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Post by Alice on Nov 16, 2012 17:54:54 GMT -5
I'd like everyone to pitch in and tell us about your favorite local psychoactive plant. Something native to your home that you just go outside and collect.
I will of course get us started.
Mine is Datura. Grows wild around here in dry sandy areas.
As an extremely brief description, Datura is a hallucinagen the active principle of which is a tropane alkaloid. It is a member of the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family along with Belladonna, Tomato, Hellebore, and Potato.
In small doses Datura has a mild, pleasant effect for most people, greatly enhancing night vision and awareness both physical and psychic. In higher doses it causes hallucinations and is potentially a powerful aid to spirit work, meditation, divination and astral projection.
Side effects at high doses include light sensitivity, short lived delusional behaviour, amnesia and potentially dangerous fever.
May you find what you seek,
Alice
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Post by kellyscarlet on Nov 16, 2012 19:24:49 GMT -5
I have used Datura (part of the flower) in a shamanic ritual ointment that was applied topically to the skin. It was definitely an aid in astral shifting/flying. The flying ointment contained a dead wasp as well!
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Post by Alice on Nov 16, 2012 20:03:58 GMT -5
Did the wasp toxin create a noticable change in the effect? Alas I am allergic to wasps, so I won't be trying it. I know scorpions are used in some places, and rattlesnake venom used to be, but that was a ritual where it was assumed that the practitioners who died had offended the spirits.
Also, what's your favorite of your locals? I know you just moved, but I hope you'll share something you found before that.
May you find what you seek,
Alice
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Post by aresian on Nov 24, 2012 12:14:04 GMT -5
Lavender, so very nice... haven't had a bad trip yet. Also found roses mixed in a bit helped make it better. Maybe just my reaction to such things but worth a look again. I know it gives a sensation of a "high" and then when more rose is used than lavender I've had powerful "visions." Not sure I've encountered any native species of the stronger hallucinogens.
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Post by Alice on Nov 25, 2012 0:43:36 GMT -5
What's your method of use for Lavender, do you smoke it?
May you find what you seek,
Alice
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Post by aresian on Nov 25, 2012 16:37:10 GMT -5
Smoldering it seems to be the most efficient method. Although tea is tasty. Smoking is ok but either you like it or you don't. I'd imagine many of the oils are broken down when smoking it unless you smoke it using a water pipe, vaporizer, or something lower temp. Although my best results are putting it over the coals of my burners in the shop. Without the rose it is just relaxing to me. In tea it has a much more potent affect due to the higher concentration of the active chemicals. Not sure the active chemicals but I'll take a look in my library at the shop when I return tomorrow morning. Right now I'm nursing an upset stomach. Really do not use energy drinks on an empty stomach terrible things happen  Anyhoo, I'll look up lavender. I'm not saying lavender is native to my region I just have it growing in my shop now and it was in my garden. I run an herb shop so if we are going by what's around us then in my case coltsfoot, skullcap (latvia*), cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg. On a side note I can make awesome cookies  I also am trying to keep my rue alive inside... I shall see if it stays alive. |
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Post by nyxson on Nov 26, 2012 0:44:36 GMT -5
I had no idea that roses and lavender were psychoactives, nor did I consider smoking them. Now I'm curious.
Does catnip count in this? I can't technically go out and get it but I have a bag of it at home for my cat. I once boiled it into some tea one time and sweetened it, and it made me feel a little warm, fuzzy, and gave me a giggle fit. I don't know if it was the sugar or what else that brought that reaction, but the end result was a very minty and sweet tea with a dark green color
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Post by Alice on Nov 26, 2012 1:12:18 GMT -5
Eh, neither Lavender in the one case, nor Catnip in the other was the intention, but they're interesting to discuss anyway.
I'm not sure the active constituents of Lavender either, but it's described as a nervine. In small doses it's a significant sedative and mood heightener. In larger doses it can apparently cause hallucinations... It just takes a great deal.
Catnip's another good quasi-psychoactive. Mostly it's a muscle relaxant, but it has the unusual trait of acting in turns as a sedative AND a stimulant. To the best of my knowledge no one's really certain why it works the way it does, but it seems to depend on what you intend it to do.
May you find what you seek,
Alice
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Post by nyxson on Nov 30, 2012 5:07:51 GMT -5
If that's the case with catnip it did just as it's purported to do. Had the giggles AND felt loopy and relaxed
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Anyhoo, I'll look up lavender. I'm not saying lavender is native to my region I just have it growing in my shop now and it was in my garden. I run an herb shop so if we are going by what's around us then in my case coltsfoot, skullcap (latvia*), cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg. On a side note I can make awesome cookies 
I also am trying to keep my rue alive inside... I shall see if it stays alive.