zeitgeist wrote:so i watched the first clip and the guy mentioned 'datura' as an alternate name for this plant. is that correct? i've never heard of burundanga, but have eaten some datura in the past that turned out to be a horribly uncomfortble 10 hour trip. perhaps datura is just the latin category for these types of plants? even the flowers look strikingly similar. my gf and i actually just found some datura in a ditch last week about 100 yards from my house if anyone wants to try it....i won't be doing it again.
EDIT: i found burundanga IS from datura according to erowid.org. it's an alternate extract. i suppose it's good that i had a babysitter and no bank account worth taking...
Wow mate, that's interesting.
Can you share with us how your trip was like? I hear most people have horrible trips with it, but what did they actually see? What did you see, experienced?
This stuff really is weird..
Apparenlty, datura is a dissociative psychedelic, and you can start experiencing very realistic things during your trip without realizing that what you are seeing isn't there. There's no disconnect, or druggy haze to remind you that it's all in your head.
It's a delierant, as it's active chemical is scopolamine... it's an anticholinergic.
scopolamine has been used medicinally in many applications, and in high concentrations can be fatal. The effects certainly are not sought after, that's for sure.
If you have ever taken high amounts (400mg) of diphenhydramine (aka, benadryl) you'll get just about the same effects. It works on the same part of the brain.
Having done this in my past, I would not recommend it to anyone.
Apparenlty, datura is a dissociative psychedelic, and you can start experiencing very realistic things during your trip without realizing that what you are seeing isn't there. There's no disconnect, or druggy haze to remind you that it's all in your head.
