People vape for a variety of reasons. Some do it for the taste. Some vape because it is more affordable than smoking. Others like the odor and feel that vaporizers are safe to use. Due to the pleasant odors, vaporizers lend themselves well to indoor use – unlike cigarettes. Some users claim that vaping helps …
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For as long as we have dreamed, we have tried to understand the meaning of our dreams. Over the ages, many meanings have been ascribed to various dream elements as is apparent when checking out any dream dictionary. Recently, psychologists in the West have tried to approach dream interpretation by means of the scientific method, …
Have you ever dreamt about something – even something seemingly insignificant, like a still picture on a wall – only to encounter that exact same dream-frame later in reality? Did the realization make your spine tingle? Did it sort of feel like you’ve just spotted a glitch in the matrix of reality? If any of …
Lucid dreaming may seem like a nifty little mind-trick to some, but the truth is that it is so much more than that. Lucidity is in fact one of the core tenets of Tibetan Dream Yoga and Sleep Yoga, as it is considered the only path to true enlightenment in day-to-day life, and the only …
Remembering your dreams is absolutely essential for every dream-related experience, such as astral projection and lucid dreaming. The problem in this regard is however that our brains seem “programmed” to erase our dream-related memories as quickly and efficiently as possible. To properly recall your dreams, you need to somehow circumvent this natural obstacle. How can …
Every once in a while, I have this strange and magical feeling when I am reminded of certain things. Oftentimes I cannot even remember what it is that I’m longing for. I don’t know exactly what it signifies, but my feeling is that it is a sense of nostalgia. A feeling which has apparently is …
The spectrum of consciousness can be divided into 7 levels. In this brief article, I describe the 7 Levels of Consciousness. The normal level is the Conscious Mind. While this is the “normal” level of consciousness in the sense that most people abide in it regularly, it is not an ideal or even healthy state …
Mucuna pruriens (cowhage; velvet bean) is a tropical plant used by Ayurvedic healers and Native Americans for hundreds or thousands of years for various medicinal purposes. The seeds are also used to make jewelry, necklaces, pendants, charms, and amulets to, for example, ward off illness, headaches, and the evil eye. And its roasted beans have …
Chinese herbology and traditional Chinese medicine employ a wide variety of medicinal plants, some of which have hallucinogenic properties. In this article I review the Chinese hallucinogens, some of which are still used in traditional Chinese medicine, while others were used in folk medicine. Most of the Chinese hallucinogens are not psychedelics but deliriants. Often …
Oneirology, you might be surprised, is not just the name of an album by the Hip Hop trio CunninLynguists. So What is Oneirology? The oneirology to which I’ll be referring is the scientific study of dreams. If psychology is the science of the psyche, or mind, then oneirology is the science of dreams. Indeed, oneiron in …
