next day, Peter wrote me back saying that he had shipped my order regardless whether the payment would eventually arrive. He thanked me for being nice and patient throughout the process, and shipped the order in good faith. I was pleasingly surprised and filled with gratitude. I know manner is free, and I wouldn’t want to be any other way; but to be compensated and acknowledged for good manner is something I have not expected. Peter’s gesture spoke volume about the philosophy of the TruffleMagic shop. Eight days later (6 business days), the package arrived safely and in tact to my great delight. They were well sealed and looked very fresh. The same evening, I had my first trip. I am a Buddhist contemplative and a meditator. I only eat plant-based and non-commercially processed food. I prepare my meals with fresh ingredients every day. I do not drink anything beside water, green tea, and fresh juices. I don’t use any stimulants or medicines other than the herbs that I grow myself. I have been interested in naturally occurred Entheogens for a long time, and have discernibly researched them from both personal accounts and scientific papers. During my research, I strived to superimpose the learned information with the teachings in my practice. What I have found and become most interested in was that Entheogens allows for the non-egotistical mind to come to the surface while the egotistical mind is quieted down. And that was exactly what I experienced during my first trip! I chose the TruffleMagic’s favorite way to take the Truffles: I made tea. While the tea was steeping, I meditated to gently sweep my mind off the mundane thoughts and chatters. After half an hour, I spooned the Truffles from my cup and chewed them thoroughly into a paste to ensure all the substances were releasable before swallowing. The texture was surprisingly crunchy instead of spongy or elastic as I had imagined; but then, what did I know about Magic Truffles? The taste was mushroom-y (if you ate fresh mushroom you wouldn’t be surprised) but dry, though there was a small element that disquieted my taste buds. As soon as I drank the tea after thoroughly washing clean my mouth, this unease taste dissolved. I continued to mediate in the dark room that I mediate daily. My body was clean and well fasted with just the magic mushroom in my stomach. My mind was keen to be undisturbed by the five senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile), so that I could concentrate to enter and explore the non-egotistical self. I am inexperienced with entheogenic substances. I only smoked cannabis for a short time, and that was almost 10 years ago. I didn’t know what to expect for the coming up, and my mind was very confused during the first hour. However, when my egotistical mind was no longer in the driver’s seat, I came to myself and recognized the true self was present. During my years of meditation, I have entered this mind before; but those occasions paled in comparison to what I experienced with the Truffles. I was dwelling in a state of mind that was clear, quiet, crisp, and focused. It could be called alien or mystical for the perception that one is no longer themselves, on the outside looking in, or looking out from an incorporeal self; especially if one incorporated the visual and audio manifestations that are abound during that state. It could also be seen, as one has entered into the Ether, the Source or the Void because of the impeccable tranquility that none of one’s own volition could alter it (and I tried). For me, I see it as the purer state of mind that is buried by my judgmental and opinionated self since the first time I learned how to manipulate my reality through thought, speech, and action; and that could be as early as a young infant. Though my mind acknowledged colorfully moving arts and musically harmonious sounds, it paid them no attention because I had set out not to indulge in them. Instead, I was contented and at peace just to be in the true self’s state of mind. In that state, everything I perceived was meaningful in and of itself. I refrained from letting my egotistical mind analyze, make commentaries, praise or judge any aspect of the experience. I was contented to just be. That was not to say that my ego was entirely dissolved. It was just taking the back seat to the true self. Occasionally, it would resurface to ooh and aah about what I was experiencing for a short while before settling down to the back seat again. This happened less frequently during the peak, and more often during the coming down as reality was rebuilding itself; eventually it took over the driver’s seat when I was back to baseline. However, it was not until later that my egotistical mind would recall some of the details that words like bliss, wonderful, amazing, astonishing, profound, etc. were uttered the most. I notice that this report/review contains little of what has been written about, i.e. the Rabbit Hole because it focuses on what matters most to me personally. I also hope to contribute to the literature at large a slightly different view of what one may explore through the utilization of Entheogens. That is not to say I didn’t experience them in my trip. In fact, I know that they have been described, spoken, and written about extensively by people with substantially more experience than myself. Having read quite a few of them, I am certain that none of my attempt at describing them would add value to the literature already out there, including the thoughtfully and lovingly crafted manual that our own Peter has written. The ability to safely enter and remain in this pure state of mind was more than what I had hoped for. And for that I have the Truffle, Peter, and his team to be thankful. I know their mission is not just about making money, but to share with others an opportunity to expand their horizon; it being recreationally, therapeutically, or spiritually. With gratefulness, I am please to be one of their many satisfied customers. Happy Tripping! P.S. Since I wrote this review, I have also made a large order, and everything went as smoothly as can be.