Dragon's Blood
- Resin Incense
- Daemonorops Draco
NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

DIRECTIONS:
1. Ignite a Charcoal Tablet in a safe, heat proof container.
2. Grind the incense to a fine powder and sprinkle on the glowing tablet.

TRADITIONAL USES:
Traditionally burned for protection, exorcism, and sexual potency. The dried resin is believed to be a powerful protectant when carried, sprinkled around the house, or smoldered as incense and has been used to drive evil and negativity away when burned. This is a non-combustible resin incense, which means heat must be applied to release its fragrance (usually with a self-lighting charcoal tablet).

Dragon's blood resin creates a very strong herbal and spicy fragrance. It's considered to be cleansing and as such, has been added in small amounts to Frankincense mixtures used in churches. Dragon's blood is a deep red, shiny resin used in incense burning. The fruit of the tree is covered with scales. The resin seeps out between the scales, is collected, cleansed and then melted. Dragon's blood resin has been used for thousands of years in India as part of their rituals.

Salvia Divinorum
- 6 X Standardized Sage Incense
NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

PRECAUTIONS:
It is strongly reccomend that further research be taken, which will only result in a much more rewarding and pleasurable experience. For further information on Salvia Divinorum, please vist www.sagewisdom.org - We will not be held responsible to any misuse or abuse of Salvia Divinorum.

DIRECTIONS:
1. Prepare a safe, comfortable room for meditation.
2. Ignite a Charcoal Tablet in a safe, heat proof container.
3. Sprinkle incense on the glowing tablet.
4. Sit or lay in a comfortable position for meditation.

The Salvia Voyage:
Through meditation techniques and simple relaxation techniques, Salvia Divinorum acts more as a gateway into meditation which can last as long as one desires. This may take some practice, especially if one is not used to meditation or relaxation techniques. This most likely will not happen on your first experience, as no words can exactly prepare one as to what the experience is really like.

It is HIGHLY reccomended to have someone present in the room with you as Salvia Divinorum can put you in a dream like trance. Although it is perfectly safe, one could easily hurt themselves while in this trance-like state if they decide to try to stand up and walk around. Falling down/tripping over something is almost imminent if one is to attempt to get up. This is the main reason why it is important to have someone around to passively keep you seated or laying down, or stop you from falling. Do not forget to avoid this if the urge comes about.

Here is the ideal setting for a Salvia experience:
Free from Distractions. Dimly lit room, if not completely dark, maybe a candle or two. Music is an interesting thing to experience, but one should be very thoughtful as to what type of soundtrack they want to accompany such an experience. Music can work as a helpful enhancement to the experience or can work as a bad distraction. Ethereal, ambient music is usually best in most cases, at a comfortable listening level. If you are able to lay down, the experience is best, it is easier to enter a state of complete physical relaxation unlike ever experienced before. As important as it is to have someone monitoring you throughout your voyage, people can also easily become a distraction. Try to find someone to monitor you who is willing to sit quietly in the room, who is not going to move around too much or make noise, as it will only distract you from your out of body experience. The Salvia experience can be greatly enhanced through various rituals and methods of meditation before, during and after the experience.

TRADITIONAL USES:
Salvia divinorum is used for healing and divination by indigenous shamanic healers/sorcerers living in the mountainous Sierra Madre Oriental in the northeastern corner of the Mexican State of Oaxaca. In Spanish, these specialized healers are referred to as curanderos; in Mazatec these people are called cho-ta-ci-ne ("one who knows"). S. divinorum is also known as "la pastora" , "the shepherdess", "the leaves of the shepherdess", "diviner's mint" or "diviner's sage", and in context simply as "Dalvia". There are many species and varieties within the genus 'Salvia' and plants commonly found in garden stores are almost certainly not S. divinorum unless specifically labelled as such. Salvia divinorum is primarily used when the Chotacine finds it a neccesity to travel outside the Normal world, as well as being a ceremonial method of entering into a trance which can open even the hiddenmost gates. It is also used in cases of theft or loss to determine the circumstances and whereabouts of missing objects. S. Divinorum can cause dramatic, sometimes frightening, and completely enfolding entheogenic mind-states. Many people who try S. divinorum do not find the effects at all pleasant and choose not to repeat the experience. Salvia divinorum is traditionally used by chewing pairs of leaves. The leaves are always used fresh and are consumed orally; either by chewing the leaves or drinking an aqueous infusion of the crushed-leaf juices. Sometimes it is given to the patient, sometimes it is taken by the curandero and sometimes both take it together. Salvia is most effectively and easily experienced through smoking.

Most reports describe the use of this plant by Mazatec shamans, and although it is just barely touched upon in the anthropological literature, it is also reportedly used by their immediately contiguous neighbors, the Cuicatecs and Chinatecs. Given that the plant is quite easily propagated, it is surprising that such an extraordinary herb is only known of in such a geographically limited area. It seems quite probable that it would have found its way to other neighboring tribes through sharing and trade. Perhaps its use is still concealed from the outside world by other groups of indigenous Mexican Indians who still prefer to keep such a sacred plant secret.

Wormwood
- Artemisia Absinthum

Wormwood is also known by the names Green Ginger, Southernwood, Old Woman, Absinthe, and Absinthium. Native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, this herb is now cultivated in the United States and elsewhere. The plant grows from 2-4 feet in height. The part of this plant used medicinally is the above ground portion. Wormwood's name is obviously derived from its medicinal property of expelling intestinal worms for which it has been well known since ancient times. It is also known for being a ghost repellant. An Egyptian papyrus dated 1,600 years before Christ describes this bitter herb in detail. Legend has it that this plant first sprang up on the impressions that marked the serpent's tail as he slithered his way out of the Garden of Eden. Wormwood is from the Anglo Saxon "wermode", meaning, "mind preserver". Its alternate name Absinthium is Latin for "without sweetness". It got its generic name Artemisia from Artemis, the Greek name for Diana, because she discovered the plant's virtues and gave them to mankind. Another story has it that it is named for Artemisia, Queen of Caria, who gave her name to the plant after she had benefited from its treatments. Wherever its name came from, it is one of the most bitter herbs known, even today.

This plant grows wild all over Europe and the US. The bitter component of wormwood is an alkaloid, absinthin, which is separate from the essential oil, thujone. Absinthin is removed by soaking the plant in water or alcohol, but essential oils like thujone require distillation, fermentation, or fat to remove them from the plant. Thujone is structurally similar to the THC molecule but does not bind to the same receptor in the brain as THC does.

Thujone is psychoactive, but like many essential oils, though less toxic than alcohol, it can be toxic in large quantities.
Wormwood can be made into tea to treat indigestion, worm infestation, especially roundworm and pinworm, and may also be used to help with fever and infections, but is perhaps best known because of the use of its oil to prepare the drink, Absinthe or "The Green Fairy". which has a long history of use with artists.
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