Firs time I come early!

Hello dear readers. Yes, I work on Sundays also. My boss is quite bossy.

I rest on Saturdays, but is not what you would call "resting" is more like a day to do with personal stuff that I can't do while working on weekdays.

So I disable my clock alarm on Friday night so I can sleep a little bit more on Saturday Morning. My problem is that sometimes I forget to set it up on Saturday night to wake up on time on Sundays. And this just happened today.

I woke up exactly at the time I was supposed to be working, and I had to do everything in fast forward motion, I didn't have a breakfast, didn't shower, etc. But I got here about half an hour late anyway.

Then when I turned on my laptop I saw my google calendar with big red letters that "Daylight time savings ends today"

So in fact I got here half an hour earlier!! I wanted to go back and sleep a little more but nah! I'm sure my boss is rubbing his hands with this free work-time I'm doing.

Ok I have to go now, I need to put some salvia on vials.

Have a great day.

The best job in the world!!

I'm gonna explain my job and then you can tell me if you wouldn't like to be in my shoes.

I'm in charge of manufacturing salvia extracts at our lab in Black Hat Botanicals since 2 months ago.

It was a little bit difficult to learn everything because the steps to follow looked easy, but you know what they say about things that look easy. Well, I already learned them, some of them the hard way.

Today I was talking to my boss, brainstorming new ideas to continue with our success in the herbal extract industry, and I popped up a question that I've had in my mind for a month or so.

I told my boss that I was afraid that the quality of our products could diminish a bit with this change of manufacturer, since he used to be in charge of that part of the process from a long time ago, at least on the supervision area and we always had good reviews from our customers.

Now he's into other things and he let me in charge of salvia extracts and other herbs production and I had that doubt. I told him that I would like him to check the product like a "quality control" test.

He was ok with that, he told me to get him some product I've done lately. I get him a container for our 10X and he got a glass pipe, I asked him what he was going to do with the glass pipe. He said that he was going to test the quality of the salvia. I said that I didn't mean that, I was just asking him to take a look to the extracts I made and compare it to the one he used to do.

He said he could do that, but it was better to smoke it and compare the quality of the trip itself.

Well, as he is the boss, What could I do, right? I told him I'll be the sitter. He took one of our new glass pipes and put some 10x in it, then he lighted it.

I was worried because it was the first time I see someone smoking salvia next to me, I've just watched them in Youtube and it looked like fun, but in reality I was a little nervous about my performance as a newbie sitter.

And yes, he was there going up on the trip and I was telling him to pass me the glass pipe and the lighter, which he forgot to put in the floor, and I had to tell him at least a couple of times before he finally did it.

To be my first time as a sitter it was a busy one, he stood up once, so I had to say: "sit down" he did it, then said something like: "What did I smoke, what did I smoke?" I said: "Salvia" and he said: "oh!" then he stood up again and I said "sit down" again, fortunately for both of us, he understood what I said, even if he didn't seem to be listening at all, so he sat down again.

He started to say: "Do we sell this thing? It's awesome!" I was focused on watching him and to prevent any accident so I didn't answer.

Then, when I thought everything was settling down he stood up for the third time, I told him to keep sat down but he didn't listen this time, he said he was ok, and I believed him at first, but then he start's laughing at me, he said: "Yes, I'm ok, but you look like a doctor and you're watching me" (I was wearing my lab coat) It didn't make sense at that time, I had to stand up and ask him to sit down again, which now he did.

Then the effect passed out, he stood up and looked out the window, and said: "man! this is good $hit!" So, what's better quality description for a product than that? Specially if said by the man who pays you to manufacture it.

But it didn't end there, while he was recovering from it, I told him that I envy him because I tried salvia before and I've never got a good trip. So he said: "ok, do it now" but I was like unsure. I told him that I don't like to do it with so many distractions surrounding me (daylight, street noise, and specially him looking at me).

After a lot of thinking I finally decided to do it, my boss lowered the blinds and he told me he would be in the other room just in case. I agreed and smoked some of it, he told me it was too much and I let some smoke go. I kept it in my lungs around 20 seconds and waited but I didn't feel anything. I went to my boss and told him the bad news, he told me that I didn't smoke enough and I should try again. I did it again but nothing happened, I just felt a little drunk.

Both of the experiences happened in less than 1 hour but I learned a lot. Specially by being a sitter. This is what I learned:

When you're a sitter, you should never think you know what the smoker is going to do, it happened to me with the pipe and lighter and after that with the standing ups. It's better if you talk about what to do with the pipe/bong and lighter/matches minutes (to put them in the floor, table or hand it to you) before the person you're taking care of starts smoking, he or she is gonna have some seconds of awareness to do this before the experience starts.

When the person stands up, at least with my boss, he understood perfectly when I told him to sit down the first couple of times, but in the third one it took longer to respond.

This tells me two things: as a sitter you can try to talk, warn or yell in case of a danger as a first resource. But you must not get too confident that the smoker is gonna listen all of the time, like he didn't that third time.

I was impressed that he always talked coherently, something that most of the people I've seen on youtube videos couldn't do.

We talked about our experiences some minutes after and he told me that he felt he was swinging back and forth, and that he was passing through 3 different realities, back being one, the middle another and the front another one, which it was the one I was in. He said that he felt he could choose any of the three to be in. Then he told me what he was seeing when he was standing up the third time laughing at me. He said that I looked like a doctor, and when I stood up and told him to sit down, with my body ready to catch him up in case he tripped or run, I looked like one of those nurses from mental hospitals trying to catch the crazy guy to prevent him to hurt himself. That was to a certain point true and after he told me that I also laughed about it.

Then we discuss about why I couldn't have the same experience he had using the very same product. My thought is that my lifestyle is not the same than his. He's way more spiritual than me, he keeps some special diet and prays, and don't drink too much, and on the contrary, I drank last week when my girlfriend came to spend her vacations here, and I eat anything that moves. I read that sex and drinking habits among other food choices had to do with the outcome of Salvia experiences. I'll read more about this and make some experiments with myself to let you know what's the best way of having the best Salvia experience ever.

And finally, he told me "what other job can you have where the boss smokes up with you? in fact, orders you to smoke!"

Yes, I completely agree. Too bad that I'm not working at Porsche's, I'd be driving like crazy on some race track against my boss!!

Tornados in Milwaukee!

I was in the lab grinding salvia divinorum leaves, when I heard on the radio the warning alert system, I used to hear it in Mexico as a test, but never for a real situation.

This time was different and they were broadcasting a tornado alert, very close to our place to not to worry.

Fortunately my boss was here and I asked him about the possibility of a tornado in this area. He just answered:

"Umm... between summer and winter we have a lot of tornadoes in Wisconsin"

and I was like:

"What?!!"

Then he said:

"I didn't want to tell you this before because you probably wouldn't come to Wisconsin, but don't worry, tornadoes usually kill around 50 people a year"

Am I supposed to be relieved by that?

I barely squeezed through the H1N1 flu to be here and be killed by a tornado?

Come on!!

Any comments would be appreciated, specially on how to make a tornado-proof shelter.

Salvia in Wisconsin.

Hello, I'm back! You're surprised aren't you? You didn't expect me to return again this day, but I did.

I'm in Milwaukee working with salvia now, and I'll talk about this in later posts, but this one is to tell you about my flight experience.

I've never flown before and I was excited about the experience, that's why I asked for window seats. But unfortunately, as I told you in a former post, I didn't make it on time, and they put me as stand-by passenger, without the possibility of choice my one seat number.

My bad luck didn't end there, because I got the seat between the window and the aisle, that also means to be between 2 persons, they were both women.

And as the travel was with one stop in Atlanta to change airplanes, I also had to go in the middle seat, surrounded by, again, 2 women, (not complaining).

I thought that the take-off was going to be the hardest part, but it wasn't, just the taxiing was a little shaky.

Being in the air was pleasant and I could see a little bit through the window Los Angeles night lights. I was impressed, and I was like a kid looking the sea for the first time.

All the time while in the air was smooth and quiet, and being my first flight, that helps my confidence in airplanes.

It was an excellent experience, I hope is not the last.

Now I'm here preparing the salvia that you may be using in the future.

Have a great week, please leave some comments.

Ignorance about salvia.

I've always been against ignorance, which in the case of salvia is a reality nowadays.

Unfortunately, ignorance is one of the greatest weapon of control in this Psychological wars era.

The ones in power rely on ignorance of the masses to achieve their egoist interests, if you haven't thought about this, take a little time in your life to meditate on this, you'll see that what I'm writing is true.

In the particular case of salvia, governments and some ignorants are taking advantage on this new discovery in botanics to make their governed believe they're in control, when with a little personal research with any search engine would clear all their doubts, realizing that salvia is a harmless plan.

Those in power will never change, that's what they're there for, but you can change, don't believe everything that they say, make your own research, and be free of being controlled because of ignorance.

This article doesn't just apply to Salvia Divinorum, but it may be applied to several issues

Ten days! Wow! I'm impressed also! When I started this blog I didn't think it would turn difficult to find time and/or stories to keep the blog running, but this has been the case, and I admit it.

I guess that flu H1N1 is in control in Mexico, I don't mean that it won't be more infected people, or even dead ones because of the virus. I just mean that we're now aware of its symptoms and its deadliness. WHO has congratulated Mexican government and citizens for their civic and mature response to this new virus, that handled carelessly would've got millions of lives throughout the world.

Nevertheless we paid our toll, we're facing one of the greatest economic crisis of our history.

I personally ask to my readers to come to visit Mexico, we depend in great part on tourism, and you can take advantage of our low prices for tourists and our beautiful touristic places.

At least visit BHB and get some Salvia Extracts, you'd be helping in some degree to Mexico, Salvia Divinorum's mother land.

Rivea seeds

Rivea Corymbosa, or Rivea seeds, are originary of Mexico, but spread all over central America and a little more to the South, reaching Peru, and to the East by Cuba.

The original use for these seeds are made by shamans in order to gain knowledge in curing practices and ritual, as well as the causes for the illness.

Known in Mexico as Ololiúqui, the seeds contain ergine (LSA), an ergoline alkaloid similar in structure to LSD.

Its use is not as wide as Salvia, but among shamans, Rivea seeds are used very often, even more than Maria Pastora.

You can buy salvia or rivea seeds at Black Hat Botanicals.

I'll be back soon.

Texas on the right path for Salvia Divinorum regulation

 Texas Senate Bill 257 that prohibits the sale or delivery of Salvia Divinorum or the active ingredient Salvinorin A to minors under 18 was passed by the State Senate and now referred to the Texas House for further consideration.

This is a great step for Salvia to be regulated and not just banned without any previous research, I really hope that other US States follow this kind of behavior to give the place that this herb really deserves.

0 comments doesn't mean you have to keep it like this.

Have a nice day.

There are different taste of music when under Salvia effects, sometimes heavy metal, or rock, or just relaxing music.

Unfortunately for those looking for the healing and divinatory effects that makes this plant so famous for, shamans don't use music in their sessions because they say that any kind of noise would make salvia effects disappear or weaker.

As well as sound, shamans say that light cause the same opposition to salvia's effects as music, this is why shamans environment while using salvia is always a completely dark and quiet place to talk to spirits or heal their patients.

But if you have a favorite to listen to while in a Salvia trip, let me know which one is, though I rather like to emulate old shamans techniques.

Please keep in touch, I'll have more news soon.

About Salvia Extracts

I've been reading about Salvia Divinorum, but most of the places I've found talk about Salvia Extracts.

I've been asking myself what shamans say about their precious plant is being converted into an industrialized concentrate, just like they make sugar from cane.

I've also wondered if they would change into this salvia extracts once they know that it's more clean and powerful than pure silvester leaves.

I think they would keep their fresh leaves because of tradition. And they wouldn't accept that Salvia Divinorum, a holy plant for them, is being treated as entertainment and not for what it is meant to be.

Personally, now that we have at hand an herb so powerful, we should try to give it the use originally intended. We would reach a higher spiritual level and a greater inner peace.

Have a great week!

Oinkchooo!!

Swine flu in Mexico.

You might be wondering why Mexico is the only country in the world with confirmed swine flu deaths (so far).

That question has a lot of answers, one of them is obviously that our country was the first one where this virus sprang.

Then there is our culture, we don't use to go to the doctor as often as other countries, because of money or ignorance on the gravity of a given illness. Specially on this one, that it appears as a mere flu, few Mexicans go to the doctor when they have one.

Those two circumstances made of Mexico the perfect party place for this new virus. In other words, we were taken off-guard.

Mexican government have been taken the right decisions so far, and population is observing the recommended safety rules for this case.

At first, I thought that the measures taken by our government were too magnified for this issue. But now that I know more about the history of previous pandemies (google SARS) I think that world governments are doing the right thing. You can never over-react when taking care of your health.

Although Salvia Divinorum is Mexican, don't worry, they are double-filtered to give you the best and safest extract on the market.

Buy salvia! (swine flu-free).

You can comment anything you.. yo.. achoooo!! Sorry! ;)

More on favor of Salvia Divinorum.

I've said repeatedly that Salvia Divinorum is not as bad as law makers perceive it. That it should be regulated as alcohol or cigarettes have.

In addition to this, there's another legal area where Salvia fits to be compared with.

Medications have been lately in the eye of the storm (though this is a misplaced use for this phrase, because the eye of a storm is always quiet) because most of them have as much adverse effects as they cure diseases, specially those for treating mental illnesses.

The way health departments in several countries have been managing new artificial medicines tests for their final use in the population is embarrassing and irresponsible.

When congressmen try to ban a relatively recent botanical discovery as Salvia Divinorum and they aren't doing their job in other areas like medicine regulation, they're just being as reckless as those teenagers trying Salvia.

I'm positive that more than 10% of medicines have killed those that they're supposed to heal, just because their unknown side effects or 'cause they were used by minors as consequence of improper storage.

If you want a drug-free and safer place for our minors, start fixing what you've left unfinished, with their proper testing on humans, maybe then you could try to regulate new plants and medicines the right way.

Yeah! Leave your comments! I'm sleepy now.

Work and responsibilities.

Now that the time has passed, I have a clearer view of our goals as a whole, at least on the part I'm in charge of.

I'm doing things with a defined purpose and orientation. I realized it because I'm doing some of my old duties with slight changes, and at the same time I'm aware of the goals for what I'm writing or modifying.

When starting working on Salvia Extracts, I had a narrow view of the goals and duties in charge of me. With the help and patient of my boss, I've been able to create my own space and ideology to help on the general goals of this company.

I'm looking forward to get more responsibilities here at BHB to be a bigger and more important part on the growth of this enterprise.

Have a nice day my fellas.

I finally finished modifying meta-tags on our website. My boss left me alone with this task, he hasn't checked the results yet but I know he's gonna like my work.

Some of the keywords we're targeting for SEO are in the second page of Google, and some others are getting close to the first page. I hope that with the changes we made all our keywords reach the first page in less than 15 days.

There's some On-site SEO work to do, but I'll need the opinion of my boss prior to do this.

Now that I saw the text on our pages, I realize that it has enough quality content on each of them to avoid making major changes to them and continue with our back-linking strategy.

By the way, I don't know who wrote the meta keywords that were at our web pages, but this person didn't write correctly the words salvia divinorum, they wrote it like: saliva diviorum, or divorium, I hope that it didn't affected us all this time.

If you have any comments, let me know, I'll go to sleep now.

On-site SEO.

Finally my boss is letting me do what I think is best or at least one of our priorities to get more traffic: On-site SEO.

On-site SEO is to organize the info inside your website specially oriented to make it easier for SE spiders to find it and to index it.

This info is divided into meta-tags, inside linking, page indexing, variable and quality content, and others.

Right now I'm learning about meta-tags, which are not one of the important parts for SEO if modified alone.

In our case this is important because our website name is not related to what we're selling, so by modifying our meta-tags we're explaining to SE and our potential customers using them, in some degree what our specific products are.

In example, instead of just telling to SE that we're blackhatbotanicals, we put additional info in the meta-tags to let them know that we sell salvia, rivea seeds, etc.

This way, when Search Engines index our website, they will read this info and relate our name with our products, and put them in the description or their search results, letting our potential customers to know what our site is about.

Of course this is worth too little if not done together with other changes in the website and Off-site SEO, and that's exactly what I'm gonna do.


For any comments, please let me know.

SEO news.

Hello dear fellows! It's been long since the last time I was here, but I'm back.

This time I'm gonna let you know that our SEO keywords rankings have been going down and our stronger one ( salvia extracts ) is ranking between 5th and 8th on Google.

This means that our SEO strategies are giving good results, at first we thought that they weren't working, we even quit that strategy some days ago, but now that we know it's working, I think we'll start doing it again.

I think we should start adding more keywords to our system, like kratom and rivea seeds, now that we know it's working the way we planned.

I was sick with flu these last days, a strong one, I don't use to go to the doctor, but this time I had to, fortunately everything's fine now, except my butt that was injected several times to recover my health quickly.


Thanks for you good thoughts on me, I do the same for you.

Salvia strain?

Hello dear viewers. These last days have been a little rough, my boss is getting more and more obnoxious everyday. There have been some progress on our SEO strategies. And I'm confident that we'll be raising steadily our rank at Google's SE.

I had a customer yesterday that asked about Salvia strains, and Luna strain. I didn't exactly know what he was talking about at that time, I asked him to explain it with other words, he only managed to say the exact same thing again. The only thing I could do, was to Google it and then I knew what he meant, unfortunately, the customer logged out before I had time to answer his question, so I'll answer it right now, if it helps in some way.

In the middle of the last century, few people brought live salvia plants directly from Oaxaca Mexico to America for study or growing purposes. In the end they reach to reproduce salvia plant in a controlled environment.

The descendents from that original salvia plant took a different path from the silvester ones grown back in Oaxaca, they had slight differences, some in the leaf shape, others in the leaf taste and some with slight changes in salvinorin A potency. They take their name from the last name of the person who brought them from Mexico, or the breeder gives a rare name for commercial advertising purposes.

All in all, the strain is just for advertising live salvia plants, and there is not a sensible difference among them to pick one over the others.

We don't need to talk about our salvia divinorum strain because of two reasons:

- We don't currently sell salvia divinorum plants, we sell salvia extracts.
- Our salvia comes directly from Mazatec territory in Oaxaca, Mexico, that means we use completely silvester and high potency salvia divinorum leaves for our extracts.

If you want to buy salvia plants, we will sell our own soon, keep in touch with our Forum, we'll have quality live salvia plants, just like our salvia extracts are.