Natural ecstasy

Ephedra has also been called Brigham tea, desert tea, herbal fen-phen, joint fir, Mexican tea. Mormon tea, natural ecstasy, popotillo, sea grape, squaw tea, teamster tea, and yellow horse. The active component, ephedrine, was isolated in the 19th century and was... 

Because of high demand, ecstasy pills are frequently mixed with fillers and other active substances, most commonly amphetamines (speed), caffeine, and ephedrine (a natural amphetamine-like substance). Some pills have been found to contain DXM (dextromethorphan), a dissociative psychedelic found in some cough medicine, and PMA (paramethoxyamphetamine), a highly toxic hallucinogenic stimulant. 

Ephedra is available in multiple forms. It is a common ingredient in energy boosting bars, sold as Herbal Ecstasy in some health food stores, and is also available as powder that can be mixed with water. Health food stores may sell powdered ephedrine stems, which can be used in a tea, or they may sell infusion, extracts, tinctures, or tablets of ephedra. Health food stores may also sell ephedra as the ma huang herb. Many manufacturers tend to advertise or market ephedra supplements as natural or as a botanical herb, because some consumers equate natural with safe. In China, ephedra may be boiled with cinnamon twig, licorice root, and almond to treat the common cold. 

Schedule 1 Ecstasy, China White, GHB, Heroin (synthetic and natural), Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), Marijuana, Mescaline, Peyote, Psilocin and Psilocybin (constituents of magic mushrooms)... 

If you are experienced in consciousness alteration, or if you are a naturally introverted person, remember the situation and the schedule. Stay calm and let the experience take you where it will. You will probably re-experience the ecstasy of illumination once again or you may drift into aesthetic or philosophic or interpersonal enlightenments. Don t hold on let the stream carry you along. 

No other drugs were detected in the serum samples from any of these patients. Detailed analyses of the tablets obtained from the patients showed ecstasy and no contaminants. The authors commented on the unpredictable nature of toxicity with ecstasy, especially when death can occur with one tablet in some cases, while others survive even after they have consumed large quantities. In this series there was no correlation between the amount of ecstasy taken and the resulting serum MDMA concentration in most patients. However, high serum concentrations correlated with the severity of symptoms, including death. The local news headlines prominently implied that poisoned ecstasy had led to death when in fact there was no contamination. The authors suggested that such headlines lead people to believe erroneously that ecstasy use is safe except when it is contaminated. 

Because other drugs of abuse can cause immune dysfunction in regular users, the effects of acute administration of ecstasy on the immune system have been studied in both controlled and natural settings (117). In the controlled study, 18 male ecstasy users were given two doses of ecstasy 100 mg at intervals of 4 or 24 hours. There were... 

We have noted that the function of shamanic initiation in the primitive society is to effect the transformation of the shaman from a profane, human condition to a superhuman, sacred one. But while the shaman may carry out activities such as divining and prophesying, and occasionally sorcery, these are not his major functions, and often fall within the province of other types of practitioners. The shaman s primary functions are those of healer and psychopomp. This is related to the specific nature of the shamanic ecstasy not all forms of mystical ecstasy are shamanic, for this, like initiation, has its own peculiar nature. The shamanic ecstasy is one in which the shaman is supposed to leave his physical body and journey to the Center of the World, which connects the earthly realm with the celestial world above and the infernal regions below. This axis mundi may be symbolized as a tree, mountain, tent pole, ladder, liana, or something similar the shaman is able to make the journey and return safely because he is a master of ecstasy and possesses the guidance of helping spirits along... 

If Western mushroom eaters found the revelation shocking, it was mainly because they d been raised in a christianized culture that preaches the view that God cannot, by definition, be part of nature, because nature is what God created everything in nature is God s creation and, as such, can t be its own creator. That makes sense from a limited, earthbound perspective less so when one s soul, untrammeled and free, is sent soaring by mushrooms to bask in the dazzling light of God s revealed presence. That s how Wasson described his own mushroom experience, adding that the mushroom holds the key to a mystical union with God, whereas only rare souls can attain similar ecstasy and divine communion by intensive contemplation of the Eucharist in mainstream Christian services (Wasson 1957). 

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