Piper methysticum
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"A Wonderful Dreaming Experience Monday July 9th 2007"
Dose: 2 tablespoons Passion Flower
1 tablespoon Vervain
1 small handful of California Poppy (mostly leaves and petals but some stems)
On this particular late afternoon (around 6pm), I was experiencing some significant anxiety. I have been trying to stay clear of using prescription sedatives to calm my mind and body, so I made a tea with a mixture of herbs. I am very experienced with Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata), which has seemed to be medicinal in a variety of ways. Recently, I was also introduced to Vervain. I have found that the mixture of Passion Flower and Vervain enhance the positive qualities of eachother. Well, I had also ordered some California Poppy, as I had been experiencing headaches, and I figured it would also be useful for my mild insomnia, so I went ahead and used 2 tablespoons of Passion Flower, 1 tablespoon of Vervain, and a small handful of California Poppy which are all typical doses for me when the herbs are used by themselves.
About 15-20min. after drinking the tea, I went outside to smoke some Tobacco, and I was very interested in the synergistic effect the herbs were having with eachother. It was the perfect remedy for my issues that day. The effect of the mixture was certainly better than using the herbs by themselves, though I still love drinking Passion Flower tea on a regular basis.
I could feel the typical effects of the Passion Flower, but there was something else going on within my neurological receptors that was quite pleasurable. I had significant euphoria, and I was quite sedated. My anxiety was completely gone.
Because of these unique effects, I decided to go back inside and meditate. My meditation requires no complex procedure. It is simply characterized by laying on my back and clearing my mind of everyday thought that can induce anxiety or generally anything preventing me from completely relaxing. Usually when I do this, I achieve some level of conscious dreaming, and once in a while I fall asleep. This particular experience was very unique.
I started the process as I always do, and I noticed my relaxation making room for very lucid thoughts. There were light, transparent images floating through my vision as I layed there with my eyes closed. As I drifted off into a state of sleep that I could describe as "not quite half-asleep," the visions were becoming quite vivid. If someone were in the room, I could have carried on a conversation with them at that level of awareness, yet I was in an almost complete dream state.
The first sequence I remember was erotic in nature but didn't involve me in any way. There was fantastic natural imagry with two naked women bathing in a pool of water. This quickly changed, and I started browsing through landscapes as if I was looking at a book of portraits.
Next, scenarios started to form. I was completely dreaming at this point, and I was slightly less aware of the world around me, but I am quite sure I would have been alerted if I heard any intrusive noise from the outside world. At this point in the dream, I was a child about eleven or twelve years of age. I was in my house that I had lived in my entire life, but it looked identical to how it did when I was that age. However, things were different. I had a sister that was a couple years younger than me. (in reality, I have no siblings). I remember walking into my bedroom while my sister was walking out of the bathroom, and I just looked at her eyes.
Then, the scenarios transformed again, and I was a child of a younger age. Memories were being recalled of books that I had read when I was young, and I was actually looking at the pictures of a particular book in the dream.
There were plenty of things lost in memory from this dream, but it was filled with wonderful imagry, and the nature of the experience made me wonder what things might have been like if I had a sister. I found myself thinking about the psychological differences between feminine and masculine qualities later on that night.
All of this ended as I woke up, and "The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring)" was playing in my DVD player. It was at the part directly before the fellowship was formed where the meeting was held in Rivendell. Gimli, the dwarf says "I'll be dead before I see the ring in the hands of an Elf!" I heard, "I'll be dead before I fall asleep in a bed of Tulips!" What the...? At this point, I actually thought for a minute that I had a censored version of the movie, thinking that the quote was a statement of racism. "Laughs" It was quite strange.
After that, I got up, realized what had happened, got a bowl of vanilla bean ice cream, and thought about the experience, enjoying a wonderful afterglow from the herbs. I thought that I had been in a dream state for 20-30min., but in reality, I had been there for over two hours! It was absolutely amazing. I have very little experience with Calea zacatechichi (Dream Herb), but I am quite interested in it now along with other herbs having profound effects on dreams.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the dream adventure was that the state of mind actually reminded me of what I liked about Heroin (Opium Poppies), but it didn't have the high that I have a love/hate relationship with. I am recovering from my Opiate addiction, so this, along with some other psychoactive plants might aid in my recovering.
Dose: 2 tablespoons Passion Flower
1 tablespoon Vervain
1 small handful of California Poppy (mostly leaves and petals but some stems)
On this particular late afternoon (around 6pm), I was experiencing some significant anxiety. I have been trying to stay clear of using prescription sedatives to calm my mind and body, so I made a tea with a mixture of herbs. I am very experienced with Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata), which has seemed to be medicinal in a variety of ways. Recently, I was also introduced to Vervain. I have found that the mixture of Passion Flower and Vervain enhance the positive qualities of eachother. Well, I had also ordered some California Poppy, as I had been experiencing headaches, and I figured it would also be useful for my mild insomnia, so I went ahead and used 2 tablespoons of Passion Flower, 1 tablespoon of Vervain, and a small handful of California Poppy which are all typical doses for me when the herbs are used by themselves.
About 15-20min. after drinking the tea, I went outside to smoke some Tobacco, and I was very interested in the synergistic effect the herbs were having with eachother. It was the perfect remedy for my issues that day. The effect of the mixture was certainly better than using the herbs by themselves, though I still love drinking Passion Flower tea on a regular basis.
I could feel the typical effects of the Passion Flower, but there was something else going on within my neurological receptors that was quite pleasurable. I had significant euphoria, and I was quite sedated. My anxiety was completely gone.
Because of these unique effects, I decided to go back inside and meditate. My meditation requires no complex procedure. It is simply characterized by laying on my back and clearing my mind of everyday thought that can induce anxiety or generally anything preventing me from completely relaxing. Usually when I do this, I achieve some level of conscious dreaming, and once in a while I fall asleep. This particular experience was very unique.
I started the process as I always do, and I noticed my relaxation making room for very lucid thoughts. There were light, transparent images floating through my vision as I layed there with my eyes closed. As I drifted off into a state of sleep that I could describe as "not quite half-asleep," the visions were becoming quite vivid. If someone were in the room, I could have carried on a conversation with them at that level of awareness, yet I was in an almost complete dream state.
The first sequence I remember was erotic in nature but didn't involve me in any way. There was fantastic natural imagry with two naked women bathing in a pool of water. This quickly changed, and I started browsing through landscapes as if I was looking at a book of portraits.
Next, scenarios started to form. I was completely dreaming at this point, and I was slightly less aware of the world around me, but I am quite sure I would have been alerted if I heard any intrusive noise from the outside world. At this point in the dream, I was a child about eleven or twelve years of age. I was in my house that I had lived in my entire life, but it looked identical to how it did when I was that age. However, things were different. I had a sister that was a couple years younger than me. (in reality, I have no siblings). I remember walking into my bedroom while my sister was walking out of the bathroom, and I just looked at her eyes.
Then, the scenarios transformed again, and I was a child of a younger age. Memories were being recalled of books that I had read when I was young, and I was actually looking at the pictures of a particular book in the dream.
There were plenty of things lost in memory from this dream, but it was filled with wonderful imagry, and the nature of the experience made me wonder what things might have been like if I had a sister. I found myself thinking about the psychological differences between feminine and masculine qualities later on that night.
All of this ended as I woke up, and "The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring)" was playing in my DVD player. It was at the part directly before the fellowship was formed where the meeting was held in Rivendell. Gimli, the dwarf says "I'll be dead before I see the ring in the hands of an Elf!" I heard, "I'll be dead before I fall asleep in a bed of Tulips!" What the...? At this point, I actually thought for a minute that I had a censored version of the movie, thinking that the quote was a statement of racism. "Laughs" It was quite strange.
After that, I got up, realized what had happened, got a bowl of vanilla bean ice cream, and thought about the experience, enjoying a wonderful afterglow from the herbs. I thought that I had been in a dream state for 20-30min., but in reality, I had been there for over two hours! It was absolutely amazing. I have very little experience with Calea zacatechichi (Dream Herb), but I am quite interested in it now along with other herbs having profound effects on dreams.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the dream adventure was that the state of mind actually reminded me of what I liked about Heroin (Opium Poppies), but it didn't have the high that I have a love/hate relationship with. I am recovering from my Opiate addiction, so this, along with some other psychoactive plants might aid in my recovering.
