There are plants that, when ingested, connect you to other forms of self and other forms of consciousness. The whole concept of altering your consciousness through plants has been given an unfavorable name in your western world, associated with what is called drugs. In many sacred ceremonies and rituals, it is understood that certain parts of the plants of the living library are ingested so that you may further understand the living library. So if you would, open your mind to the idea that Earth grows things that allow you to understand her in greater detail.
There are those who do not want you to gather more information and become free, so they say to you that something is bad. They turn something that is quite beautiful into something to be frightened of. In actuality, the purpose of being human is to alter your consciousness by intent, by will, and by the gifts of the planet in a fashion of ritual and honor — and to discover the magnificence of living. Many substances that your
Western world could benefit from exist within the plant kingdom. It is quite interesting that there is a program to destroy the parts of the world where people have made use of the living library through the plant pharmacopeia. Plants offer you the opportunity to understand your planet and yourselves. Barks and roots from trees hold keys used to balance, heal, and bring the human body into a state of higher consciousness.
Barbara Marciniak