New Cautions Over a Plant With a Buzz — “An obscure hallucinogenic herb from Mexico is gaining a toehold in the

world of recreational drugs, prompting law enforcement officials to

increase their scrutiny of the plant, which is legal, and moving health experts to

issue cautions about the drug, whose jarring effects are not fully understood.

The herb, Salvia divinorum, is a type of sage plant that can cause intense

hallucinations, out-of-body experiences and, when taken in higher doses,

unconsciousness and short-term memory loss. Users have also reported sensations

of traveling through time and space, assuming the identities of other people and

even merging with inanimate objects.” New York Times The newest new thing isn’t really new at all. In fact, although I’m a little rusty on my Castaneda, I think it had a role in the Don Juan books. Let’s try a Teoma search for it… 3000 hits.