Initiatics : what to expect

In our first article, I ranted a little about the general set of expectations that modern psychonauts have for our Spagyrics, and for the more subtle forms of plant entheogens in general.
All is not lost, though, and it is possible to make the transition from blast-off drug-dependent spirituality to an intelligent and meaningful dialogue with [...]

Initiatics : what NOT to expect

Brace yourselves, this is going to be a rant.
So, we get a call from a customer, unhappy with our Spagyrics. He says he tried a couple of our Somalixirs, Sexahuasca and Sacred Journey, and felt nothing. Seems odd to me, those are pretty strong ones, and always popular. So, I ask some questions to figure [...]

Rest in peace, Michael

We just found out the sad news that the great herbalist, teacher, and plant elder Michael Moore passed away late February. If you are an herb geek like us, you know about Michael and his priceless contribution to American herbalism. If you’re not familiar with his work, please take time to visit his vast and [...]

Silene : Dreaming in White

The first Oneironauticum in San Francisco had the dreamers working with our Spagyric Initiatic of Xhosa Dream Plant, Silene capensis. This is a powerful ally for dreaming and a very interesting plant, but it is not widely known in the healing or entheogen community.
Silene is native to the cape area of South Africa, and [...]

Join us in the Dreamtime

Urban Dreamscape and the Oneironauticum are fascinating projects connecting the dream experience with life in the waking world. Created by Jennifer Dumpert, Urban Dreamscape is a practice of exploring the dream world as a geographical landscape, and the physical landscape as a dreamspace geography.
Connected to this work, the Oneironauticums are gatherings of people dreaming together [...]

Friends & Allies

As always, we had great fun talking with Caroline Casey on KPFA yesterday! If you missed the interview, you can hear it on KPFA’s archives here.
If you’re not familiar with Caroline and her crazy coyote-style wisdom, please visit her website at:
http://www.visionaryactivism.com/
She is truly a unique and powerful force for positive change in the world, an [...]

Amber : the Electric Fossil

Revered since ancient times, Amber has been used in jewelry, medicine, and trade for thousands of years. Homer, Aristotle, Plato, and Pliny the Elder all mentioned Amber in their writings, and it was prized more than gold in ancient Greece.
Amber washes up from deposits in oceans and seas around the world, and the Greeks believed [...]

Superfoods Sale (ended 3/15/09)

Note that this sale has expired; we’re leaving the post up so that the information about these Spagyrics is available. To see what’s currently on sale, click here.
If, like us, you feel droopy from winter yet excited about spring right now, you will appreciate what our superfood Spagyrics can do for your energy levels and [...]