By Snu Voogelbreinder
Backyard of Eden, by means of Snu Voogelbreinder explores the significant global of psychoactive crops, animals and different organisms, and their makes use of in shamanism, religious exploration and therapeutic. Encompassing medical examine, own adventure, old wisdom and esoteric philosophies, a multidisciplinary process is taken, giving a large view of the results of common elements at the brain, with an emphasis in the direction of priceless results. initial details is given relating to neurochemistry, drug-free cognizance alteration, and techniques of use, from cultivation or wild-sourcing via to harvesting, processing, intake and navigation of the results. hundreds of thousands of species from over 1700 genera are mentioned, with over 440 genera coated in larger element, together with botanical and zoological descriptions. additionally incorporated are an in depth index of typical chemical compounds of specific curiosity, and an important bibliography containing millions of reference entries.
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Others consider the described experiences may be more similar to those potentially induced by DMT (Strassman 1997) or 5-methoxy-DMT (pers. ). Isolation and sensory deprivation Isolation from others has long been used to initiate visions or other psychic alterations, most notably in native North American vision quests. Such vision quests combine isolation in the wilderness [preferably in a spot felt to be particularly endowed with natural energy] with fasting and exposure to the elements, and sometimes ingestion of sacred plants.
Dreaming generally occurs in periods of rapid-eye-movement [REM] sleep, which occur in a beta-wave brain state; non-REM sleep is characterised by theta- and delta-rhythms, slowing to 2Hz or less (Bear et al. 1996). There are few concrete theories regarding the neurochemical origin of dreams, but one with some credibility suggests that 5-methoxy-DMTand 6-MeO-~-carbolines [such as pinoline] may be integrally involved (Callaway 1988). The 'twilight zone' just before falling asleep is also often characterised by symptoms of an altered state of consciousness [apart from drowsiness], as well as muscular relaxation.
Intermittent light stimuli are thought to work by entraining the EEG rhythms of the brain to the rhythm or frequency of the stimulus. Darkness enhances these effects. One experiment using two light sources with independent flash frequencies produced particularly vivid 'hallucinations' [see 'binaural beats', below under Rhythm and Percussion]. A rapid variation of flash frequency between 10 and 15Hz caused "unpleasant 'swimming' sensations". Blue light produced more effective entrainment than red light, and monochromatic light was more effective than neutral light of equivalent intensity.