Plants, Shamanism and Preparation

Posted an edited version of this video a few weeks ago. This longer version gives it a bit more context...



Also, interesting observations from LVX23 here:

... the effect of shamanic techniques is to present that self with a novel set of data in an attempt to break up the crust of belief that limits the accepted notions of how things ought to be. Although the self is not entirely bound by physiology it nevertheless has a tendency to become rigid and narrow in its conceptual map of how reality should behave, due in large part to the strength of the ego - the ultimate abstraction of the biosurvival mechanism inherent in all creatures. The narrowing of focus establishing the boundaries of the self and its world is strengthened by a feedback loop between the logical and emotional constructs of the mind and the physiological substrate of those constructs as they exist in the brain.

The Spirit Molecule

Rick Strassman's work may be key in helping us to understand transcendent states, reached via the elusive pineal gland, the site of the 7th chakra and, according to Descartes, the 'seat of the soul'...

From A Psychedelic Perspective

Terence Mckenna knew a thing or two about certain plants and the opportunities they offer for those interested in the psychedelic experience. Check him out here as he takes a walk in the undergrowth and explains how a little consciousness modification could be a good thing for the future...