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GROF S.
The Adventure of Self Discovery
pg 278
"I would like to close the discussion of the most famous psychedelic materials by a brief reference to mind-altering substances of animal origin. The "dream fish" (Kyphosus fuscus) found off Norfolk Island in the South Pacific has a reputation among the natives for causing powerful nightmarish visions. Joe Roberts, a photographer for the National Geographic Magazine, broiled and ate some in 1960 annd confirmed these claims. He experienced a powerful hallucinatory state with many elements of science fiction. (Roberts 1960)"
pg 280
"In the animal kingdom, as I have already mentioned earlier, they [psychedelic tryptamines] are the active principles in the toad skin and its secretions and in the meat of the Pacific "dream fish" (Kyphosus fuscus)."
pg 279
"Of particular interest is the fact that harmaline bears close resemblance to substances that can be obtained from the pineal gland, such as 10-methoxy-harmaline. This provided the basis for some fascinating speculations, since the mystical traditions attribute great significance to the pineal gland in relation to the "opening of the third eye," visionary states, and psychic abilities."

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Roughly TC; Roberts BJ Bounty Descendants Live on Remote Norfolk Island National Geographic Magazine. October 1960 Vol.116, no.6 page 575 Talking with fishermen, I frequently heard about the "dream fish." Eat this fish, they declared, and you'll have nightmares. "The small ones don't affect me," one of the islanders said, "but once I had a big one for supper. I spent that night on an operating table, with the surgeon doing one operation after another - always cutting through a new and expensive suit I had just purchased. I kept shouting to my wife for help, but she ignored me. When I awoke and upbraided her for not answering my calls, she said I hadn't uttered a word. Fish Brings Science-Fiction Dream Joe Roberts, a calm National Geographic photographer, who usually doesn't dream at all, wanted to try some dream fish. Leo McCoy caught one for him, and the chef at the Paradise Hotel, Lober Christian, broiled it and served it with taties and stewed pumpkin. The guests at the hotel admired Joes courage as he ate. Next morning, when he strolled into the dining room, everybody looked at him eagerly. Joe glowed. "It was pure science fiction," he said. "I saw a new kind of car, steered with a stick like a plane. And then I was taking pictures of a monument to mark man's first trip into space." I took a scientific look at these stimulating marine vertebrates because my life's work is zoology, especially studying sea life around Australia. The dream fish, I found, is the species Kyphosus fuscus, and is closely related to the silver drummer caught off of New South Wales. Another relative is known in the United States as the rudder fish. How does this fish bring on dreams? I surmised two possibilities. First, people who expect to dream may likely do so. Second, a mild poison in the fish may affect the digestive system. After all, we know that some tropical fish become poisonous at certain seasons as a result of their own diet. To cap my investigation, I ate a dream-fish supper myself. I found it tasty, but strong flavored, like mackerel. I told myself not to dream. But no. I dreamed I was at a party where everybody was nude and the band played "Yes, we have no pajamas."