Jim Morrison wrote a poem called ‘The Celebration of the Lizard’ that made its debut on The Doors’ album Waiting for the Sun; it contained a line stating ‘I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.’ People thought he was referring to himself rather than a fictional persona he had created. Thus, his nickname was born. 

Considering The Doors got their name from Aldous Huxley’s book ‘The Doors of Perception,’ in addition to their significant role in the counterculture movement, it’s no wonder there is now a psilocybe cubensis strain named after Mr. Morrison. 

Origination of Lizard King mushrooms

Lizard King mushrooms are thought to originate from a wild specimen collected from a mixture of manure and woodchips in a horse park in Georgia and are known for producing heavy flushes with tons of fruiting bodies that have lightly-colored medium/large caps and spindly uniform stems. Lizard King is great for beginners and thrives in various conditions. 

What are the effects of Lizard King mushrooms?

Lizard King mushrooms may help you break on through to the other side; just remember that when you feel strange – faces come out of the rain. But seriously, Lizard King is a standard strength Psilocybe cubensis, so you can expect all the hallmark effects of other strains – visuals, transcendental experiences, fits of giggles and laughter, euphoria, and the whole rainbow of other sensations that accompany a mushroom trip. Wouldn’t you believe that science now confirms psilocybin causes neurogenesis or the spontaneous growth of new brain cells? Nice!

Specifications – Lizard King

Lizard King mushrooms are thought to originate from a wild specimen collected from a mixture of manure and woodchips in a horse park in Georgia and are known for producing heavy flushes with tons of fruiting bodies that have lightly-colored medium/large caps (2-4cm) and spindly uniform stems (5-12cm). Lizard King is great for beginners and thrives in a variety of conditions. 

The Lizard King strain is characterized by its striking appearance, featuring rich caramel-colored caps with a pronounced umbo and sturdy, substantial stems. This variety is known for its vigorous growth and abundant fruiting, producing medium to large-sized mushrooms that captivate the senses. The Lizard King strain is celebrated for its potency, delivering an intense and mystical journey that invites psychonauts to explore the depths of their consciousness and the interconnectedness of the universe.

The Checkered Past of Magic Mushrooms and the Lizard King

In Oliver Stone’s 1991 film ‘The Doors,’ a rock quartet and their companions travel to the desert to ingest psychedelic peyote cactus. The characters experience emotional chaos, feel ‘fucked up,’ (ever been there?), and throw up. 

All the while, Jim Morrison (portrayed by Val Kilmer) emerges as the stabilizing force that guides his peers’ psychedelic experience while the slow musical progression of ‘The End’ plays. As the song builds, Morrison connects with spirit animals: an eagle, mountain lion, snake, and of course, the lizard. 

A stoic Indian man then leads him out of the desert and into a cave where he encounters a lizard, invoking a childhood memory where a Native American man was accidentally killed near a desert road he and his parents were driving on. Morrison believed the man’s spirit transferred to his upon death and that he would be resurrected with the help of peyote. And so goes the story of the Lizard King – although it is perhaps ironic that it’s a Psilocybe mushroom named after him and not a psychoactive cactus (of which there are many). 

If mushrooms originating from Lizard King spores find their way to you, we encourage paying homage to the once-legendary musician turned member of the 27-club. To quote The Doors drummer John Desmore

“…the psychedelic Jim I knew a year earlier, the one who was always coming up with colorful answers to cosmic questions, was being slowly tortured by something we didn’t understand. But, you can’t question the universe before breakfast for years and not pay the price.”

With proper respect, of course, we should all take a serious lesson from Morrison’s tragic fate. While his music and personality teemed with visions of beautiful poetry, sex, and the subliminal, the reality was a drug-addicted lost soul using psychedelics as shortcuts to an authentic spiritual experience, ultimately robbing him of a meaningful life.

It’s more important now than ever to be aware of the potent social stigma assigned to substances like magic mushrooms, LSD, MDMA, ketamine, peyote/mescaline, and more to avoid making a bad situation worse by propagating the careless behavior that, in large part, led to mass fear and hysteria around psychedelics decades ago.

You Don’t Need a Spore Syringe to Be a Lizard King – Just a Trip to India

Jim Morrison isn’t the only thing that comes to mind when discussing psychedelics and lizards, though. The Psychedelic Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis psychedelica) is an endangered reptile officially discovered in 2010 on Hon Khoa Island in Vietnam. 

But this rare lizard only looks psychedelic with its exotic patterning – not quite so enticing as the Indian Spiny Tailed Lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) found in regions like India and Pakistan, where it has been sought-after since ancient times as the locals extract the oil from the lizard’s body and believe it not only possesses aphrodisiac powers but can cure impotence. 

Perhaps worst is the case report of a prison inmate using lizards as drugs of abuse while in prison. Even after his release from prison, he continued using lizard powder by mixing it in a bidi with Cannabis. According to the report, the individual also got high on snake, scorpion, and wasp venom. 

If you know someone smoking scorpion venom and proclaiming themselves the Lizard King – we might recommend an intervention. Stick to the good stuff – tried, tested, and safe Psilocybe cubensis.

Disclaimer

We sell premium spore syringes made in sterile laboratory environments containing trillions of spores per syringe, suspended inside a 10cc syringe in pharmaceutical-grade distilled water (for research purposes only). All our syringes are made in a negative-pressure HEPA-filtered clean room. Cultivation of cubensis mushrooms is illegal in the United States of America. Psilocybin mushroom spores are legal in 47 of the 50 states, excluding California, Georgia, and Idaho.