Annual Causes of Death in America

Annual Causes of Death in America
A quick look at the leading causes of death in America illustrates a critical truth: Something truly is amiss with what we’ve been led to believe regarding the dangers of licit and illicit drugs.  Of you, the reader, I ask only this: Before you cling tightly to...

Schultes – The Father of Ethnobotany

Schultes – The Father of Ethnobotany
Director Emeritus of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University, died on April 10 at the age of 86. Schultes was born in Boston and obtained his undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degree at Harvard. Widely hailed as the “Father of Ethnobotany,” he...

Traditional Salvia Divinorum Quid Preparation

Traditional Salvia Divinorum Quid Preparation
TRADITIONAL MAZATEC METHOD The two traditional Mazatec methods are quite inefficient in that they require many more leaves than do the other methods, but they are very safe! Traditionally the leaves are taken in a semi-darkened place as part of a healing or religious...

Vitis vinifera – Wine Grape

Vitis vinifera – Wine Grape
FAMILY: VitaceaeGENUS: VitisSPECIES: ViniferaCOMMON NAMES: Angur (Hindi), Draksha (Sanskrit), Grape, Grapevine, Gvid (Celtic, ‘bush’), ‘inab (Iraq), Khamr (Arabic), Palmes, Reba, Vitis Sativa (Latin), Weinranke, Zame Weinreben Vitis vinifera is a...