The Necessary Entheogen Explorer Files

In Preparations...

• Absinthe
  An alcoholic beverage made with Artemisia absinthium

• Ayahuasca
  "Ayahuasca" refers to a diverse complex of South American entheogenic brews, but classically comprises a source of DMT made orally active by the addition of a plant containing harmala alkaloids for monoamine oxidase inhibition.

In Chemicals...

• 2C-B (4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine)

• 5-MeO-DIPT (5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine)
  Tihkal #37.

• 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine)
  Tihkal #38.

• DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine)
  Tihkal #6.

• GHB (g-hydroxybutyrate)
  Sedative closely related in structure to GABA. Now a schedule I substance in the USA.

• Ketamine (2-(2-chlorophenyl1)-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone hydrochloride)
  Ketamine is used as a veterinary and medical anaesthetic, and has dissociative/psychedelic effects at lower doses.

• LSD (D-lysergic acid diethylamide)
  One of the most potent psychoactive drugs known, LSD is the prototypical psychedelic. Tihkal #26

In Data Types...

• Botany / General

• FAQs and Basic Information / General

• Interviews / General

• Literature / Reviews

• Trip Reports / General

In Taxonomy...

• Amanita muscaria (Fly agaric)
  This highly visible, coniferous-mychorhyzial mushroom is probably humanity's oldest entheogen. It has been identified as the "Soma" of the ancient Rig Veda.

• Cactaceae (Cacti)

• Cannabis
  Genus of three closely related species, often hybridized.

• Cannabis indica
  Distinguished from C. sativa by its shorter stature and broad leaves.

• Cannabis sativa (Hemp)
  Taller than C. indica, with thinner leaves.

• Heimia salicifolia (Sinicuichi)

• Lactuca virosa (Opium lettuce)

• Nymphaea caerulea (Blue Lotus, Blue water lily)

• Pedicularis canadensis (Canadian lousewort; Wood Betony)

• Salvia divinorum (Diviner's sage)
  This cultivated Mexican mint species has a long history of use by the Mazatecs.

• Tabernanthe iboga (Eboka)
  West african shrub, used as a stimulant and entheogen by the Bwiti cult.

• Voacanga africana

In Chemical Families...

• Tryptamines (Prototypical indole family including serotonin and such psychedelic drugs as DMT and psilocybin.)