From:    Deep Black                             Area: Magical Plants
To:      Kayla Block                            18 Nov 93 05:12:00
Subject: Re: Books                              UpdReq 

KB>  (sorry if i'm being nosy.)
If you wish to net mail me regarding this (or if you have an Internet 
address), I'll be more than happy to give you my views on same.  I do not
wish to do this in a public forum, particularly this one.

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From:    Deep Black                             Area: Magical Plants
To:      TOM DENMAN                             18 Nov 93 05:18:00
Subject: Re: ABSINTHE                           UpdReq 

TD>  So Whatchya Figger? Was Toulouse just after it for a basil-like
TD>  flavouring?
You got me!  I was relating my own experience.  It is possible I was missing
something (although I feel it unlikely.)
What do you think?

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From:    Deep Black                             Area: Magical Plants
To:      Maria Giardina                         18 Nov 93 06:08:00
Subject: Re: B.CAAPI                            UpdReq 

MG>  held up due to interference from the Customs and Agriculture
MG>  Department". Anyone have any more infor on the nature of this irksome
MG>  intercession?
I was snailed a newspaper article for my archives last year about some
shipments of caapi and viridis being held up because they were being
used in ritual at a New Orleans site.  Obviously the brew was simply yage, but
the "religion" was new to me.  Diame was its name and it involved the use
of the admixture, chanting and standing in chalkmarked squares drawn on
the floor in a "table" like fashion.  Didnt't really go into much detail.
Syrian rue works at least as well as caapi and is very common (unless you
were wanting it specifically for flavor or incense, etc.)

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