SALVIA DIVINORUM (A Near Death Experiment)

In June 2015, when the Salvia was still legal and for sale in Canada, my friend and I purchased and tried some for an experimental documentary I made called "From Uneasy Dreams" (http://neardeathfilms.com/from-uneasy-dreams/). These are the scenes from the film in which we tried the psychoactive plant. Salvia Divinorum is a plant species with transient psychoactive properties when its leaves are consumed by chewing, smoking or as a tea. The leaves contain opioid-like compounds that induce hallucinations. Mazatec shamans have a long and continuous tradition of religious use of Salvia divinorum to facilitate visionary states of consciousness during spiritual healing sessions. Interesting fact: The first time I tried salvia I awoke inside a tunnel with a lady at the end telling me to come to the end of the tunnel. After the trip, I googled "lady, salvia, tunnel" to see if anyone else had the same experience and there were hundreds of stories of people being in a tunnel with a lady calling them to the end. To watch the full half-hour short film go to - http://www.neardeathfilms.com