Ishmael Fleishman

I can see a similarities in the Areoles with the Roseii 2 that I. A friend of mine is selling it for $150 - yes she is beautiful - and I do not have a an 8 rib example. so I am looking to purchase it. I have asked him about its pedigree but I am waiting to hear back. As for identification someone should make up a flowchart for Trichocereus - like how many ribs does it have? More then 6 More then 8 More then 12? etc etc...

How do I tell a peruvianus from a birdgesii?

My apologies for the verbose nature of this post, and I will surely lose many before this convulsion ends. After a recent experience, I have been pondering the question of the nature of reality. This is a preliminary attempt to synthesise several interrelated ideas on the outer limits of thought. Many of these ideas have been postulated by the likes of Animism, the Buddha, William Blake, Carl Jung, Alan Watts, Aldous Huxley, Terence Mckenna, Ram Dass, Neuroscience and even Cosmology; however never fully expressed as follows: ONE - The structure of the brain limits our capacity to experience reality, and all we believe to be real is a transcribed interpretation of what is out there. This phenomenon is often described as the reducing valve, and therefore, what we consider to be reality is an insipid facsimile of reality's true breadth and scope. TWO - Psychedelics are one possible means by which we may, for a short time, where total immersion in reality becomes possible. Width mediation and enlightenment are the others. THREE - The multiverse, with the help of plants and fungi, are teachers that produce compounds to help these stupid big-brain primates called humans understand the true nature of the multiverse. We suffer because we are attached to our reducing-valve-induced delusions. FOUR: Psychedelic compounds are not hallucinogens; they do not make us see or experience what does not exist but allow us to fully comprehend what is. FIVE: That consciousness is not the product of the brain. It is not merely the result of incessant firings of mechanistic neurons; the brain is a consciousness transceiver tuned into the multiverse, a node on a trans-dimensional information super interchange. That our consciousness is the collective unconscious part of an unceasing ebb and flow between all creation from the beginning to the end of time and beyond, permeating the multiverse. A force no less real than that of gravity and possibly just as subtle. SIX: To fully engage with reality means tapping into a trans-dimensional multiverse we experience as consciousness. A multiverse filled with beings, creatures and all of us, the very Godhead itself. Now my musing is this - If there is any validity to this understanding of our place in reality. Then reality is something stupendously wondrous, even more so than the fervent delusion of a madman. Yet, I can hear the reductionist carrion call who rejects such notions as the ravings of madmen, who argues we are all just meat machines, nothing more than glorified bags of excrement strung out on a chemical soup of misfiring neurotransmitters suffering with contemptible delusions groping in the dark, staring at the shadows on the cave.

My hope is to start a conversation. I have no answers. Micromegas you have correctly pointed out the core of my question and my OP is very much a question My OP was a question as much as it was a summation of my understanding. My summation does contain a "leap of faith". Because religious revelation provides a language for an ineffable experience. In my OP I asking very much what is real? This is why I muse about points 1 - 6 and if they are true then However in saying the above I am questioning - however can something so stupendously wondrous be real? and why I finish questioning are we Leaving open the possibility that the and it being nothing more then a personal psychological construct. However I feel that these experiences are part of a collective human experience - maybe they are just a shared delusion of human consciousness but even that would make then stupendously wondrous.

I am interested in the preparation, dosage and consumption of Peruvian "Singado, or singar” Tobacco Juice in the Northern Peruvian Curanderismo Tradition. I have found been unable to find a definite reference recipe for its perpetration. I have seen instruction that came from Don Eduardo Calderon Palomino that was a mix of mapacho, alcohol, water, sugar and spices. Another recommends mapacho powder soaked in a 10% alcohol solution for months then filtered and another version adds honey to the mix. Then other references talk about mixing in some wachuma tea with the tobacco juice. Then their is the question of dosage, their are references to a small shell but to my Western mind that is not a unti of measure I am comfortable with. I have seen the wachuma ceremonies performed and the shells are not that small. See attached still from Eduardo Calderón- the Healer 1978 El Tuno. Chamán y curandero de Las Delicias - Trujillo If you have seen episode one of Netflix How to Change Your Mind you have seen this scene with the tobacco juice measured in a syringe before being injected into the nasal passage. Then I just came across the idea that Singado is a more modern version of the ancient practice of imbibing yopo (Anadenanthera peregrin). Has anyone got any experience with Peruvian "Singado, or singar” Tobacco Juice and its relationship to wachuma. I have also noticed that some form of tobacco juice is being used in Neo-shamanic and psychedelic therapists as way to break through "energy blocks". I have also heard of the juice being rubbed into the inside of the elbow to help people break through difficult moments - allowing the users mind to focus and not to be distracted. Since nicotine and possible other alkaloids can be absorbed through the skin, this also makes sense and would be slower to come on then administrating via the sinus.

Micromegas thank you for your account and first hand experience with tobacco juice. I will need to digest your information. The value and purpose of alcohol would depend on the abv. I have seen recipes with as little as 10% alcohol and this can only be as a solvent however once you get to 38% abv then you are using the alcohol as a preservative. This is why wine at 15% abv will go off but whiskey at 40% abv will not. I will try looking online again but I have not been able to find much information.

I am surprised that no one has anything to say about the use of tobacco juice through the sinus. I may just have to experiment very very carefully by myself. Maybe starting with 1/8 of a ml of tobacco juice in maybe 10ml of water and working up in dosage. Probably have to use weight instead of volume to get accurate measurements. I have about 100g of mapacho sitting in 400ml of 60% ABV rum for several months. I will dilute it down with 400ml of water and honey and leave for a few more months. I know from my days brewing beer that alcohol is a solvent and it extracts certain flavonoids and alkaloids but so does water only it extract different ones. This is why whiskey is aged in oak barrels between 50% to 65% ABV the rest being water and the water being a essential part in extracting flavor from the barrel. I think using honey will make the solution more viscous and better tasting if it gets down the back of the throat from the sinus. However nicotine is a powerful toxin. However I am an ex smoker I have a fair tolerance. However extreme caution is the order of the day. Would love opinions and experiences.

A kind member on this community gifted me some ceremonial cacao to compare to the supermarket bought raw cacao. I made the ceremonial cacao in the same way I would the raw - 50g of cacao, milk, sugar and chilli. In short the difference between these two items not comparable. The raw cacao is a kids drinks the ceremonial cacao is an entheogen. The ceremonial cacao started within 30 minutes as a tingle in the arms and body and a slight stimulating buzz but nothing edge after an hour or two gave way to a deep relaxation almost a feeling of floating in water. I could definitely feel that it made me more in touch with my emotions, not emotional just they I could feel more - maybe this is the opening of the heart people speak about. As the day wore on I could feel the effect, I not sure how to describe it however the best I can describe in the relaxation akin to a small to moderate amount of alcohol a feeling that has stayed with me and I could definitely feel it working its way through me throughout the day. I have noted that my stomach is unsettled and a little sensitive maybe not used to so much Theobromine. 10 hours post consumption and I can still feel it, relaxed ready for sleep. Maybe I am more sensitive or not used to the medicine. I did not do a full ritual, just centered myself with a prayer before ingestion. No real set setting and the like however I could see how ceremonial cacao could be a very effective entheogen. I feel that combined with another entheogens it could be a great part of a come up phase. I can see why traditionally ceremonial cacao was mixed with magic mushrooms the likes of Maria Sabina. Combining it with Wachuma is definitely worth considering. From my limited third-hand understanding cacao is a central Peru entheogen were Wachuma is more associated with northern coastal Peru. However it seems to that they would really go together so well. Maybe even smoking mapacho and drinking cacao would be interesting. While ceremonial cacao is four time the price of raw cacao I feel its like comparing a Honda to a Maserati. Its price would limit daily use but I do not think that any entheogen should be used daily. I will comment on the taste. The raw cacao taste much more akin to commercial chocolate the ceremonial cacao is earthier, less bitter then expected, less chocolate, it is just different to chocolate or raw cacao. Ceremonial cacao was no were as intense in flavor as I thought it would be. Possible because it is not as refined/processed and still contains all the cocoa fat which could possible dilute the chocolate flavor. I defiantly will be exploring ceremonial cacao again.

I have a dear and beloved friend a 57-year-old professional female who lives in Victoria. She has a history of anxiety, depression, insomnia and Excoriation disorder (obsessive skin picking). She was on several SSRIs, anti-psychotics, and more. None of the medications was working. So she had another friend offer her a cannabis joint. She has been having the occasional joint for 1 month during this time her anxiety, depression, insomnia and Excoriation disorder have gone away her skin is no longer full of holes. In a month she has tapered off all other meds. She was calling her experience with cannabis "amazing" and was glad to no longer take several pills a day. Today her family found out that she smokes 1 joint every few days. Their response was to book her into a private drug rehabilitation clinic for one weak. They have threatened to cut off all contact if she does not go. They are calling her a junky and that she will lose her job and that marijuana is a gateway to heroin and cocaine. Then her sister who works for the police has put a notice on her licence that the police must pull her over whenever they come across her and that is to be treated like a drug addict and will be tested for drugs. I feel that this must be illegal, abuse of police powers and police harassment. Police should not be able to target someone without criminal cause/justification?????? Her romantic partner even turned on her, her children, sister and parents have all turned on her for smoking a fucking joint. My friend is beside herself, she was having the best day and then her supposedly loving family does this. It just shows me how insane Cannabis Propaganda is and how it has fucked up people's minds have become regarding a plant that has been used for 10,000 years and while it is temporarily restricted it soon will be made legal in a few short years. Questions Can you be forced into rehab? Can the police target you without cause? How fucked up is this for a joint?

Alchemica Thanks for the link price is reasonable compared to other brands. 1kg at $77 dollars equals 20 doses of cacao. Which means a 50g dose cost of $3.85. Not that bad in my books.

Confirmation that a decoction of P. harmala seeds is massively potentiated by addition to a drink made of large amounts cacao.

I purchase 5 liter Bottle of Distilled Water from Coles and tonight I had the thought that they could possible make great bottles for bottle tek. Since they are ribbed, what if the ribs could be interlocked if cut the right way. So I cut off the tops of two bottles and after a little fiddling and cutting I managed to get two bottle to go together. The trick is to cut one bottle above a rib (rib in) and the second bottle below a rib (rib out) that way the bottle slide and lock into each other. I think it would make better tek then coke bottles because they are 5 liters not 2 liters they are taller, more volume, and they are square so more efficient use of space when you have multiples. The down side the lock in between the components is not as solid as the coke bottles and filled with 5 liters of soil I doubt that you could pick it from the top and have it hold together. Would do people think?

I doubt you could fit 10 as they their foot print is large almost 17cm x 17cm - I think possible 5 might fit into a styro box.

Alchemica - the cuttings are doing well green and lush with some going into bloom and all - however the Sceletium emarcidum cuttings are not looking so good - their is obvious browning and drying out have you got any advice? Will it come right or do I need to do something different?

@Alchemica - I have looked at sourcing ceremonial grade and it is in all honestly perplexing. What is genuine and what is marketing, so many of the brands are trading on their authenticty but as a consumer on the other side of the world I cannot know. Can you recommend a supplier of ceremonial grade cacao? Cacao does not seem to get much traction as a psychoactive drug. Our cultural consumption of hyper processed diluted and sachrine chocolate maybe blinding us to the possible potential of cacao. @Alchemica what are your thoughts of mixing cacao with harmala?

Yes I also just drink the instant stuff - that is the raw cacao powder from the super market. The price is $5.5 for 250g. I am taking larger doses in the 40g per serve once a day sometimes twice a day. I compare the cost to coffee I can easily pay $6.5 or more for a single coffee so for less then a $1 for a far more mood enhancing drink. I used to drink coffee regularly however now I dislike it - cacao is far less anxiety inducing. The ceremonial grade stuff is not easy to get were I am and I have just not been able to justify the cost at this time - however I am keen to try if their is any difference. ALDI sells nibs as a regular product in the dried fruit section. I have tried it and occasionally have a nibble from the bag I bought a while back. Cacao and cannabis makes sense. Cacao and mushrooms makes sense and I am keen to try this combination next mushroom season. Cacao with rosewater or rose petals not traditional but it is amazing flavor and roses are viewed to open ones heart. I am interested in cacao and its MAOI's - I have experience with β-carboline alkaloids (MAOI's) as a way to ameliorates my depressive symptoms. Harmala in small doses is very effective however Cacao is 100% legal and easier to get. Cacao is far less potent and that is a good thing. Not everything has to be mega doses ultra-concentrated all the time. However. The MAOI in cacao Tryptoline, also known as tetrahydro-β-carboline and tetrahydronorharmane Their are lots of warning of combining MAOI's with all kinds of food - however further research has open me to the idea that this only holds true for non reversible pharmaceutical MAOI's in contrast reversible The β-carboline alkaloids of the harmala have been combined with San Pedro (a source of mescaline and other derivatives of phenethylamine), for example with no ill effects according to Keeper Trouts bioassay and I believe that the same will hold true for cacao. The fact that MAOI's are everywhere in nature and humans have been combining all kinds of MAOI's with derivatives of phenethylamine and that we are still here is worth noting. It would be interesting to conduct a bioassay of cacao and harmala. The mood enhancing and relaxing stimulant qualities of cacao with minute incremental doses of harmala would be worth exploring as a micro-dose regiment for mood and depressive disorders. EDIT - Obviously difference in potency will be huge but I found this list of MAOI foods https://www.botanical-online.com/en/medicinal-plants/depression-natural-mao-inhibitors -

Looking at the first video - it looks like he is cutting way past the cambium layer into the sapwood even the heartwood and when the the stem roots it roots from the point were the cambium layer / bark terminates. Interesting would love to know why.

I personally would be certainly interested in a 5%THC cannabis for the purpose of consumption. A light, everyday use product, think of it as the light beer of the cannabis world. There is only so much Everclear you can drink and still work and play.

A giant thank you to Alchemica expecting 9 or so cuttings I was greeted with 10 packets of plants and no just finding one example of each but rather several cuttings contained in each packet, included were three plants that were already rooted. In total Alchemica has furnished me with almost 40 plants. I had to double up many of them because I ran out of spare pots and soil. A huge thank you. I used a mix of potting mix and 4mm pumice stone for drainage - tomorrow I got to get labels for each and I will fertilize with some root stimulants.

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Interesting plant just because it is devoid of the conspicuous morphology of the standard cannabis plant. However I would guess that a cluster of these plants would exude the heady cannabis aroma. Turns out In addition to its curious taxonomy, it has a very discreet aroma of fresh fennel, which we will not be able to detect unless we stick our nose to the flowery tops. Found several sellers selling seeds for $100 to $200 for 10 seeds https://seedsforme.com/product/australian-bastard-cannabis-abc/ https://dcseedexchange.com/product/australian-bastard-cannabis-abc-7-regular-autoflower-seeds/ https://www.insaneseeds.com/product/australian-bastard-cannabis-ibl/ https://www.nomadseeds.com/producto/australian-bastard-cannabis/ https://humboldtcsi.com/product/australian-bastard-cannabis-site-4/ I am not a cannabis fan but would grow this plant just because its low THC and being a oddity. I am sure that their must be someone in Australia who could supply these seeds. BRING ON LEGALIZATION

I got these cacti from an online seller but I forgot what it was. Can people identify? A few notes - It has a few double spines for each areole and the spines are yellow to light brown in color. Most are single-spined areoles. It is throwing some major new ribs going from a 6 to a 9 rib. It was cut from a very mature 15year old mother plant. The seller stripped the spines before shipping and it has been a year now and they are slowly growing back. The spines are soft and break off easily. I am fairly certain that it is not a PC pachanoi - But I cannot tell the difference between peruvianus vs bridgesii.

The seller did not give it a name - just that she had acquired it from someone who had used it shamanic rituals and it came from a very old and established stand that she grew.

I started with takeaway tek and had good success germinating however very quickly the takeaway tek lids have to removed because the seedling shot past. Then you loose the humidity controlled environment and then the roots bottom out on the bottom of the takeaway tek. Then I had to replant to soon and suffered many losses. I am hopping that these larger bottle tek will help avoid these problems. I scored some seeds for some OP Terscheckii seeds from the Dawsons collection that I will put into these large bottles. I also have a cat and the takeaway tek is all to temping resting spot for my cat and subsequently suffered more looses. The bottles should prove less comfortable.

I will put my hand up for one pack - Thanks you.