What is the method of ingestion?
The heaviest forms of ingestion include eating the seeds or drinking a tea of the leaves, stems and seedpods, and/or seeds of the plant. Other reported methods of Datura ingestion include smoking the leaves and flowers, snorting a powder made from the crushed seeds, or rubbing a paste made from the pounded plant materials on the body. Carlos Castaneda in his infamous book The Teachings of Don Juan: Yaqui Way of Knowledge describes several different Datura preparations using different parts of the plant including flowers, roots, and leaves. According to Don Juan, the different parts are taken to learn different lessons, and some parts, the flowers in particular, are never to be taken by the sorcerer himself; they are only used in hexing practices. Castaneda’s account has led many unwitting people to try Datura without knowing what they were getting themselves into. Datura or Brugmansia is also known as an admixture to other shamanic preparations. It has been said by some that the tropan
