I'm aware of it, Cap, but was trying to stay away from it, due to the nature of the web, when combined with stupid or experimental ppl. There ARE active alkaloids in the root, & they CAN kill or worse, in some cases, if I recall correctly.
My Pharmacotheon is missing or I'd be able to tell you the actual ingredients & how they react. I often wander the house with this tome, whenever I hear of some "new" wonderful plant that can give you a buzz. Most often, the plants are dangerous, at best, or they won't do much of anything at all.
Every year there are ppl who go mad, or blind, or die from using common weeds that can be found throughout our country, from coast to coast. I feel kinda responsible for disseminating certain knowledge about them, cuz they can look awfully tempting to ppl looking for a quick buzz, & think they can handle things, if others have before them.
Anyone interested in entheogens or psychotropic plants should check this book out. It isn't cheap, but there are torrent downloads available (whatever that means). I highly recommend it for anyone planning on any plant-powered spirit journeys. It contains over 2,500 plant- & chemical-based drugs used for thier trippy properties. It breaks down the active ingredients whenever available, & tells you of the many dangers involved, in some cases.
http://www.amazon.com/Pharmacotheon-Ent ... 0961423498
To demonstrate how easy it is to be one of those "stupid experimenters," I'll tell you all how stupid I was, once.
I've read in several books & magazines about the legendary "witches' flying ointment." It looked really fascinating. I had several of the actual ingredients, as well as some analogues, so I figured I'd give it a whirl.
There was actual mandrake root, which I got from the local health food store, & calamus root, which I'd grown, & the datura & monkshood, which I also grow, & a cpl other ingredients. Instead of using lard for the base, I guessed that glycerine would be more easily absorbed through the pores. (I'd decided that the more intimate use of the broomstick in my nether region was one which I'd skip, & it proved in the end [to coin a phrase] that this was the ONLY wise decision I made throughout this process.) I also added a bit of bilberry, which opens capillaries (& is very useful in promoting eye health, btw, in similar ways to blueberries). After a two-week period of allowing my glycerine to fully absorb the chemicals, I applied the sticky stuff to my entire body, & laid down to enjoy my lil flight.
Now, keep in mind that nearly every ingredient I've listed is a deadly poison by itself*, & I knew it. After waiting awhile, I fell asleep. I slept for about 6 hours, & awoke to the most irritating rash I've ever had in my life...& it was all over my body, including those embarrassing bits & even my face. It was quite painful, & I walked funny because of it, too.
Two days after my little experiment, I got my Pharmacotheon in the mail. I immediately looked up my most recent experiment, & felt quite lucky when I learned that the world's foremost expert on the flying ointments died in the 19th century, from using an actual recipe, & there I was using glycerine for maximum absorbtion, & making it up as I went along.
*I forget the actual ingredients of some of these I've listed, but monkshood, aka acconite, is so poisonous that if you cut open the root & rub it on a cut, it can possibly kill you. It's a heart poison at least ten times stronger than foxglove (digitalis). Daturas contain the same active ingredients as bella donna - atropine, hyoscyamine, & scopolomine. Any of these can kill in your average dumbass' dosage. Atropine can blind you. This combination of ingredients can also put you on a trip from which there is no return, with extremely believeable visions. This is scary, scary stuff, ppl, even WITH the use of a "spirit guide!" Don Juan Matuse was a quack at best, btw, with his use of the daturas, or "witches' weed," as he called it. This stuff is all for the strong of heart & limb, with fully experienced practitioners or REAL medical ppl present to assure your safety, & the safety of those around you, should you get out of hand. Yes, ppl can kill others unknowingly, using these things. Be very very careful what you ingest, cuz it ain't fun & games, ppl! There needs to be HUGE respect for the plant, or the drug. Without it, all bets are off.
Addendum: to push forth even further the idea that you can kill ppl when doing these things, allow me to tell you that the Thuggee, an old Hindi cult of Kali-worshippers, used datura almost exclusively before & during thier raids, where they killed travellers, stole thier goods, & busted up thier bones to bury them in shallow graves. This cult was inflitrated by a British officer around 1825, if memory serves, & it was eradicated.
Yopo, which contains DMT, is used by South American natives just before they go to battle. It's thought that it makes them invincible (it does NOT), & fearlessly ruthless in battle, which it can, but it also cannot help you discern friend from foe.
There's lots of stuff that can make you crazy & even homicidal. One of the most common is jimson weed, which is a datura. Some claim that it got its name from Jamestown, the mysteriously missing settlement in 18th century VA. I read one story in which the local natives told the ppl searching for the settlers that they had made a soup from the weed, & ended up killing each other with shovels, thinking they were being attacked by huge singing or chattering butterflies or bats.
My Pharmacotheon is missing or I'd be able to tell you the actual ingredients & how they react. I often wander the house with this tome, whenever I hear of some "new" wonderful plant that can give you a buzz. Most often, the plants are dangerous, at best, or they won't do much of anything at all.
Every year there are ppl who go mad, or blind, or die from using common weeds that can be found throughout our country, from coast to coast. I feel kinda responsible for disseminating certain knowledge about them, cuz they can look awfully tempting to ppl looking for a quick buzz, & think they can handle things, if others have before them.
Anyone interested in entheogens or psychotropic plants should check this book out. It isn't cheap, but there are torrent downloads available (whatever that means). I highly recommend it for anyone planning on any plant-powered spirit journeys. It contains over 2,500 plant- & chemical-based drugs used for thier trippy properties. It breaks down the active ingredients whenever available, & tells you of the many dangers involved, in some cases.
http://www.amazon.com/Pharmacotheon-Ent ... 0961423498
To demonstrate how easy it is to be one of those "stupid experimenters," I'll tell you all how stupid I was, once.
I've read in several books & magazines about the legendary "witches' flying ointment." It looked really fascinating. I had several of the actual ingredients, as well as some analogues, so I figured I'd give it a whirl.
There was actual mandrake root, which I got from the local health food store, & calamus root, which I'd grown, & the datura & monkshood, which I also grow, & a cpl other ingredients. Instead of using lard for the base, I guessed that glycerine would be more easily absorbed through the pores. (I'd decided that the more intimate use of the broomstick in my nether region was one which I'd skip, & it proved in the end [to coin a phrase] that this was the ONLY wise decision I made throughout this process.) I also added a bit of bilberry, which opens capillaries (& is very useful in promoting eye health, btw, in similar ways to blueberries). After a two-week period of allowing my glycerine to fully absorb the chemicals, I applied the sticky stuff to my entire body, & laid down to enjoy my lil flight.
Now, keep in mind that nearly every ingredient I've listed is a deadly poison by itself*, & I knew it. After waiting awhile, I fell asleep. I slept for about 6 hours, & awoke to the most irritating rash I've ever had in my life...& it was all over my body, including those embarrassing bits & even my face. It was quite painful, & I walked funny because of it, too.
Two days after my little experiment, I got my Pharmacotheon in the mail. I immediately looked up my most recent experiment, & felt quite lucky when I learned that the world's foremost expert on the flying ointments died in the 19th century, from using an actual recipe, & there I was using glycerine for maximum absorbtion, & making it up as I went along.
*I forget the actual ingredients of some of these I've listed, but monkshood, aka acconite, is so poisonous that if you cut open the root & rub it on a cut, it can possibly kill you. It's a heart poison at least ten times stronger than foxglove (digitalis). Daturas contain the same active ingredients as bella donna - atropine, hyoscyamine, & scopolomine. Any of these can kill in your average dumbass' dosage. Atropine can blind you. This combination of ingredients can also put you on a trip from which there is no return, with extremely believeable visions. This is scary, scary stuff, ppl, even WITH the use of a "spirit guide!" Don Juan Matuse was a quack at best, btw, with his use of the daturas, or "witches' weed," as he called it. This stuff is all for the strong of heart & limb, with fully experienced practitioners or REAL medical ppl present to assure your safety, & the safety of those around you, should you get out of hand. Yes, ppl can kill others unknowingly, using these things. Be very very careful what you ingest, cuz it ain't fun & games, ppl! There needs to be HUGE respect for the plant, or the drug. Without it, all bets are off.
Addendum: to push forth even further the idea that you can kill ppl when doing these things, allow me to tell you that the Thuggee, an old Hindi cult of Kali-worshippers, used datura almost exclusively before & during thier raids, where they killed travellers, stole thier goods, & busted up thier bones to bury them in shallow graves. This cult was inflitrated by a British officer around 1825, if memory serves, & it was eradicated.
Yopo, which contains DMT, is used by South American natives just before they go to battle. It's thought that it makes them invincible (it does NOT), & fearlessly ruthless in battle, which it can, but it also cannot help you discern friend from foe.
There's lots of stuff that can make you crazy & even homicidal. One of the most common is jimson weed, which is a datura. Some claim that it got its name from Jamestown, the mysteriously missing settlement in 18th century VA. I read one story in which the local natives told the ppl searching for the settlers that they had made a soup from the weed, & ended up killing each other with shovels, thinking they were being attacked by huge singing or chattering butterflies or bats.
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SMILE - it's the safest way to spread your cheeks!
