deviadah
04-26-2007, 02:24 PM
In 1971 two brothers, Terrence and Dennis McKenna, journeyed into a remote part of the Amazon jungle searching for a hallucinogenic brew called ayahuasca. It is one of the most botanically and chemically complex hallucinogen. It is like a cocktail that contains different additives depending on the region, desired effect and on the user. Scientists agree that dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is its main active ingredient. This highly hallucinogenic substance seems also to be produced in small quantities by the human brain (the pineal gland).
Jeremy Narby says in his book THE COSMIC SERPENT:
“We do not know how our visual system works. As you read these words, you do not really see the ink, the paper, your hands, and the surroundings, but an internal and three-dimensional image that reproduces them almost exactly and that is constructed by your brain. The photons reflected by this page strike the retinas of your eyes, which transform them into electrochemical information; the optic nerves relay this information to the visual cortex at the back of the head, where a cascade-like network of nerve cells separates the input into categories (form, colour, movement, depth, etc.). How the brain goes about reuniting these sets of categorized information into a coherent image is still a mystery. This also means that the neurological basis of consciousness is unknown.”How can we understand things which are not there if we don’t even know how we see things that are? Could, is, there more to those things in nature which are invisible than science give credit? Before the microscope people considered the notion of particles, atoms or even germs ridiculous. Should we, with this in mind, let these matters that are not yet proven, or disproved, be ignored? What scientist dares to face ridicule and commence such work?
Of course laziness, or indifference, is not the sole reason why studies into the ayahuasca and other hallucinogenic substances are minimal. Since the 1960s it has been illegal in most parts of the western world.
If we want to activate the third eye and become reborn then the pineal gland and the pituitary gland must vibrate in unison. To be able to do this one must be placed in deep mediation and relaxation, but for this to be possible it is vitally important to know oneself and feel comfortable with ones own inner mind.
Now the pineal gland produces the hormone melatonin, which regulates the instincts of sleep and awake, and also produces trace amounts of the psychedelic chemical DMT, which could be argued only creates the illusion of astral travel than the actual effect. If this is the case it’s hard to say.
What is reality anyway?
Anyway has anyone had the chance to try ayahuasca? I myself have not, although I would really like to try. I have a friend in Peru who keeps inviting me to come down and have a session…
http://naturendanger.canalblog.com/images/Ayahuasca1.jpg
Jeremy Narby says in his book THE COSMIC SERPENT:
“We do not know how our visual system works. As you read these words, you do not really see the ink, the paper, your hands, and the surroundings, but an internal and three-dimensional image that reproduces them almost exactly and that is constructed by your brain. The photons reflected by this page strike the retinas of your eyes, which transform them into electrochemical information; the optic nerves relay this information to the visual cortex at the back of the head, where a cascade-like network of nerve cells separates the input into categories (form, colour, movement, depth, etc.). How the brain goes about reuniting these sets of categorized information into a coherent image is still a mystery. This also means that the neurological basis of consciousness is unknown.”How can we understand things which are not there if we don’t even know how we see things that are? Could, is, there more to those things in nature which are invisible than science give credit? Before the microscope people considered the notion of particles, atoms or even germs ridiculous. Should we, with this in mind, let these matters that are not yet proven, or disproved, be ignored? What scientist dares to face ridicule and commence such work?
Of course laziness, or indifference, is not the sole reason why studies into the ayahuasca and other hallucinogenic substances are minimal. Since the 1960s it has been illegal in most parts of the western world.
If we want to activate the third eye and become reborn then the pineal gland and the pituitary gland must vibrate in unison. To be able to do this one must be placed in deep mediation and relaxation, but for this to be possible it is vitally important to know oneself and feel comfortable with ones own inner mind.
Now the pineal gland produces the hormone melatonin, which regulates the instincts of sleep and awake, and also produces trace amounts of the psychedelic chemical DMT, which could be argued only creates the illusion of astral travel than the actual effect. If this is the case it’s hard to say.
What is reality anyway?
Anyway has anyone had the chance to try ayahuasca? I myself have not, although I would really like to try. I have a friend in Peru who keeps inviting me to come down and have a session…
http://naturendanger.canalblog.com/images/Ayahuasca1.jpg