Sounds cool where did you buy these?
Possibly more effective than the better known Dream herb Calea zacatechichi,
this is the first time that this unique and rare ethnobotanical is
offered for sale and made available outside of Africa. Normally only the
seeds are available but we have finally managed to locate a supply of
the actual root which is used by African shamans for accessing the dream
state.
This
sacred plant which shamans of the verdant river valleys of the eastern
cape province of South Africa has the ability to induce remarkably vivid
dreams. A web site describes this plant:
"This obscure flowering
species is regarded by shamans of the South African region as a type of
"Ubulawu" or medicinal root that they call "Undela Ziimhlophe," which
translates literally as "white paths" or white ways." It is suspected
that this sacred plant's oneirongenic, or dream-inducing activity is
likely due to triterpenoid saponins contained within its roots.
Relatively small amounts of root (250 mg range) are reported to be
active. The plant exerts only minimal alterations in waking
consciousness, yet the effects upon the dream state can be profound.
How to prepare Silene capensis (Ubulawu)
Method 1 :
Half
a teaspoon is mixed with half a cup of water. This is drunk early in
the morning upon waking, while the stomach is empty. When you feel
hungry it is safe to have breakfast.
Method 2 :
A
heaped tablespoon is mixed with half a liter of water, and the water
blended until a froth is formed. Keep sucking the froth off the
container until you feel bloated with froth, and then go to bed.
Expected Results :
While
sleeping, your dreams will be exceptionally colorful, and will be
remembered upon awakening. (A good idea is to keep a notebook handy for
writing down the results.) Ubulawu is traditionally used to access
dream-time and to communicate with ones ancestors.
Precautions :
Use
the recommended amounts only; the actives are active in these
doses. Larger amounts will have a purgative action, however there are no
fatalities or harmful side effects reported, only a good vomiting and
cleansing out of the stomach. Small doses over several days will affect
even the most insensitive person, so there is no need to take a large
amount.
Drink
it on an empty stomach, and then when you feel hungry, you can eat.
This will give the alkaloids time to travel through your system. The
effects will be felt that night. The alkaloids travel quite slowly
through the blood system, so it won't get excreted out during the day.
Before going to sleep, focus on a question you want answered by the
ancestors.
One of the ancestors will appear in your dream with
the answer. This plant is not just used for vivid dreams, but as a
divination tool. For more insensitive persons, or for people who use
other alkaloids or have other alkaloids
in their system. A more `clean' person would be more sensitive. The
alkaloids from using some over a few days would build up in your system.
A
personal report from someone who was initiated as a sangoma
(traditional healer) says the group he was with used 1/5tsp. (powdered)
over the course of a week. He felt effects from day 3, and everyone in
the group felt effects during the course of this week. We now offer Silene capensis in an easier to use powder form!!