The Value and Use of Absolute Oils

The Value and Use of Absolute Oils

by | Jan 14, 2012 | Research

Chances are, you are already familiar with the concept of Essential Oils.  These are concentrated liquids containing the volatile aroma compounds extracted from plants which are usually created through steam distillation or extraction.  Essential oils can be very...

Ancient Psychoactive Incense and Preparations

Ancient Psychoactive Incense and Preparations

by | Oct 9, 2011 | Research

For millennia, humankind has lived with nature, utilizing the flora and fauna to survive. Over the centuries, through trial and error, they learned which plants were the most nutritious, healthy and beneficial, and consequently which plants possessed unique healing,...

Structure of the Nervous System

Structure of the Nervous System

by | Sep 3, 2011 | Research

When studying the many powerful entheogens that are found the world over, it is very common that one comes across information about how particular plants and chemicals effect the brain at a cellular level.  In order to fully study entheology, it is extremely important...

The Plight of the Huichol Indians

The Value and Use of Absolute Oils

by | Feb 3, 2011 | Peoples

If you take a look at the map below, you will see a green area, which outlines the tiny corner of the world where the deeply spiritual, shamanic-based Huichol people once lived.  This stronghold in the Sierra Madre Mountains long resisted the genocide of the Spanish...

The Taino World

The Taino World

by | May 6, 2010 | Peoples

Taíno culture was the most highly developed in the Caribbean when Columbus reached Hispaniola in 1492. Islands throughout the Greater Antilles were dotted with Taíno communities nestled in valleys and along the rivers and coastlines, some of which were inhabited by...