From Medicine to Devils Snare: The History of Jimson Weed

Discover the powerful jimson weed, also called datura stramonium, devil's snare, thornapple, stinkweed, locoweed, gypsum weed, angel trumpet plant, and Jamestown weed. Study this notorious nightshade's long history of ceremonial use and cautions as a master plant not to be approached lightly. It can cause a scary Datura trip. Learn how Southwestern tribes like the Zuni and Yokuts used jimson weed for sacred rain rituals, rites of passage into manhood, and generating hallucinogenic visions full of spiritual messages. Trace the mythic origins of datura to two magical underground children. Explore the medicinal uses of jimson weed as a topical anesthetic for setting bones, numbing wounds, and even minor surgeries. Examine its distinct trumpet-shaped jimson weed flowers and spiky thorn apple seed pods, packed with hundreds of psychoactive seeds capable of producing deliriant datura trips and even death. Compare jimson root to other nightshades like angel's trumpet, belladonna and moonflowers. Discover how uninformed Jamestown settlers fatally poisoned themselves by mistakenly eating datura leaves. Uncover why Native Americans treated this scaffolds as a master plant not to be approached lightly, navigating a fine line between medicine plant and "devil's snare."

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[@j3tts0n65]

Very interesting thanks for sharing this info
I like learning on the internet instead off wasting time
This video was well narrated and paced

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[@lotus6314]

Especially history. UA-cam is covered in history that isn’t taught in public schools.

[@robertdaniel1234]

Thanks, great information

[@soulcalsaga]

Glad you felt it was informative. Thank you

[@_casg]

I found some dried pods of the datura plant
A part of me was so curious and wanted to consume the seeds.
The other part of me knows its history.
It’s wild that I found it in my stepdads farm between the cows and some bushy fence .
I wondered if the plant had affected other people who lived in the farm Land middle of nowhere Kentucky

[@soulcalsaga]

Thanks for input

[@Keichen]

Thank you!

[@soulcalsaga]

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[@RubenWalsh-iv5ik]

This is an extremely therapeutic plant, shame hardly anyone uses it or know about it.

[@soulcalsaga]

Thanks for input but still be carefull

[@BryanBowen-f1w]

shrooms seem to be safer and better

[@AbandonedNorthJersey]

Very nasty stuff and I know from experience that it is a vile weed . I had some once and it made me chug ever clear and Gatorade and woke up in the cooler with a stack of green sheets for breaking school windows with my fists , making terroristic threats to the police, assault on the police resisting arrest vandalism and more

[@soulcalsaga]

Scary story. Thanks for sharing

[@Stephen-vk3ej]

How could people have such bizarre beliefs. How could you not question it. Take a hallucinogenic plant to make your crazy beliefs come true . Can’t just be there’s 1 God. 1 creator .

[@soulcalsaga]

Thanks for input

[@alberthernandez5318]

Bro youre looking at history through a contemporary lens.

[@Stephen-vk3ej]

@@alberthernandez5318 no I’m not. People are still people . People haven’t changed. Things have changed . Technology has changed . People are still the same people they were 2,000 years ago just living in different time period with different circumstances. Drugs and alcohol have always been around, so has the human heart, which desires evil naturally .

[@alberthernandez5318]

@@Stephen-vk3ej people wouldnt eat and people would die cause there were droughts or there was super bad weather natural disasters etc. They didnt have school or the internet they had to explain it somehow. (If anything at least so they can feel like they have some control).

[@Stephen-vk3ej]

@@alberthernandez5318 where do you get that understanding? Sounds like a belief not fact

[@roaddrunner1251]

Great video and great insight on its history of the plant, growing up in Southern New Mexico I've seen this beautiful bit deadly plant everywhere since I was young, and it adds to the beauty and mystery of the southwestf

[@soulcalsaga]

Thanks for feedback

[@Yeahwaffles]

Should have given examples of how to prepare

[@soulcalsaga]

Thanks for feedback

[@bobsyme3118]

Bro it's not a plant people should be taking,almost always ends in tears.stick to shrooms

[@jimmyjam-vc6rf]

You just need to boil it in water like tea. Not recommended unless you don't mind going to jail for howling at cars at a busy intersection while completely naked. Theres also the possibility of permanent brain damage. But I'm not your mom so you do you.

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Taipan Pete

[@soulcalsaga]

Ok