Alchemist

Just don't lance them! Grow them for art and beauty in the back yard. Grow a few only. Spencer's spices from Coles or Woolies are very viable as are the ones from shops such as 'Source Bulk Foods'. For a few bucks you can grow a forest. White ones in Indian shops no good, probably roasted.

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone would be willing to sell me a few seeds or sell me a small seedling of the touch sensitive plant Mimosa Pudica. I'm in WA but posting a small plant via express mail is no problem. Cheers!

Chaps, does anyone have or know where to purchase dry Cramp Bark. Looking for 100g or so of the herb, sent to WA. Cheers

Hi Everyone, I'm after some Datura Inoxa seeds which are still viable. Must be the inoxa type only please. Cheers

I have a very open mind, but in this particular case it was easy for me to come to the conclusion that it was a complete fabrication. The whole show was done by paying the crowd a little money and getting them to go along with the story. I did however enjoy the video to the end and will look for others in the series.

Has anyone here got the yellow flowering version of C.Z.?

Yes intitally I tried it as a tea but as the dosae went up I couldn t drink it any longer. So I extracted it with various solvents and ingested the residue left after evaroration. After that failure i resorted to varourising the residue. The plant was from Gomaos which I think originally came from Torsten.

Completely negative C.Z. experience. Worked my way up to 25g extractions, acetone ,ethanol,water in separate experiments. Vapourised theplant and extracts. Probably works well on some, not at all on others.

Yes please do ,very interested. Getting back to the original topic of strong visualization, thank you once again for your posts. It seems that I really have an underdeveloped visual imagination and need to work hard. Its been good to know that some of you are capable of it to a reasonable degree. I shall try the afterimage intensification of a single spot initially and see how go for a few months. If anything it should help me with Astral projection using Ophiel's 'little system'

Yes, and the other across the road. Giligan what side of river are you ?

Friends, the plant I use to very occasionally 'admire' in the nedlands area has been chopped down after probably having been there for 40+ years. It may have happened in the last 3 years for all I know. Hence I've decided to grow my own, before the law changes, and would like to know of any other plant that is still around from which I could take a few cuttings. Apparently there are still a few around but after driving around the nedlands area for two days and not knowing how to identify it quickly from a distance, I've decided to seek help! I'm not going to decimate the tree nor tell anyone else, I just need a few cuttings. If you can help with a location please send me a Personal Message only. Thanks.

Well , I guess I can't see anything spiritual in the scientific research papers that go through my desk , but that's probably just me. Belief in a creator/inteligent force I can easily make myself see, but anything else I can't. I just have to believe in the person who wrote the books and try for myself.

I have seen Randi's videos and very much like the chap. He has a great personality. I am I scientist, and science has improved our physical quality of life dramatically. but having initially liberated us from the chains of religion is now doing its best to destroy all spirituality. Of those who claim to have special abilities, some are schizophrenic, others have great imaginations and some are cheats. I believe that proving something to one's self is all that is required any more is just too difficult.

Whitewind, I cant see a thing with my minds eye. For example this morning I tried to picture a blackboard on which I wrote numbers with chalk , starting with 99. I then wiped the number and wrote the next descending number until I reached 1. I could see nothing but imagined the action, just as you would do in a dark room. Or as you would do writing on the board with the eyes closed. As I wrote, I could see no images. It was all done by imagining the movement involved. If I had to imagine something where no movement is involved then I am stumped. For example to imagine a box I can imagine the straight lines and how I could feel aroud the box. I can't see it. If I had to imagine a rose , I would have in my mind a feeling of a blob because I cant imagine all the angles involved nor how it would feel with my big clumsy hands. IndianDreaming: Yes the 'Secret' was a money making scam, but countless books have been made regarding the fundamental method. She just marketed it well. The books range from Occult books, The masterkey System , The Secret of Success , The power of the subconscious mind. The list is endless. Many intermingle Christianity with the law, (probably to disassociate it with its occult origins), but it all boils down to the law that by imagining what is wanted very strongly, and not aiming too high initially, the astral plane (which is all thought) begins to act on the physical. I don't necessarily believe it, but would love to try it.

Thanks for the posts people, keep them coming as I am digesting it all. To clarify, it is apparently possible to develop the visualization skill to such an extent that one can imagine anything and see it with eyes open. As a side exercise one must also practice removing the image deliberately to avoid going mad. I came across this concept while reading an occult book twenty years ago (not dark force material, but how to influence things of this world). It stated that before any magic work can ever work, the person must develop such a strong skill. Without it none of the spells, wishes and dreams come true. I came across a similar concept again reading Ophiel's excellent books on creative visualization and again in a more random way while reading all sorts of material from obtaining prophecies to astral projection on the etheric plane. I once asked a person who was practicing reki and she claimed she could immediately picture an object and see it on the table. She seemed puzzled that I could not do that and though that I was the one telling fibs. Books say anyone can achieve this, it seems to need a herculean effort on my part. After researching for years I believe that such a skill is not just a novelty but can be used to enhace ones life in a dramatic way. That's why I'd like to know if anyone here has such a skill, even a weaker one.