Sacred Plants

The Blue Lily, or Blue Lotus was the most sacred plant of Ancient Egypt. It was frequently depicted in works of art, where it is most often shown in party and other social scenes.

Silene capensis is regarded by local shamans as a type of "Ubulawu" or medicinal root that they call "Undlela Ziimhlophe". Its root is traditionally used to induce vivid lucid dreaming.

Guayusa is used by people of the Amazon basin. It has the interesting effect of inducing lucid dreaming. For this reason, it is known as the "watchman's plant".

Guayusa is used by people of the Amazon basin. It has the interesting effect of inducing lucid dreaming. For this reason, it is known as the "watchman's plant".

Hawaiian Baby Woodrose (Argyreia nervosa), not to be confused with the Hawaiian woodrose (Merremia tuberosa), is a perennial climbing vine, also known as Elephant Creeper and Woolly Morning Glory.

Kanna has been historically documented to be used in South Africa by pastoralists and hunter-gatherers nomadic groups such as the Khoi and San peoples.

Kanna has been historically documented to be used in South Africa by pastoralists and hunter-gatherers nomadic groups such as the Khoi and San peoples.

Kanna has been historically documented to be used in South Africa by pastoralists and hunter-gatherers nomadic groups such as the Khoi and San peoples.

Synaptolepis kirkii has been said to induce lucid dreams. Its root infusions are used in rituals and for those trying to communicate with ancestral spirits or have prophetic visions.

Ipomea violacea is a member of the Bindweed or Morning Glory family, used by Aztecs and other indigenous groups of Central America, mainly Mexico.

Erythrina has long been used by the indigenous peoples in the Amazon. It is used in Brazilian traditional medicine as a sedative, or to calm an overexcited nervous system.

Erythrina has long been used in Brazilian traditional medicine as a sedative, or to calm an overexcited nervous system.

Ololiuhqui in Nahuatl is the name of the seeds, not of the plant that yields the seeds. The word means "round thing", and the seeds are small, brown, and oval.

Sananga is made from the potent rootbark and bark of the Tabernaemontana undulata shrub, a "Milkwood" species in the family Apocynaceae.

Sananga rootbark.