I want to see someone correct that commentor by telling them frankincense was the name of the doctor not the monster.
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Frankincense was actually the name of the wise man.
Knowledge is knowing Frankincense is the doctor. Wisdom is knowing Frankincense is the monster
Frankly, that makes no sense
The monster's name was Adam Frankincense.
incensole acetate has ~1/10th the anti-anxiety potency of valium, which is pretty darn high if you think about it!
myrrh is also psychoactive, but it’s a straight up opoid agonist. it was commonly used as a pain reliever before the widespread use of opium poppies. in high-ish concentrations folks report general euphorua, dream-like states, and even vivid/lucid dreams! i can personally attest to the first two hahah
Next you're gonna tell me gold is psychoactive!
Having lots of it would indeed make me happier :p
Does it elicit a psychoactive reaction or does it affect TRPV3 in vitro?
be honest David Beckham meme
In vivo in mice
is TRPV3 even involved in any way because last time i've checked some of best evidence points in direction of TrkB
I got some frankincense and lit it, now my apartment smells like smoke
Just as John Frankincense intended.
Now someone is going to make a Frankincense vapes
Extract in a passive nasal inhaler device like Poy-Sian would probably work.
Is that bottle actually labeled "Poy-sian" like poison?
Its from Thailand... There is a stop between the word and a heavy emphasis on the y.
Phoentically It's like poY - - see - an
So, uh, how would one make use of this knowledge?
Probably shouldn't experiment with large doses of barely understood substances... But if someone really wanted to.
You can buy Incensole Acetate from chemical companies, but it's like hundred dollars for a few milligrams. Would have been cool for it to be cheap this form because you could probably use it in a passive nasal inhaler device at that strength.
However you can buy 4oz of frankincense resin for ~$30. I would imagine that will have much more of Incensole than a few mg. No idea if it would be easy to inhale in vapor form or if you would have to burn it.
No idea how reputable these sites selling it are, but here is one.
How have we allowed a substance used by a major religion for two millennia remain a "barely understood substance?"
Yeah, but they weren't inhaling an isolate. It's all about the dose.
Edit: I misread your comment. I don't know why there isn't more research into the pathways frankincense uses to generate its effects. Probably because it's rarely been used in a directly applied medical way instead of a communal or ceremonial use.
Religion itself is said to be natural antidepressant. I do wonder if exposure by our ancestors to psychoactive substances is tied to the development of religion.
Hell just the chords they play on the organ. You could probably write a song about licking envelopes in the style of a church hymn and get people to worship the Postmaster General.
I mean, I have been looking for a cult to join, if you were looking to start one.
I actually got my hands on Frankincense drops and started to eat them like crazy, when I decided to try one of them. It tasted like actual raw glass like rocks although I liked eating them and didn't knew why until now. Although they have almost zero to non taste, eating them was quite addictive in my experience
Uh yeah, how is that new? That was always the point of using the stuff.
I figured it was traditionally used because it's what was given to baby JC by the three wise men, so it's considered holy in a sense
It's a drug and has always been used as such. Why do you think that stuff was so valuable?
Smells nice? I mean, that's basically the value of perfumes too
Bcs the market speculation predicted that after prob 1k years it will enter the mass use by a major religion & could be sold at a higher price then, duh.
/s
Here and I thought the smoke was meant to keep mosquitos away
Maybe it doesn't actually keep them away but just gets them too high to be interested in biting.
But the higher I get, the more interested in biting I become
So the Church has wine and antidepressants in its rituals...
Somewhere, Dr. Ammon Hillman has read this and is grinning maniacally.
I was going to go with Marx. Turns out religion is the LITERAL opiate of the masses!
Makes sense with Marx too I guess but Hillman, who has a doctorate in classics and a masters (I think) in one of the biosciences has been pushing for more awareness of the countless references to recreational and sacramental drug use in antiquity for over a decade now. He's not for everybody but he's read ancient Greek for over 3 decades and finds some pretty surprising accounts of it in neglected medical and other texts he continues to translate.
That’s what they used to call “Church Air”
I'll stick with my family trait that means when we fight we get happy brain juice, I just wish boxing or MMA could trigger it but it doesn't. If the fight can't theoretically end with me getting gutted with a rusty knife I want nothing to do with it, I want to Cain someone's Able.
Okay? Stay safe, I guess
Eh I generally have to avoid activating that particular trait, it's rather unproductive. Also I shit talk a lot while in a fight and that could get me in deeper water due to fighting words laws.
In Washington State, we have mutual combat laws! So long as both parties agree to fight and not hurt anyone else or other's property, you are good to fight!
How the fuck did you guys retain dueling laws?