Comments on: A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants

By: Steve Beyer

Steve Beyer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:45:00 +0000

You are probably thinking of Datura stramonium, also called jimson weed and several other names. This is a very powerful and sacred plant, related to the toé (Brugmanisa spp.) of the Upper Amazonian shamans, and is rich in tropane alkaloids, especially scopolamine. I have written about scopolamine-containing sacred plants and their effects here and here.

Ingesting Datura plants carries a high risk of a very unpleasant experience. People who have ingested scopolamine have visual, auditory, and tactile hallucinations that can be very paranoid and frightening, and, unsupervised, they can do harm to themselves and others. These are very powerful plants, and they should be ingested — if at all — only with expert guidance by someone who knows them well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:15:00 +0000

I am looking for the name of a plant root found in the high desert of California that causes severe hallucinations? Can anyone help?

By: Steve Beyer

Steve Beyer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:31:00 +0000

Thank you for the information.

By: thenwhen

thenwhen — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:17:00 +0000

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By: Chuntaro

Chuntaro — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Congratulations on the 200th post!
This blog is the perfect excuse (in my mind), to not do my school work and read something intersting and fun.

I owe you a brew!