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Calea Zacatechichi
Posted by admin in Personal Development & Improvement on September 21st, 2009
One of the most interesting plants used for dream work is known as calea zacatechichi. Often simply called “the dream herb”, calea zacatechichi has been used traditionally by the Chontal Indiana of Mexico for many centuries. The story goes that when a man or woman intended to go into the dream world to solve a problem or seek guidance, he or she would drink a tea made from the leaves of calea zacatechichi, and perhaps combine this with a rolled cigarette of raw calea zacatechichi plant, before gently falling asleep and into the dream world.
The use of the dream herb has now become quite popular for people all over the world who are interested in dream work. Many modern day seekers use of calea zacatechich is two fold:
1) In the hopes of inducing dreams which are more realistic and intense.
2) In the hopes of “waking up in the dream” and experiencing what’s known as a lucid dream.
Calea zacatechichi is a fascinating plant and dreamers should continue to treat it respectfully as part of their journey.
Calea Zacatechichi Tea: Making it Better, not Bitter!
Posted by admin in Personal Development on May 20th, 2009
Calea Zacatechichi, a plant revered for it’s dream-inducing properties, is one of the most widely used herbs for dream work and lucid dreaming. The two most traditional methods of ingesting the plant are to either smoke it as a cigarette or to boil the leaves and make a tea out of it.
The “problem” with Calea Zacatechichi tea is that it is notoriously bitter. And I mean bitter! Once the first drop of liquid touches the tongue, it’s as if the bitterness itself is an invisible entity, absorbing the tongue in all its wrath!
The good news is that this bitterness can be tamed. How? The best methods are wide ranging and might even sound a little silly. One dreamer reported that the addition of kool aid to the tea was his favorite method! Other suggestions include adding honey to the tea, boiling additional teas together (such as mint or any strong-tasting tea), mixing juice with the tea, or dissolving hard candies into the tea to sweeten it.
Perhaps another way of looking at it is that the tea is bitter and this is just part of the process. (Did the shamans of Mexico sweeten it with kool-aid? I don’t so.) With that in mind, you might enjoy just sitting back and slowly, slowly sipping the tea, so that you’re not overwhelmed at any one point while drinking it.