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What is Salvia ?
Salvia divinorum is known as The Diviner's Sage, The Sage of the Seers, ska Maria Pastora, or simply as salvia. A herb posessing strong psychoactive properties and many holistic uses, it is a member of the mint or Lamiaceae family. The word Salvia divinorum means "sage of seers" when literally translated from Latin. The word salvia alone means "savior" or "the healer".
Salvia is used by many shamanic tribes in South America. The plant is said to bring about strong visionary states of consciousness. It is used in healing and spiritual rituals. Shamans will provide villagers with the leaves of the salvia plant that they will chew. The shaman then accompanies the patient while he or she dozes off into their trance. The experience is said to repair the soul.
Salvia divinorum has become increasingly well-known and more widely available in modern culture. The rise of the Internet since the 1990s has seen the growth of many businesses selling live Salvia plants, dried leaves, extracts, and other preparations. Salvia has received a lot of attention in recent times due to it's sale in American and European countries. Smoke shops began selling the herb to the general public as a legal alternative to marijuana. Consumers soon found that salvia could be extremely unsettling or even frightening when used some environments.
Why Do People Use Salvia ?
Salvia has been used for centuries as a religious and spiritual tool. Today, many people use Salvia because it is a new experience, others use it to better understand themselves or the world around them.
Is Salvia Scary?
Many of the stories you hear about Salvia come from inexperienced or irresponsible users using the substance in the wrong setting or while in the wrong mood, leading to scary or bad trips. Salvia , just like all hallucinogenic drugs, should be used in the correct environment under the right circumstances. One should be calm, and completely comfortable in the area they are using the drug.
What Does Salvia Do to You?
Salvia is an extremely powerful hallucinogen and should be treated with respect. Salvia trips can be extremely mind opening, or extremely unpleasant. Users may experience changes in their consciousness that they are not used to or have never knew to be possible. Salvia will release the user of almost all muscle control, they are mentally warped into another world where anything is possible, check out some of the videos here to see what a person using Salvia looks like, and then read some of the experience reports to read about what is going on in their head.