Robert Rogers - Mushroom Essences: Vibrational Healing from the Kingdom Fungi

I hardly know where to begin, but I should probably start with thanking a number of remarkable professional and amateur mycologists. If your name is not mentioned here, I apologize in advance. Now, where did I put that bottle of Hericium supplements?

From Edmonton, my hometown for the past thirty years, I wish to thank Martin Osis, Bill Richards, Rob Simpson, and other members of the Alberta Mycological Society for their mentorship, friendship, and numerous enjoyable forays.

I wish to thank a number of members of the North American Mycological Society (NAMA), including their support of my few years as chairman of the medicinal mushroom committee.

I owe special thanks to Dr. Solomon Wasser, editor in chief of The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. His dedication to research in this area is second to none.

I would also like to thank all the friends and acquaintances I have met at forays over the years, including Paul Stamets, Todd and Doug Elliott, Scott Redhead, Jim Ginns, Paul Kroeger, Larry Evans, Daniel Winkler, Cathy Cripps, John Plischke III, Taylor Lockwood, Tom Volk, and Duane Sept.

Thanks to all the clubs, guilds, and societies that have invited me to speak to their members on the subject of medicinal mushrooms, including the South Vancouver Island Mycological Society (SVIMS), the Georgia Mycological Society, the South Carolina University Mycological Society (SCUMS), the Vancouver Mycological Society, the Mycological Society of San Francisco, SOMA camp, the American Herbalist Guild, and the Horticultural Society of Iceland.

I give special thanks to the Telluride Mushroom Festival, the King Bolete celebration of all things Fungi. Tradd and Olga Cotter, Gary Lincoff, John Holliday, Rebecca Fyfe, Maggie Klinedinst, Art Goodtimes, Daiva Chesonis, Lawrence Millman, Peter McCoy, Enrique Sanchez, and numerous fun gals and fun guys make this an annual highlight of the mushroom season.

I would be remiss if I did not mention my clients and students over the past thirty years who helped me gain insight into a different dimension of mushroom healing.

I offer special thanks to Edward C. Whitmont, Thomas Moore, Sam Keen, Bill Plotkin, Jos Stevens, Martin Ball, David Richo, and numerous other authors who have offered their insights into the underworld journey toward soul connection.

I am grateful to Doug Reil at North Atlantic Books for his belief and support in the project, and to Erin Wiegand and Nina Pick for painstakingly editing my wandering streams of consciousness. I mean, what else would you expect from an author of mushroom essences?

And many thanks to various photographer friends for sharing pictures for this publication. I enjoy taking my own pictures, but these individuals are in a different league in terms of talent and quality. Thank you.