Spiritual Effects of Psilocybin

Spiritual Effects of Psilocybin
A follow-up to a 2006 Johns Hopkins study involving psilocybin, the active substance in “magic mushrooms”, found that the substantive spiritual effects produced by psilocybin were beneficial to participants interviewed more than a year later. The second paper,...

Cannabis sativa – Fiber Hemp

Cannabis sativa – Fiber Hemp
FAMILY: Cannabaceae GENUS: Cannabis SPECIES: Sativa COMMON NAMES: Agra, Bang, Bushman Grass, Canape (Italian), Canep (Albanian), Cannabis, Dagga, Damo (Tagalog, ‘grass’), El-keif (Lebanese), Entorpecente (‘sedative agent’), Esra (Turkish,...

Ilex paraguariensis – Yerba Mate

Ilex paraguariensis – Yerba Mate
FAMILY: AquifoliaceaeGENUS: IlexSPECIES: paraguariensisCOMMON NAMES: Yerba mate (Spanish), mate, erva mate (Portuguese), congonha (Tupi), erveira, Paraguay cayi, Paraguay tea, Jesuits’ tea, St. Bartholomew’s tea, South American holly, matéteestrauch, erva-verdadeira,...

Cannabis indica – Indian Hemp

Cannabis indica – Indian Hemp
FAMILY: Cannabaceae GENUS: Cannabis SPECIES: Indica COMMON NAMES: Azallu (Assyrian), Bandsch, Bang, Black Prince, Canamo de India (Spanish), Canapem Indiana (Italian), Gai Ando (Vietnamese), Ganja, Hemp, Hierba Santa (Spanish, ‘sacred herb’), Indian Hemp,...