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  1. Posted

    Originally posted by MrBumpy:

    um, why does he want it? wasn't hemlock used as a poisen why back when?

    yep, and as rk said for the original flying ointment that was used by european witches ... my friends's interested in reconcocting from an original recipe

    i think you'd be right torsten about the legal status in australia but not sure about internationally - i haven't had much luck with research, wouldn't know if anyone has tried to use hemlock shamanically, but love to know

    happiness

    ea

  3. Posted

    sholto, i managed one successful germination from about 20 seed from Allies ... sown in sterile seed raising mix in a terrarium ... kept moist and under lights 16/24 hours at about 25 deg C

    happy with that one germination since it's been readily propogated by division since ...

    happiness

    ea

  4. Posted

    sholto, i managed one successful germination from about 20 seed from Allies ... sown in sterile seed raising mix in a terrarium ... kept moist and under lights 16/24 hours at about 25 deg C

    happy with that one germination since it's been readily propogated by division since ...

    happiness

    ea

  5. Posted

    a few quick q's:

    how would you establish one's individual MAO levels?

    and on the subject of seratonin ... anyone know if 5-HTP is available in aust? i've checked supplement listings from Bullivants and no see.

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  7. Posted

    sometimes the damage isn't such a bad thing ... slugs or snails munched on a grafted button (about 1cm diameter) and in the following weeks it threw out a pup smile.gif

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  9. Posted

    sydney: all is on hold for the winter.

    to further complicate things, the tricho's are all recovering from what i now know is pyrethrene (pyrethrum??) burn ... which, according to Peyote and Other Psychoactive Cacti by Adam Gottleib, only affects tricho's. can anyone elaborate on the pyrethrene/pyrethrum theme?

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  11. Posted

    i saw this mentioned in a bushfoods article in the Sydney Morning Herald a while back ... the writer gave "Aboriginal Valium" as another name for it. apparently a leaf tea was given to children to help them sleep.

    haven't been able to find out anything about constituents/traditional use etc ... anyone else?

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  13. Posted

    actually cornucopia, i'm not sure at all rolleyes.gif ... i wasn't even aware there was more than one "buddha belly", and i got the id from someone after a verbal description only ... sounds like it would be B Vulgaris "Wamin" from what you mention about size ...

    darklight: thanks for the link!

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  18. Posted

    while we're talking of such things though ... i'd be interested to hear everyone's sources for easy-to-obtain solvents ... many times i've bemoaned the fact that i don't live in the states and can't just go out and buy everclear ...

    i'm not a chemist so don't trust me with your life wink.gif but here's a few that i know of:

    90-something% isopropyl alcohol - available from the local chemist

    100% acetone from the hardware (Miller's i think??)

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  19. Posted

    in my wild and irrational youth i just walked into a chem supply place after calling them up on the phone, and walked out with a box of ph strips plus a couple of other things wink.gif

    i don't see the problem with doing things this way ... especially if you only want ph strips then it's hardly enough to issue a search warrant on, although you'll most definitely be asked for identification. the main problem is that they're damned expensive!

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  20. Posted

    reville wrote:

    >talk about taking a break from this world

    >its amazing how you are able to maintain >your identity clearly while the whole world >just melts away around you

    that's what struck me about the experience too ... i remember thinking afterwards that, short of having an oobe, a salvia trip is possibly the best evidence that can be offered for the fact that human consciousness is not necessarily tied to the body ... there's no way of denying the feeling i had of being complete and whole, and yet hardly even being anchored in my body, let alone possessed of it or in control of it ... it's the *pilot* phenomenon that you mentioned.

    happiness

    earthalchemist

  22. Posted

    here's some links that will be useful

    http://www.lycaeum.org/drugs/Phenethylamin...s.growers.guide

    http://www.lycaeum.org/drugs/Phenethylamin...us.growing.tips

    there was a site called san pedro fanatic that had plenty of good info, i don't have the url but it shouldn't be too hard for anyone to find ... have a feeling it's linked from www.lycaeum.org or www.erowid.org somewhere ...

    happiness and good growing

    earthalchemist

  25. Posted

    the general consensus used to be that castanada's writings were an amalgamation of various experiences etc and that Don Juan did not really exist, Castanada just used the fictituous figure to bring all his suppositions, observations and research together.

    have you noticed the writings emerging now, attributed to both men in Don Juan's circle, and females in a related witches circle? an acquaintance was apparently given directions to find don juan, and another said that he wants nothing to do with castaneda at all.

    make of it what you will

    happiness

    earthalchemist

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