Amanita muscaria and immortality

The book Amanita Muscaria, written by Donald E. Titre and translated by Maryam Torabparvar, was first published in 2019. We will read short sections of this book together:
Who first told the story of the plant of immortality? Which ancient land was the origin of this plant? Eyewitnesses left no traces of themselves in history or mythology when they discovered this ancient plant, so all the information we have about the ancient-mythical plant of immortality is through the stories left by ancient peoples....