has anyone ever used this to get lucid dreams? i read that if you smoke it, eat it, or even keep it under you pillow, you will had vivid or lucid dreams and will remember them in the morning better than normal. any personal experiance?
I've tried it. Tea on it really does help concentrating, like getting into the state where you really can focus on falling asleep with an intention.
i've started smoking mugwort blends and i do get some effects including the closest i've come to lucid dreaming.
I've tried the pillow thing with no success and mugwort tea tastes foul, so mugwort does not serve much purpose for me other than to use in conjunction with DMT. I am not very practiced in ritual with many of these enchanted herbs so perhaps It's my lack of focus. Wheter it be coincidence or not, I did find peeled San Pedro cacti which contains mescaline, to make my dreams more vivid when left beside my bed. I also find psychedelics and disassociatives tend to make my dreams more vivid the following night(s) after consumption, although that requires the radical change in waking consciousness to go with it.
well aside from nutmeg BEING a mind altering substance when snorted, but then so is mustard powder, if not in the same way. at any rate. i forget what mugwart is. i THINK its some kind of fungus, but i wouldn't swear to it. yes, NOTHING consumed in the form of smoke is entirely harmless to the throat and lungs. leaving aside the relative costs and merits of neurotropic effects. chemical effects act upon the physical brain. what is experienced in dreams belongs more to a realm analagus to software. physical brain functioning only one of the many potential influences on it. and thus perhaps a far from ideal approach. better to make the kind of peace, that comes from being in harmony and mutual cosideration with the rest of the universe.
here's info i've gathered here and there for the interwebs for my own personal herbal encyclopedia i keep to keep track of all the wierd shit i smoke.... MUGWORT COMMON NAMES Mugwort; Common Artemisia; Felon Herb; St. John's Herb; chrysanthemum weed; sailor's tobacco; moxa; Ai Ye; armoise mugwort is coming into its own as a herb to facilitate vivid and lucid dreams, especially if you engage in mugwort smoking just before bed. On its own or smoked with another calming herb such as catnip, mugwort smoke can induce feelings of calm and mellowness lasting about 30-60 minutes, without making you feel clouded or “dumb”. Its calming actions alone make mugwort an excellent replacement for tobacco, but mugwort’s effects on deep sleep and dreaming are where things really get interesting. The active compound in mugwort is thujone, an aromatic oil also found in wormwood, the plant used to brew the alcoholic drink absinthe. Consumed orally or by inhaling mugwort herb smoke or aromatic oil, mugwort can improve dream recall and sometimes induce lucid dreams when used shortly before bed. Some people recommend smoking mugwort and taking it as tea simultaneously to enhance its effects, or wrapping fresh mugwort in an aromatic dream pillow so you can inhale its active constituents as you drift off to sleep. Many mugwort users have reported the dream pillow method to be highly effective: the effects kick in as they enter the hypnagogic pre-sleep state, generating sensations of floating or rising upward that can translate into a lucid dream or even an out of body experience! According to the anecdotal reports we gathered, what mugwort smoking seems to do is nudge your dreams in a more vivid direction. If you usually dream in black and white, for instance, mugwort may lend your dreams color; if you normally have some ability to steer your dreams, mugwort smoking may lend you a greater degree of control. So while you may not achieve mugwort-induced lucid dreams immediately, its gradual use can act like a stepping stone to help train your brain to achieve lucid dreams more regularly. Mugwort is one of the power herbs that got us more than interested in the positive effects of herbs. How amazing that some Mugwort leaf placed under the pillow will not only induce colourful and lucid dreaming, but dreams of prophecy and meaning as well. For those skeptics out there – try it! One morning you will wake up after dreaming of something and you’ll witness its manifestation that very day. At the very least, you will experience colourful, medieval, astral, meaningful, pleasant, adventurous, and/or lucid dreams. Smoking the herb directly into the lungs or as an evening incense assists these lucid dreams. Drinking the calming, liver cleansing tea before sleep seems to keep you longer in a conscious dream state (REM sleep).
