The Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center - Shroomery

The Salvia divinorum FAQ
I. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Although I wrote much of this FAQ to fill a perceived need for this information among
those involved with Salvia divinorum, doing so would not have been possible without
the advice, criticism, encouragement, information, anecdotal material, and editing
provided by many others. Specifically I would like to thank four 'Salvia scholars' (in
alphabetical order):
• Claude Rifat for his theories about the relation of salvinorin A to the dreaming
process, for his valuable terms 'oneirogen', 'exoreality' and 'endoreality', for his
pioneering observations on the psychoactivity of S. splendens and other members of the
family Labiatae, and for his generosity in sharing botanical material.
• Daniel Siebert, the host of this web site and the founder and moderator of the original
"Salvia" email discussion forum (now the "Sagewise" mailing list), for his
contributions and support of this project, his research papers on Salvia divinorum and
salvinorin A, his attempts to keep the focus of discussions on Salvia, his constructive
criticism, and for all the valuable information he has shared.
• Leander Valdes III for his research papers on Salvia, salvinorin, and the traditional
role Salvia plays when used by Mazatec healers, and for his encouragement, as well as
for corrections of some of my mistakes.
• William White whose much earlier creation of a Salvia FAQ proved so valuable to
those interested in the subject, who has elucidated much valuable neuroscience, and
who has been most supportive of the effort to create an updated FAQ.
• Many thanks to Will Penna for valuable editorial help without which the FAQ would
be much less readable.
• I wish to thank all the members of the Salvia Draft FAQ e-mail list not already
mentioned (some of whom are known to me only by screen names) whose contributions,
critiques and questions have added greatly to this FAQ. They patiently suffered
numerous e-mailing of draft material and gave helpful commentary. Some of them
contributed valuable material which has been included in the FAQ. The members are,
listed in alphabetical order:
Tom Amundrud, cystonic, damion, DarkCobra, Discarnate Intelligence, Greendrag,
infekshun, Gwyllm Llwydd, Todd Pisek, ram, and Justin Tutty.
• Last but not least I wish to thank all the many members of the Salvia e-mail list for
their many interesting stories, pertinent questions, trip reports, theories, and
fascinating debates.
• My apologies to anyone whose contributions I failed to acknowledge.
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