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Bouncing Bear Botanicals is without a doubt my favorite source for ethnobotanicals and entheogens.  Good service and a good variety of  fresh and potent products makes for a good experience with this company.

Ethnobotanicals are herbs, roots, bark, seeds, and basically any plant,

Banisteriopsis caapi vine preparation

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or mushroom and their parts that are used for medicinal or ceremonial purposes.   Entheogens are more specifically used “to see God” or “to become one with God”,   to basically alter the individual’s consciousness.  These are typically used in various sacred rituals and ceremonies for divination and healing.

Urarina shaman in the Peruvian Amazon, 1988.

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All entheogens are ethnobotanicals but ethnobotanicals are not all entheogens.  The  qualification here would be semantic as there are synthetic psychoactive  substances that certainly alter one’s consciousness but for my purposes I refer to organic or living vegetable  materials and derivatives as ethnobotanicals.   Check out the root “botanicals” which is plants.
One such entheogen is Ayahuasca, it is used largely as a religious sacrament. It is a sacred medicine used for millennia in order to enter the sacred supernatural world, to heal, divine, and worship.    The use of Ayahuasca and other plant teachers for visionary experiences as well as for healing purposes appears to be ancient.
Thousands of indigenous peoples like the Urarina of Peruvian Amazonia use Ayahuasca in sacred religious and healing ceremonies, as part of their traditional religions.  According to tradition, Banisteriopsis Caapi Vine, the main ingredient in most Ayahuasca brews, contains a sentient intelligence – with vast knowledge – which reveals guidance; the proper steps to follow in case of emotional or psychological problems, and even remedies that may be used for healing.

Bouncing Bear Botanicals carries a wide variety of entheogens including  Banisteriopsis Caapi vine of different types and many more ingredients for the traditional Ayahuasca and other recipes.

Through the Looking Glass With Amanita

Amanita muscaria (I)

Image by .Bambo. via Flickrnita Muscaria (Fly Agaric Mushrooms, Amanitas), the highly visible and strikingly beautiful mushroom, also known as the Fly Agaric, is yellow to red in color and speckeled with white.

Amanita muscaria is probably humanity’s oldest entheogen. Amanita muscaria’s history has it associated with both Shamanic and magical practices. It was identified as the “Soma” of the ancient (4000 BC) Rig Veda by Gordon Wasson. So, Amanita muscaria has historical use as far back as we have history, and it shouldnt be hard to suppose that prehistoric humans, in their activities as hunter/gatherer, recognized that there were mushrooms and other plants that had benefits not related to hunger. Our ancestors must surely have been intrigued by the Amanita muscaria–they appeared magically from nowhere, in strange and beautiful shapes and colors and gave magical visions of the beyond when eaten.

Today Amanita muscaria mushrooms are widely known: the Alice in Wonderland mushrooms, the fairytale mushrooms regularly seen in fairy tale books. Yet most people aren’t aware that they are, in fact, real. A must have addition to any ethnobotanical collection.

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Bouncing Bear Botanicals – Rare, Sacred and Exotic Plants, Kratom and Enthogens
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