This FAQ file was prepared by Matthew Baggott originally for distribution on the newsgroup alt.drugs and was updated for the Drug Dependence Research Center’s homepage. WHAT IS ABSINTHE? Absinthe is strong alcoholic liqueur made with an herbal extract including wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). It is an emerald green drink (due to the presence of chlorophyll) which […]
Shamanic Tools
By March 22, 2008 Leave a Comment
The physical body is the PRIMARY tool implemented by the shaman. It’s brain and central nervous system serves as a host for consciousness, allowing it to experience its immediate physical circumstances. On Earth, the physical body most readily accepted by shaman consciousness is that of homo sapiens species. The human body is a result of […]
Psychonauts
By March 15, 2008 1 Comment
A Psychonaut is a person who uses psychoactive entheogens as guides, or means, to achieve inward spiritual experiences, and who reflects upon these experiences and applies them to their own life in a positive way, with the intent of bettering themselves. The word entheogen is a modern term derived from two Ancient Greek words entheos […]
Absinthe Preparation – The Traditional Method
By January 29, 2008 1 Comment
Traditionally, absinthe is poured into a glass over which a specially designed slotted spoon is placed. A sugar cube is then deposited in the bowl of the spoon. Ice-cold water is poured or dripped over the sugar until the drink is diluted to a ratio between 3:1 and 5:1. During this process, the components that […]
MDMA Experience
By June 12, 2007 Leave a Comment
June 1994, Cyprus My teacher, Miki, is about ten years older than me, but her heart is not. One night Miki came to my house very excited; she had brought with her two tablets of ecstasy and wanted us to take it together. I was diffident, and immediately went into giving her all the reasons […]
Ayahuasca Experience
By November 25, 1999 3 Comments
This was a wonderful experience and one of those for which words will not be adequate. My kundalini energy was released and it felt like a colorful snake, formed by my energy fields, was encircling my spine in a spiral embrace. It was a feeling of absolute unity with myself – a reunion. I opened […]
Iboga Experience – The Transformation of the Self
By April 2, 1998 11 Comments
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William Blake I woke up at 9am, but did not have any breakfast, only some vegetable soup at around noon. At 1pm. I’d begun taking small doses of 2gr. of Iboga root bark powder every fifteen minutes; I mixed […]
