Nostalgia & Nostalgic Dreams Meaning
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…
7 Levels of Consciousness, Chakras, & Sephirot
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…
Mucuna pruriens & L-DOPA
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…
Traditional Chinese Hallucinogens
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…
Oneirology (Dream Science): Why We Dream & more
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…
Psychoactive Smoking Blends
The use of incense is found throughout the world and is believed to have given rise to the practice of smoking. Psychoactive smoking blends play important roles in shamanic rituals,…
Mother Ayahuasca – The Great Medicine of the Amazon
Mother Ayahuasca ("vine of the soul") has been the most important medicine of the Amazonian Indians of South America since pre-Columbian times. Among its many uses: Medical purposes - to…
Khat – Catha edulis Dreams & Natural Amphetamine
Khat (Catha edulis) is a stimulant or "upper," a substance that wakes one up, but doesn't effect any changes in perception. Long before the first coffee was ever brewed, humans…
Bacopa monnieri Nootropic – Natural “Methylphenidate”
A hypothetical candidate for the original soma plant of the Vedas, Bacopa monnieri (in Sanskrit sarasvati or "that which flows"), is a medicinal and nootropic plant named after Saraswati, the…
Cocoa (Sleep & Dream Effects)
Many of us love a hot cup of cocoa. If you're like me, you may even take your coffee with cocoa regularly as a mocha preparation. But what is cocoa…