Walking in Two Worlds
the truffle is waiting for me to come back & I have gotten some of my deepest and most profound insights at times like this. Its a great way to sharpen your skills at being functional in two worlds at once.
Plant Symphonies
Getting ready to process some more fresh Solandra that my friend who spent some time living with the Huichol sent me. He told me that his godfather there taught him that Solandra, or Kieri as they call it, is the counterpoint to Peyote and for me who has found myself coming full circle with these plants it just makes so much sense….
Elevating the Ordinary
At Emporium Black, I am committed to weaving together the realms of gourmet indulgence with the profound depths of spiritual and occult practices. My Chocolate Nightshade Truffles, each carefully handcrafted from premium Belgian chocolate, offer more than just a sensory feast. They are powerful vessels for personal transformation, providing a direct pathway to engage with and understand the spirits of sacred plants.
A Guide to Enjoying Chocolate Nightshade Truffles
Regardless of your experience ingesting various substances, you may be unsure how best to enjoy chocolate nightshade truffles. These creations utilize sacred plants to provide a gentle time of openness and emotional awareness. I’d love to share some tips and suggestions for enhancing this special encounter.
Strengthening Our Connection with the Plants During Our Experiences
In order to get the most from our experiences working with the plants in these truffles, we must stay quiet & reasonably still to stay truly connected to them once we consume them. The same was true even with my many experiences with Peyote. In Peyote meetings you sit in the same spot for approx.12 hours & for the most part you say nothing. You are supposed to keep your eyes focused mostly on the fire in the center of the teepee. Looking around at others and even shifting your body around too much is considered rude and distracting but these ‘rules’ also keep you plugged into the experience 100%.
Discovering Meaning in Feathers: A Tale of Mindfulness and Connection
Today when I was taking out the trash I saw some small feathers floating in a pool of rainwater. Towards the edge I saw a slightly larger feather and I decided to pick it up and clean it off and bring it in. During that moment of mindfulness I happened to see a circle of white off in the courtyard I would have otherwise missed. Feather in hand I went to examine the white circle and…
The Calling of the Plants (My Own Road)
Mandrake was the nightshade that initially called out to me. One day, out of the blue, just became obsessed with it. Spiritually I come from a different background and wasn’t really familiar with the more Euro-based occult and witchcraft practitioners that had been working with it for years, so I did not have any prior information on it, accurate or not. I was never someone to watch movies or television series on such things either…
Leveling Up
Try to at least temporarily let go of everything you may have already learned about a particular plant and its attributes and any other preconceived ideas about it, no matter how common the ideas may seem to be, before eating one of these truffles.
Preconceived beliefs and mindsets tend to confine potential experiences to fit into the parameters that accompany those beliefs and mindsets.
Ethical Ingredients
Ethical Ingredients. At Emporium Black, it is of utmost importance that we use ethically-sourced ingredients whenever available. Of course, chocolate is one of our primary ingredients, and we are proud to use fair-trade Callebaut chocolate in our truffles. The fair-trade designation means that the cocoa producers receive ethical, sustainable compensation for their labor and production.
Vehicle of the Gods
Q: “What inspired you to combine plant medicine with chocolate?”
A: “The idea for the truffles came to me from the fae….
Making Our Journeys Our Own
Sacred, consciousness-altering plants have played a role in indigenous rituals & ceremonies around the globe for centuries. From continent to continent, plants have held different meanings for those who use them. At Emporium Black, we honor these sacred plants and their role in personal and communal journeys of healing and exploration through creating delicious truffles. Our gourmet chocolate truffles offer a gentle way to ingest sacred plants without causing hallucinations or an overwhelming experience.
Reconnecting to Ancestral Practices
Unfortunately, most of us are now far removed from our lineages and the ancestral practices from bygone generations. At Emporium Black, we believe that sacred plants can help us reconnect with our ancestors and their wisdom. We offer these plants in decadent chocolate truffles that provide a gentle opening of the mind and heart.
Growing into Our Own Personal Medicine
When writers and teachers express universal truths and sign them as their own thoughts they may be denying their followers, students, and readers the chance to hear those truths and let them resonate deep within and grow stronger in knowing that something that came to them came to others too and that it is a belief and a truth that has been shared, experienced, and known since perhaps the dawn of time. Those experiences can be so empowering on our
Trusting Your Own Medicine
It can be tricky being amongst so many practitioners who come from completely different traditions than my own. It ultimately makes me stronger in my own medicine but a lot of what makes that happen is accepting how different my own walk is and to not try to conform or question my ways because everyone else suddenly does things a different way and many sound pretty sure that that is the way something should be done.