Everyone knows about Catnip and the effects it has on Cats, if you have not heard of it here is a video of some cats on Catnip. If you have a Cat and it has 1 toy that it likes the most, it probably has Catnip in it. Catnip itself contains Nepalactone which is a Terpene. You can make Catnip hash or Essential Oil and it will contain a purer form of Nepalactone. There is also something called "Dog nip" but I am not sure if it is an herb, and any food works as dog nip, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FgBfGQb0Co
Catnip does not work on a small portion of Cats, but that is ok, there are more than just 1 plant that can help cats get a new perspective on the world. There is also a plant called "Silver Vine" it grows wild in Japan and you can buy it on the internet or at certain pet stores that know about this. Silver Vine contains 2 Terpenes that work together to make cats feel awesome.
Cat Thyme (Related to Catnip, Thyme, Mint, etc) also contains Terpenes that Cats like.
Valerian Root is know to help people get on regular sleeping patterns, and it happens to contain Terpenes that smell similar to Cat Pheremones (Basically Cat Urine) so cats seem to like it.
There is also Tartarian Honeysuckle, whose bark contains Terpenes that attract some cats.
Plants that may attract cats
Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), an American plant that occurs as far south as Virginia and California, contains a cat attractant chemical called mitsugashiwalactone that triggers a similar reaction to catnip in susceptible cats.
Northern groundcone (Boschniakia rossica) is a parasitic member of the broomrape family and found in north-western North America. It contains 2 cat attractant compounds, boschniakine and boschnialactone.
Yellowbells (Tecoma stans) is a small tree native to Florida and contains both boschniakine and actinidine and may be attractive to cats.
Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) is a woody vine that may also contains boschniakine, but there are no reports of its attractiveness to cats.
Other plants that have been reported to attract cats: Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus, sometimes called Cranberry Bush and most commonly found in cultivation as the Snowball Tree), the perennial Dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus/Hop Marjoram), the spring-flowering annual Baby Blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii) and the Zimbabwean plant Zinziba (Lippia javanica aka Verbena javanica).
Terpenes that attract Cats
* actinidine
* actinidiolide
* boschnialactone
* boschniakine
* dihydroactinidiolide
* dihydronepetalactone
* epinepetalactone
* iridomyrmecin
* isodihydronepetalactone
* mitsugashiwalactone
* nepetalactone (classical catnip)
* neonepetalactone
* onikulactone
The main Terpene in Peppermint that makes peppermint what it is, is Menthol. Menthol is actually a Kappa Opiod Agonist as well. When you say "Opiate" most people think of Morphine or Heroine, but that is just a small representation of Opiates. There is an entire Spectrum of Opiates, many of which are used in Cooking and Food. Milk and Spinach even contain Opiates.
Red Clover is one of the most well known herbs for treating Menstrual Cramps, and it was discovered that it contains an Mu- and Delta-Opiod receptor Agonist. In plain English, it is an Opiate.
Crydalis Yanhusuo is similar, and has been shown to be strong against Migranes and Headaches.
Chocolate has also been shown to make Opiods stronger, this is known as a "Potentiator".
This is the Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog, it sweats a few Opiod Peptides (Deltorphin & Dermorphin) as a defense mechanism and it is similar in strength to Morphine.
Myrrh, yep like the stuff in the Bible. It is an Opiate, it is like Peppermint in strength.
L-Phenylalanine is a common supplement that people use as a Nootropic for a healthy brain, but the Chiral form known as D-Phenylalanine is a Enkephalinase Inhibitor. Your body has "Endogenous Morphines" known as "Endorphines" and an Enkephalinase eats up all the extra Endophines in your brain, but if you have an Enkephalinas Inhibitor then the Endorphines will not be eaten up and with stay in your brain longer.
In the Marijuana industry a Certain Extract called "CBD" has become popular because it has some effects of Marijuana, while not giving you strong Psychoactive effects. Studies have been done showing that CBD is an Opiod.
If you go to a REAL Mexican Grocery store where the make Tacos and stuff, you can get Cow Brain. Cow Brain contains Adrenorphin which is an Opiod. The Mexican Grocery stores that serve Tacos like this will say something like "Tacos De Cabeza".
Pepper is so common that we don't even really think about what it is, but Pepper and the Pepper Family of plants are pretty much Terpene Machines. Pepper contains things like Caryophyllene, which is a Cannabinoid that hits the CB1 receptor, but Pepper does not have very much. If you get Anxiety when you smoke Marijuana, Black Pepper can help. It does not only contain Cannabinoids but has a few effects on your CYP Enzymes.
And this may be surpising to some people, but Lemon Zest contains Lemonene, which works with Cannabinoids to effect your mood, and there is research being done on Limonoids right now, and I am pretty sure they are going to find that Limonoids are Cannabinoids.
Uziza is closely related to Pepper, and it contains much more Caryophyllene. Uziza is used with Pepper to flavor food in Nigeria, and it used to be used commonly in Europe, but it has not been common outside of Nigeria since the Middle Ages. In Africa they have all kinds of Spices that a lot of us have not heard of, like "Grains of Paradise".
Uziza on American Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Nigerian-Uziza-Leaves-0-10-Pack/dp/B00LEVJVB8
Uziza on UK Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/African-Sun-Uziza-Leaves-Pack/dp/B00KLD19A6
Another relative of the Pepper plant is Kava Kava which contains a Cannabinoid called "Yangonin" as well as Kavalactones that complement Cannabinoids. If you get a good amount of Kava and smoke some Cannabis, it is possible to feel like your first time smoking again. Being all like "Woah".
Kava on Amazon
Then there is Sea Urchin Eggs aka Sea Urchin Roe, it is considered an Aphrodisiac and it contains Anandamide which is a Cannabinoid that is produced inside your own brain.
Bulk Roe
http://store.catalinaop.com/Sea_Urchin_Uni_Vana_s/112.htm
http://www.seaurchinmaine.com/seaurchins.html
And Black Truffles have also been found to contain Anandamide and other Terpenes that give it a smell that allows Pigs and Dogs to find it so that it can spread.
Truffles online and on Amazon
http://www.dartagnan.com/truffles-and-mushrooms/Fresh_Truffles,default,sc.html
http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Black-Winter-Truffles-45/dp/B0002Q1X6C
A lot of people like Peppermint/Menthol in Candy and Cooking, but a lot of people don't realize that the Mint Family is a family of Terpene Machines, just like the Pepper Family. If you want to see a few of the plants in the pepper Family, follow this link:
http://finshaggy.blogspot.com/2014/12/pepper-uziza-kava-cannabinoids-terpenes.html
Catnip is closely related to Peppermint and contains the Terpenoid Nepetalactone, this is what gives it the effect it has on cats, and it has also been shown to be effective in humans, just not to the same extent as in cats. If your cat does not react to Catnip (1/3 of cats don't) you can use Silver Vine, which is a similar plant with another Terpene that Cats like. Valerian root works also. All of these are also known to have sedative effects in humans.
You have probably heard of Thyme (Pronounced: Time), it contains a Terpene called "Thymol". Thymol is structurally and effectively related to Propofol. Propofol is the stuff that Michael Jackson was taking to sleep. Thymol does not work like Propofol in the body, because your CYP Enzymes break it down into an ineffective molecule. Thymol can also be found in Syrian Oregano and other plants.
Basil is closely related to Mint and it contains a Terpene known as "Methyl Chavicol". Methyl Chavicol is closely related to Chavicol, which can be found in the Betel leaf, which is used in Indian Cuisine.
Dittany of Crete is a cooking herb that was Bred near Ancient Greece. It does not make seeds and has to be spread by people taking Cuttings to make Clones. It contains the Terpenes Carvacrol (68.96%), β-Phellandrene (18.34%) and p-Cymene (4.68%)
Klip Dagga or Wild Dagga is related to mint and it contains Leourine which is actually a light Cannabinoid. It is closely related to Siberian Motherwort which also contains Leourine.
Sage Plants are Also in the Mint Family, including "Salvia Divinorum". Salvia just means "Sage" in Latin, but Salvia Divinorum is the specific Sage you think of when I say "Salvia". It has been used by the Mazatec people for thousands of years and is said to be able to connect you to "Ska Pastora" aka "The Shepherdess". It contains the Terpenes Salvinorin A and B.
Coleus Blumei is a common garden or house plant, and it has been used by the Mazatecs to induce Dreams for a long time.
Inebriating Mint is a Mint plant that grows around Turkey, and it has been used in a Tea for recreation and for medicinal uses, such as suppressing coughs.
Moldavian Dragon's Head is an Asian plant that is related to Mint and has Sedative properties, as well as applications in Eastern Medicine.
If you want to become a Registered Minister, you can become a Legally Registered minister online in just a few seconds. Here are some sites that do this.
The Universal Life Church was started before the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which provides protection to religions. There were a lot of cases with Native Americans, and Psychedelic Churches from the 60s, and a few people sacrificing animals and stuff. The RFRA protects Religious practices.
The ULC was started by someone who could not read, so when someone would come to him and say "This book says God says" he was like "I can't read". So he started his own religion that accepts everyone and every God. This is a real protected religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Life_Church
Once you are a registered minister, you are allowed to practice religious ceremonies freely and start a ministry. You can also marry people in your state (even Gay people if it is legal in your state), and I am pretty sure other states as well, but laws vary state to state.
With Christianity or Islam you would have to go through years of schooling to get legally registered like this, but the Philosophy of the ULC is that Christians say "God ordained Humans over the animals" so every human is ordained. They just have to register to be in the ULC for it to be recognized.
I have been a Minister with the Universal Life Church for 5 years now, and I have been doing various religious studies on various religions. Here is my Certification that shows I am a Minister, just so you have an example. I have also been a Christian, Gnostic, Muslim and Shaman. The 5 years is just how long I have been a registered Polytheistic Minister.
I have been a Minister with the Universal Life Church & Universal Life Church Monastery since 2009, and as a legally registered minister I can register ministers, I will make Temple ID cards that are something like this.
It will have a short list of Religious Freedom Rulings, such as the RFRA. As well as a list of Legal Maxims, not exactly these ones, but here are some examples of what Maxims are.
"A personal right of act dies with a person" this is why rich people make Trust funds for their kids, because the trust fund can act as a person to hold the money when they are no longer alive to do it themselves.
"When the plaintiff does not prove his case, the defendant is acquitted"
"External actions show internal secrets" this goes further to say that if someone is abusing an Authority given to them by law, they are Trespassers in the Law.
"The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff"
"An act of law shall prejudice no man"
"The act itself does not constitute guilt unless done with guilty intent"
""It is the duty of the Justice to administer justice to everyone seeking it from them"
"To questions of fact a judge does not answer, to questions of law the jury do not answer"
"Equity follows law"
"That which is equal and good is the law of laws"
"It is one thing to possess, another to be in possession"
"A tree is so called while growing, but wood once it ceases to grow"
It will also explain your legal rights as a Minister
Soon I will start Registering New Ministers so that people can start growing their sacred herbs, and I will issue Certificates with the book for people who register to be Ministers, and I will start offering Temple ID cards so that people can prove they are part of the Temple and are allowed to grow Sacred Herbs, without having to make a drawn out legal argument or get out your Ministry Certificate. We are legally protected under the RFRA as ministers of the Universal Life Church.
In Ancient Egypt they actually said the mind was in the Heart. Have you ever tried to imagine that you are your heart? This is what Christians are hiding from you by telling you Jesus lives there.
Here are a few court cases that people might not know about
The People of the Stat e of Colorado v . Mana Pardeahtan , Criminal Action n° 9454, Denver County Court , June 27, 1967
This is a case in Colorado where someone was arrested for possession of Peyote, but once he was able to prove it was for religious use he was let go.
Another case happened in Arizona, when a Police Officer noticed that someone he pulled over had the Church of Peyote listed as his address, he asked "Do you have any Peyote?" and the Church member pulled out a small peyote button and ate it. He was arrested and released on the same day.
Then there is The People Vs Woody where a man was arrested in Texas for Peyote use, but then was released because Texas state law can not prohibit Religious Peyote use, just like they can not stop Christians from eating bread and drinking wine.
Most people have probably heard of "Magic Mushrooms" of the Psilocybin species, and the Peyote Cactus Buttons from Mexico that are both illegal to grow in America unless you have religious reasons. Magic Mushrooms Contain Psilocybin which is a Tryptamine, and Peyote Cactus contains Mescaline which is a Phenethylamine. Both of these things are also illegal.
But there are some Mushrooms and Cacti that contain these Molecules, and the plants are legal to grow. One of them is known as "San Pedro Cactus", this can be found at Home Depot or Lowes or whatever Garden store is near you. San Pedro means "Saint Peter" and the Spanish explorers named it that because it "Held the keys to Heaven" and Saint Peter is said to stand at the Pearly Gates. If you live in California or Arizona or New Mexico and parts of Texas, you can find huge ones growing in people's yards and a lot of people will let you trim theirs if it is messy or has dead parts or take a cutting to grow your own if you ask.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis_pachanoi
Then there are Panaelous Mushrooms. These Mushrooms are completely legal to buy and grow for your own purposes of enjoying the experience of growing mushrooms, there are no laws against it. But if you were to sell them to people that would probably be a whole other thing, and I am not telling anyone to do that. Many species of this mushroom are also known to grow all over the world, they are pretty much everywhere. You can also get Panaelous spores legally online.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panaeolus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Panaeolus_species
These are not closely related to the regular variety of "Magic Mushrooms", they are a different Species and Genus, the only way someone could get arrested with them is if they were separated in to baggies for sale, or if they were being made in to Chocolate bars or something. Similar to how Safrole is illegal to sell for consumption by FDA rules, but Sassafras is legal to sell as a cooking herb.
Here is how to grow your own Mushrooms and make Spore prints, spore prints of any kind of mushrooms (even illegal mushrooms) are legal to sell or give away (check the laws in your specific state)
http://finshaggy.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-to-grow-mithras-mushrooms-and-make.html
Latin for Lawyers, "A Tree is so called while growing, but Wood once it ceases to grow"
Police (Texas) have harassed and arrested me for my religion since I was 14, so I have made sure to know my legal rights within my faith. And within my regular life. This is a legal Maxim from the book "Latin or Lawyers". It is not legal advice, it is Latin for Lawyers.
Anyone who thinks these Mushrooms are illegal just because they contain an illegal chemical does not know what they are talking about. Safrole is illegal, but you can buy Sassafras at the Grocery store to cook with. Mescaline is illegal but you can buy San Pedro at the Garden store to grow. And Psilocybin mushrooms are illegal to grow and posses, but Panaeolous mushrooms are legal to grow for personal enjoyment. Just not if you plan on having people eat them, but if it is your religious sacrament, you are allowed to eat it. This article does not say "Everyone is allowed to grow and eat mushrooms and cactus" it says you can grow it, if you sell it to someone to eat you can get in trouble and if it is not part of your religion to eat them, then you could get in trouble for having them in something like a chocolate bar.
If tomorrow they discovered Catnip had trace amounts of THC, Catnip would not automatically be illegal. It would just be illegal to bag it up and sell it to people for them to smoke, unless you were in a state like Colorado or Washington.
Psilocybin Mushrooms are illegal, these Panaeolous are a completely different Genus and Species. But you still can't eat them unless it is your religion.
The People of the Stat e of Colorado v . Mana Pardeahtan , Criminal Action n° 9454, Denver County Court , June 27, 1967
This is a case in Colorado where someone was arrested for possession of Peyote, but once he was able to prove it was for religious use he was let go.
Another case happened in Arizona, when a Police Officer noticed that someone he pulled over had the Church of Peyote listed as his address, he asked "Do you have any Peyote?" and the Church member pulled out a small peyote button and ate it. He was arrested and released on the same day.
Then there is The People Vs Woody where a man was arrested in Texas for Peyote use, but then was released because Texas state law can not prohibit Religious Peyote use, just like they can not stop Christians from eating bread and drinking wine. If everyone is thinking outside the box, there is a
The Hobby Lobby Case Is Not Just For Christians
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 573 U.S. ___ (2014), is a landmark decision[1][2] by the United States Supreme Court allowing closely held for-profit corporations to be exempt from a law its owners religiously object to if there is a less restrictive means of furthering the law's interest.
I don't agree with companies not paying for birth control, but I want to point out some stuff that the case opened up (this is not meant as legal advice, unless you are in the Tree of Life School Ministry)
Let's break this down. any closely held (so let's say non franchise even though Hobby Lobby is a franchise) corporation is exempt from a law its owners religiously object to, if there is a less restrictive mean of furthering the laws interest. Meaning that as long as the law can still be upheld in regular society (the people buy things themselves) then it is fine.
So as long as the laws interest can be upheld in a "less restrictive way", then the law does not have to be followed within the corporation. So in the example of the Hobby Lobby case they don't pay for the birth control, 100% rejecting the laws on the books and people were forced to go buy there own because this is the "less restrictive way".
So in the case of something like Marijuana and a Shaivite (worshiper of Shiva), you could ignore the law of Marijuana growing and Possession in your Shiva altar space, but outside of the building people would not be allowed to grow or possess. It would be an American Temple. Business in the front, Religion in the back.
A federal Judge Told These People Their THC Ministry Counts, and it was not created before 1975, so it does not even fall under the RFRA like mine and some other people's do:
http://www.4029tv.com/news/religious-defense-ok-in-marijuana-ministry-case-in-hawaii/21463680
And here is a case that shows that State Laws can not restrict Religious Rights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDaniel_v._Paty
Once "Basic Information Before Leaving Earth" is finished, I will start Registering New Ministers so that people can start growing their sacred herbs, and I will issue Certificates with the book for people who register to be Ministers, and I will start offering Temple ID cards so that people can prove they are part of the Temple and are allowed to grow Sacred Herbs, without having to make a drawn out legal argument or get out your Ministry Certificate.
American Laws Protect A Few Different Things:
Smoking Marijuana in Public For Shiva Festivals
Religious Public Speech is protected by these rulings, which were both MEANT to defend the most extreme of groups, since they both ruled this way in defense of the Ku Klux Klan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._V._v._City_of_St._Paul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Square_Review_and_Advisory_Board_v._Pinette
NO law shall be made to promote or hinder a religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Exercise_Clause
Laws may not be passed that decide how religious doctrine should work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_v._Hull_Church
No one has to prove anything about their religion in court unless they want to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Ballard
You do not have to define a supreme being. They specifically note that Texas law does not define a supreme being.
http://atheism.about.com/library/decisions/religion/bl_l_ESARylander.htm
This ruling says that individuals do not have religious exemption in the context of a job
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Division_v._Smith
But religious companies can reject laws they do not agree with according to the Hobby Lobby Ruling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby
Also, Ayahuasca has been ruled legal for religious use by the supreme court, and it is protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._O_Centro_Espirita_Beneficente_Uniao_do_Vegetal
Everyone should look in to the Egyptian Tree of Life. They identified it as an actual Tree, then if you read the Christian Bible, they use the Egyptian Tree of Life to build the Tabernacle, which is the tent where the Christian God was said to live on Earth. So the Christians were using Egyptian rituals to make their God.
And if anyone is wondering, the Acacia tree is the Tree of Life. It is also thought that Moses met God through a burning Acacia Bush.
If you are in Australia reading this, I am talking about the Wattle Tree. The Wattle Tree is the Tree of Life.
There are species of Acacia tree all over the world, and they have been around for 20,000,000 years. Acacia Trees show us that at one point some parts of the planet were a lot hotter, or even on fire, because it emits a gas that allows it to not catch fire. This is why Historians think Moses met God through a burning Acacia bush because an Acacia tree next to a heat vent would not burn away, but it would have gas burning around it and some leaves and bark vaporized to fill the cave with DMT and 5-MeO-DMT, which explains Moses' experience. That is what some Historians say probably happened.
The Acacia Tree in Africa has evolved to live in Harmony with Ants, it actually lets out little drops of nectar/sap that the Ants can eat and use to feed their young, then the Ants protect the Tree from Termites and other invasive species.
The Acacia Trees in Texas has spikes as long as your finger.
The Acacia Tree is also thought to be the Tree that Jesus' crown was made of. Since it has massive spikes.
The Bark of Acacia trees contains DMT and 5-MeO-DMT, DMT has recently been labeled "The Spirit Molecule" because your brain dumps it when you die.