From: grayhama@hotmail.com   
      
   Hello everyone   
    I tend to lurk and just read,  I have posted very occasionally, so just   
   saying hello first. I am really interested in lucid dreaming and out of body   
   experiences. I have had both.   
      
    I want to tell you about Mugwort. I have seen a post here about it before   
   and was intrigued so thought I would try it.   
      
   I found a site on the internet that sell herbs and I managed to buy 1/2 a   
   kilo for £5.50 about $9.70. It turned up in two days even though had to send   
   them a cheque. Great Service. I will post the link if anyone wants it as I   
   don't want to post it now or it will look like I'm spamming.   
      
   My girlfriend volunteered a pair of her tights (unworn) and I made two   
   little bags for the mugwort out of the feet. I tried it the next day when I   
   was not over tired and had really good dreams, long ones with great stories   
   which gave me a sort of wow feeling when I woke up. There were about 4 or 5   
   dreams in succession. The same happened for my girlfriend. In fact she had   
   to stuff it under her pillow in the middle of the night because it was too   
   much.   
   The next night I used it I had nothing so figured my body probably got used   
   to it. I skipped a day and tried again.   
      
   This time I woke into sleep paralysis and had a seriously malevolent   
   feeling. Like something was coming. I could see the bedroom door and hear my   
   girlfriend breathing. Seeing the door was cool because I sleep with an eye   
   mask, the type you get on an aeroplane. I do this because there is a huge   
   street light outside my bedroom window.   
      
   I lay in paralysis for a bit, I have experienced this before so could sort   
   of handle it. The malevolent feeling got stronger and stronger until I   
   started to panic and woke myself up. Pretty interesting just for sleeping   
   with a herb near my nose.   
      
   On the following Sunday about three days later, I decided to try it again. I   
   slept really late and the last thing I remember was looking at the clock, it   
   was 11:45am.   
    A Lucid dream started and I could fly, I flew down to a lake and splashed   
   the people standing by the side of it. They wondered where it was coming   
   from as they could not see me.   
      
   There was a light shinning on me whilst I was flying and it warmed my whole   
   body right through to my soul. I live in England  but new I was flying   
   around America. I flew around the high rise buildings and then on to a high   
   balcony right on the top of an apartment block. I looked over the balcony   
   and could see down with perfect clarity, right to the street below.   
      
   I wanted to jump off but could not quite work out 100% whether or not I was   
   dreaming or awake. I figured if I had to ask that question I was dreaming. I   
   jumped and just floated to the balcony on the opposite block and then just   
   flew back into the wonderful light. I flew in to a bar and ordered a drink   
   and scared everybody in there. I said sorry and explained to a tall strong   
   man a black guy that I was astral projecting, I think he was he cop. He was   
   fascinated and told me to remember this "social security M18" I have no idea   
   what it means and could find no reference to it on the net. I then jumped   
   out the window with those word ringing my ears, I still remember them now. I   
   carried on flying in the light and it felt what I would call divine   
      
   There is a lot more but I'm going to skip that as it goes on an on   
      
    Eventually I ended up flying over a field, there where these vine like   
   things growing out of the ground and coming for me. I sensed they where evil   
   and tried to fight them. I know I'm good and looked straight at them and   
   concentrated with all the good in me and they stared to dissolve, not enough   
   though and they wrapped around my legs, I was still flying and they where   
   pulling me down. I beat them with my hands and a bat I seemed to get from   
   some where. The light that was so warm was in the distance and I thought if   
   I can make it there I will be ok. I fought hard beating the vines with all   
   my strength and then reached the light. As soon as I reached it I woke up.   
      
   I felt like I was in this dream for about 3 hours. When I looked at the   
   clock it was 12:15pm. It had only been 1/2 an hour.   
      
   I would highly recommend using Mugwort. From what I have read it is supposed   
   to bring on lucid dreams and astral projection and as far as I am concerned   
   it works.   
   The herb itself is harmless unless you are pregnant. If you are pregnant   
   stay away from it as it can cause contractions in the womb and miscarriage.   
   Apparently it's good for period pains as well.   
      
   I hope this is interesting for some of you.   
      
   Grayham   
      
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