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It's that time of year coming up and I was thinking today about the Christmas/Amanita relationship, ie: reindeers, red + white, coniferous trees... This was probably the most interesting of the vids I found on youtube.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChL9YY1v0h0 Amanita lore has to be taken with a grain of salt, I think, as there are as many disagreeing views as there are with such topics as the meaning of DMT elves. Anyone got any other ethno Christmas links?

Congrats man. Shitting yourself is the only sensible option at this point, but it'll come naturally once Feb rolls around. There'll almost certainly be times when you could reverse your decision to have kids, but weighed up against all the positives of helping to raise a human being and seeing the result of your efforts, I can't imagine that you'll be anything but happier for having a child in your life. All the best, and yeah... enjoy your sleep while you can. For the record, we've got number 2 due in March and I'm shitting myself too.

So, what are the other 2 top movies in your book?

Hi guys, A very generous member on this site gave me a small number of Desmanthus Illinoensis seeds a little while back and they were sown in September. Two of the three seeds sprouted and of the two, only one made it past the 10mm mark. Now, three months on it is a healthy looking seedling but now it has developed its distinguishing features it seems more likely that it is something other than Desmanthus Illinoensis. I've never grown Desmanthus before, but from what I've read, I believe that a Desmanthus seedling is meant to have a similar appearance to an Acacia seedling. As you can see from the picture, this plant has much larger leaves with a smoothly serrated edge and a roughish texture on the top surface of the leaves. Also, this particular specimen has sort of draped itself over the side of the pot. So... first of all, can anyone ID the plant? Secondly, is the draping effect meant to be this way or should I be taking measures to correct its posture, so to speak? The picture makes it look as though the plant has collapsed under its own weight, but, in fact, the plant has been growing this way ever since it was big enough to reach the edge of the pot. The apparent kink in the stem is just the way it has grown. Thanks to anyone who can help.

You guys are fucked!!! LOL Where can I see more of those?

OK, I concede. There's nothing cool about drinking dog turds, even if all the other kids are doing it. Aussijwerta, my suggestion to drink dog turds came from me first of all suggesting a genuine bufo alternative to frogs and your response that you couldn't find any of that. Here is what I got when I typed "cebil" into the search engine. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1 Here's what I got when I typed in "bufo". You'll see a good thread about psychoactive animals in this second link. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search&section=search&do=search&fromsearch=1 You've started seven threads since you joined a week ago, mostly asking questions that could have been answered by doing a simple search. This has been pointed out in each of these threads by various members and a lot of members have also answered your un-researched questions. It was starting to frustrate me already, but when you responded to my answer with even more "I can't be bothered researching myself", it really got my goat. I thought it would be an interesting social experiment to see if I could actually convince you to drink the filth from a canine's bowel... I figured that if you were too lazy to research things you might just take it at face value and give it a whirl. Anyway, I'm glad you didn't follow my recipe, because I'm sure it wouldn't be pleasant but, seriously, try to use the search engine, google and erowid before starting any more threads along the lines of "What plant/animal could I extract illegal substance x from". Also, tell us a bit about yourself. And welcome aboard.

Very interesting. I like this thread.

Now this is more along the lines of swarm intelligence, IMO (not plants, obviously)

Good stuff, PD.

Yeah, I agree. I don't think this is particularly amazing. The fingers on our hands aren't separate entities, the tentacles on an octopus aren't separate entities, the roots of a plant aren't separate entities. Surely someone who read a proposal of this research pointed that out to the scientists!?! ...or am I missing something?

and spread the word.

No, it's for real, man. If you're not feeling the effects you're just not drinking enough. Whenever I've huffed cebil I've ended up profusely sweating with my head in the toilet bowl with nausea coursing through my entire being and I felt exactly the same way after drinking dog turds. Therefore, they must both contain the same active ingredient. My experience with dog turds was so life-changing and spiritually fulfilling... to this day, I can't pass a dog in the street without getting the urge to lift his tail and kiss him on the rectum. I urge you all to try this and report back your experiences in this thread.

LOL... what are my glasses doing in the fridge?

Another interesting, but little known, fact is that bufotenine occurs naturally in dog droppings along with trace amounts of other desirable tryptamines. Very simple to get what you're after. You need to wait until the dog turds are hard and dry, because this is when the tryptamine content will be at its greatest. Simply take a few good handfuls of the stuff and powder into a bowl. Mix in water a little bit at a time, stirring constantly, because you want the consistency to be just right. You're aiming for milkshake, rather than thickshake consistency. Once you've reached the desired consistency, simply take about a coffee mugs worth and drink. The taste may be a little funny at first, but you'll get used to it. I personally find that if I swish it around in my mouth and through my teeth the tryptamines are absorbed more easily (you don't even need an MAOI with this stuff). If you don't feel the effects within fifteen minutes, simply repeat with another coffee mug's worth.

bufotenine? Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil Roast seeds, crush, mix with lime, fill your sinuses and enjoy. The most psychedelic toilet bowl you'll ever have your head in. <edit - lime = powdered limestone, not citrus>

New forum definitely looks to be an improvement, especially when viewing from an iPhone. Nice. Is there a way to customize colours though? The blue on my computer is a little harder on the eyes than the old beige.

LOL

Good luck, mate and congrats on you engagement. Sorry I can't help in the way of work or accom, but best thoughts with you.

he he... yeah, not very vegan friendly at all. We'll go with your suggestion for next year. Really interesting day, although I only got to meet one person from the forums and that was very brief. Some really interesting presentations. Worth every cent of the ticket price.

It is hereby decreed that all Sabbers attending EGA shall wear a three foot tall hat made from collected birds nests, held together by honey and encrusted with flowers from their gardens, just to make recognition of each other a little easier. I'll look out for your fairy mushrooms tomorrow, Amazonian. You'll recognize me because I look exactly the same as my sig, all two dimensions of me. I'll even be riding the contraption. Hope to catch up with some others tomorrow too.

Damn... missed out on all the fun. He now has a disclaimer on each page stating something along the lines of: "It's come to my attention that some of my auctions were for prohibited items. They have been removed and destroyed."

I shoulda put a smiley in my last post, cos I was trying to be a bit flippant. Maybe this one... When I was 18, I felt like this too. I still think love is sacred and I have an enormous amount for respect for females. I'm happily married to a woman that I adore and have no intention straying from... and.... if I look back on the last 13 years, I recognize many occasions where I turned down the opportunity for sex because of my ideas of what love and sex mean. If I could have my time again, I'd still have turned down some of the opportunities but there are a lot that I could have very much enjoyed, that the girl could have very much enjoyed, that would have been mutually respectful and that would have been a hell of a lot of fun. This thread is "what do you wish you knew when you were 18?" and, frankly, this is one of those things (for me at least) I'd be interested to know how you'll see this situation when you're 30 something. You might feel exactly the same, you might not. As someone else posted, you have to learn through your own experience so I'm not really expecting you to take the advice of "Shag anyone you can". Realistically, if I could go back in time and have a heart-to-heart with myself aged 18, I'd probably not take advice from my older self. You've gotta live your life and learn your own set of morals, your own rules of living. Really good thread, by the way.

I had a friend put on an Amon Tobin CD one night about five years ago when we were lounging around on her bed googing off our nuts. I still remember how absolutely amazing his music sounded in that state. I wish I could remember what album it was... Beautiful music.

All the wiggles have got to be rolling in it. They were a band before they were the wiggles. What was it?... hang on... here we go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKxyJsRiC58&feature=related I actually thought I hated the Wiggles until about about a year ago when a friend bought me and my kid a ticket to the show. I grumbled all the way to the concert and when it finished I grumbled that I had to go home again. It had such a good feel and they all were great showmen. They've all got to be pushing 50 but they were doing acrobatics and dancing and singing and having a ball doing it. They made the right move going over to kids music.

This seems to be a recurring theme. Take heed Btotl.