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News Briefs 24-07-2013

Meow.

Thanks Kat.

Quote of the Day:

Look into the eyes of a cat for a moment. Your gaze will flicker between recognising another being, and staring into a void.

~ Daid Wood, If A Cat Could Talk

      1. Ayahuasca
        [quote=RPJ]Could that be the method by which the Amazonian tribes discovered the recipe for Ayahuasca?[/quote]

        It’s possible. Jaguars were seen as messengers between the spirit world and ours, protectors and symbols of power. So seeing a jaguar munching on a particular plant would be a powerful and deeply influential experience. It would certainly make that particular plant more special. I don’t think it’s the answer to the mystery of the hallucinogenic ayahuasca/yage brew’s origins, but it could definitely be a part of it.

        I don’t think the jaguar is tripping on the ayahuasca; it looks like normal hormonal behaviour. I’m not sure a jaguar could trip on ayahuasca anyway, the vine isn’t hallucinogenic. What the vine does is deactivate enzymes (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) in our digestive systems that block the effects of DMT ingested from other plants. This is why the ayahuasca/yage brew is a mixture of the vine and one or more DMT-rich plants. But jaguars obviously don’t have human digestive systems; so maybe what can’t effect us, does effect them. Ayahuasca = the jungle’s catnip!

        From now on, I’ll be keeping a close eye on the neighbourhood cats and the acacia tree in the backyard…

    1. Jaguars
      [quote=red pill junkie]Could that be the method by which the Amazonian tribes discovered the recipe for Ayahuasca?[/quote]

      The info on the YouTube video that page has embedded says the same.

      http://youtu.be/OqGDv0KCJl8

      Assumably the use of herbs and trees in cases of wounds and ailments was, as has been observed in several other cultures, partly based on the observation of animals. This is mentioned by several classic European authors (such as Plinius and Aristoteles) and cited and confirmed by medieval authors such as Brunfels. The study of this kind of phenomena has long been neglected but it has recently gained new interest and a new name: Zoofarmacognosy.

      Note though that the jaguar is only eating Banisteriopsis caapi, which is generally only half the ayahuasca mix (the other often being the more hallucinogenic ingredient, plants such as the Psychotrias with DMT in them). Caapi does apparently have some effects though, and I think there were early experiments that labeled the psychotropic chemical in it ‘telepathine’ because of its supposed ability to grant telepathic powers.

      Also of interest: one of the main elements of visions seen by those tripping on ayahuasca, across cultures, is the jaguar…

      1. Telepathine trampolines
        I didn’t know about ‘telepathine’ in ayahuasca. Now that would be quite a trip, you’re just sitting there soberly minding your own business when you hear a jaguar talking in your mind. “I’m behind you!”

  1. quote of the day – one for the road
    [quote=Rick MG]Look into the eyes of a cat for a moment. Your gaze will flicker between recognising another being, and staring into a void.

    ~ T.S. Eliot?

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    Philosophy is really there to redeem what lies in an animal’s gaze. ~ Theodor W. Adorno

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