I recently had the good fortune to sample some indian opium. I can't believe how different it was to heroin. It felt like more like an entheogen, a divine plant, than a painkiller (although it does kill pain). I now understand what Thomas Dequncey was speaking about, when he called it the "celestial drug" that orders the faculties. I never experienced these magical, entheogenic effects with heroin or pharmy opiates. I did get a taste of them from pod tea and poppy seed tea but somehow those highs felt dirty in comparison to this opium. It felt so much more refined, elegant, alive, trippy in a way that is not often discussed on this forum in reference to opiates.
I've pretty much concluded that all plant "drugs" are (or can be) entheogens, medicines and tools for self exploration and the idea that some of them (psychedelics) are for this purpose but others are simply narcotics or "drugs of abuse" is false. The fact that you can become addicted to opium, is simply one of it's lessons. It's part of its curriculum just as a very humbling psychological experience on mushrooms is part of their curriculum.
So what lessons does opium have to teach us? Well, it showed me that the source of all true joy, hope and inspiration lies within me only separated from my conscious awareness by the veil of the mind and the physical frame. Opium dissolves this barrier, allowing the pain-ridden mortal self to commune with the eternal bliss of the Spirit. But in addition to merely showing me this as a pure insight or new piece of information, it actually felt as though the opium was working to re-order my faculties so that they might be put back into harmony with this dance of celestial delight. My mind remained quite clear and awake , while my pain was numbed just enough to allow me to go deeper into my feeling states without too much resistance. Overall, there seemed to be a steadying/grounding effect on my consciousness.
All in all, it was simply brilliant and I look forward to future experimentation.
I would now like to rant for a minute about the drug war. The drug war has effectively taken this medicine out of our hands and replaced it with dangerous pharmaceutical opiates like fentanyl, heroin, oxycodone, etc. I am not against the use of heroin, it is an excellent painkiller. But its also much less of an entheogen and much more a drug of abuse than its natural counter part. Heroin has no balance. Its too easy to do too much, get totally blasted and jack up your tolerance. Low doses of heroin wear off quick and are not particularly enjoyable (in my experience). Opium would be virtually impossible to accidentally overdose on except by the most irresponsible of users. It is so better and fuller (more satisfying) of an experience that causes much less desire to redose. It just makes you content to be as you are, rather than chase a rush/high which is where heroin use often leads.
but rather than keep us safe the drug war has actually popularized more potent and harmful drugs.
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I've pretty much concluded that all plant "drugs" are (or can be) entheogens, medicines and tools for self exploration and the idea that some of them (psychedelics) are for this purpose but others are simply narcotics or "drugs of abuse" is false. The fact that you can become addicted to opium, is simply one of it's lessons. It's part of its curriculum just as a very humbling psychological experience on mushrooms is part of their curriculum.
So what lessons does opium have to teach us? Well, it showed me that the source of all true joy, hope and inspiration lies within me only separated from my conscious awareness by the veil of the mind and the physical frame. Opium dissolves this barrier, allowing the pain-ridden mortal self to commune with the eternal bliss of the Spirit. But in addition to merely showing me this as a pure insight or new piece of information, it actually felt as though the opium was working to re-order my faculties so that they might be put back into harmony with this dance of celestial delight. My mind remained quite clear and awake , while my pain was numbed just enough to allow me to go deeper into my feeling states without too much resistance. Overall, there seemed to be a steadying/grounding effect on my consciousness.
All in all, it was simply brilliant and I look forward to future experimentation.
I would now like to rant for a minute about the drug war. The drug war has effectively taken this medicine out of our hands and replaced it with dangerous pharmaceutical opiates like fentanyl, heroin, oxycodone, etc. I am not against the use of heroin, it is an excellent painkiller. But its also much less of an entheogen and much more a drug of abuse than its natural counter part. Heroin has no balance. Its too easy to do too much, get totally blasted and jack up your tolerance. Low doses of heroin wear off quick and are not particularly enjoyable (in my experience). Opium would be virtually impossible to accidentally overdose on except by the most irresponsible of users. It is so better and fuller (more satisfying) of an experience that causes much less desire to redose. It just makes you content to be as you are, rather than chase a rush/high which is where heroin use often leads.
but rather than keep us safe the drug war has actually popularized more potent and harmful drugs.
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