Silene Capensis

[microsd]

Hi,
I’ve been trying to lucid dream for about 3 weeks with no luck. I do reality checks, and have a dream journal. My question is will silene capensis help induce a lucid dream, and if it is harmful in any way. If anyone has toyed it is love to hear about it.

Thanks

[theevil]

I haven’t tried it, but I found out some stuff about it on other websites:

I started working with S. capensis on a daily basis, taking it before breakfast, as it takes the alkaloids a very long time to travel through the blood stream. At first I didn’t notice much at all, maybe a few extra vivid dreams here and there, but nothing spectacular. However, after a week or so I started to notice a marked increase in lucid dreaming. I didn’t feel any sleepier than normal, or more lethargic, and if anything, I was sleeping more soundly and consistently than before I started working with the root. However, it seemed as if my dreams were becoming deeper and more vivid with each passing night.

Here’s some stuff on how to prepare it (Spoiler’d for length):

How to prepare Silene capensis (Ubulawu)

Method 1 :
Half a teaspoon is mixed with half a cup of water. This is drunk early in the morning upon waking, while the stomach is empty. When you feel hungry it is safe to have breakfast.

Method 2 :
A heaped tablespoon is mixed with half a liter of water, and the water blended until a froth is formed. Keep sucking the froth off the container until you feel bloated with froth, and then go to bed.

Expected Results :
While sleeping, your dreams will be exceptionally colorful, and will be remembered upon awakening. (A good idea is to keep a notebook handy for writing down the results.) Ubulawu is traditionally used to access dream-time and to communicate with ones ancestors.

Precautions :
Use the recommended amounts only; the actives are active in these doses. Larger amounts will have a purgative action, however there are no fatalities or harmful side effects reported, only a good vomiting and cleansing out of the stomach. Small doses over several days will affect even the most insensitive person, so there is no need to take a large amount.

Drink it on an empty stomach, and then when you feel hungry, you can eat. This will give the alkaloids time to travel through your system. The effects will be felt that night. The alkaloids travel quite slowly through the blood system, so it won’t get excreted out during the day.

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HOW TO PREPARE/RECIPE: To this day, it appears that the Xhosa prepare Silene capensis by powdering the root and drinking the powder with water on an empty stomach. I have found that about 200 to 250mg of powdered root is sufficient for inducing vivid, divinatory dreams.

There are several methods that I have used to preparing S. capensis for consumption. The first method of Silene capensis preparation is to mix a half of a teaspoon of dried Silene capensis powder with a half a cup of water. This should be taken early in the morning, before breakfast. Once you feel hungry, you can eat as normal. The second method is to mix a heaping tablespoon of dried root powder with two cups of water and blend until a froth forms. I then consume the froth until I feel “full”. I have not found that either of these methods is particularly superior to the other, although I did find that drinking froth was quite a bit more entertaining. The taste from either preparation is not particularly noticeable or negative, so I have never found it necessary to sweeten my S. capensis beverages.

I haven’t found anything stating that there is any negative side effects. Although apparently dead ancestors often make their way into your dreams when you eat it…

^None of that was medical advice, btw.

If you do decide to try taking some, ask your doctor first, and be sure to tell us how it works out!

Good luck,

Nsmurf

[Taika-Kim]

I tried some a few years ago, and had an incredibly bad experience. You might find it with the forum search from here, it was posted under another user name IIRC.

But then again I never used any drugs, not even alcohol so my body is probably a bit sensitive.

And about those blogs advocating this and that health product- I have a suspicion that many of those are actually written by people connected to the companies making the products, even while they might not be linking straight to their own products. So I’d trust forum posts from users with a lot of posts more.