Datura
Customers consistently report back positive, healing, and nurturing experiences with Datura. Datura serves as a pivotal ingredient in my handcrafted chocolate nightshade truffles. When indulging in these decadent treats, most individuals find themselves enveloped in Datura's boundless compassion, which she expresses through attentive listening and the ability to offer profound insights. This unique connection with Datura often leads to…
My Pan Flute Brings All the Faye to the Yard
Cooking down a huge pot of Rowan berries…for the first phase of a big new batch of base mix that will be mixed into each batch of Pan’s Nightshade Truffle filling. My childhood bedroom…window next to my bed saw right into the heart of a magnificently huge and overgrown Rowan tree. I spent many hours laying…
Searching for Ancestral Roots and Connection
…Occasionally I would just feel that intense hunger to find meaning and connection in my Scottish, German, and English heritage. Today as I reflect on this, I am suddenly reminded that with these plants, I am tapping into roots, much deeper and older. I am tapping into a part of my roots and a time before any of those countries meant anything…
Emptying Our Cups for Bigger Revelations
I think a lot of people think they have to get to know the plants better before they can start having bigger experiences with the truffles. I think, in fact, what helps us get the most of each experience with a truffle is not how well we understand each plant, but rather to what degree can we truly surrender control to the truffle…
A Magickal Weekend
I wanted to share some shots from the other weekend. It was classes, discussions, a guided journey, and group work using one of my truffles…It was a huge step for me as after some bitter experiences in the first couple of years with Emporium Black I had stopped putting myself out there anymore than needed. After what feels like a rebirth for me this last winter and yet another cycle of transformation and peeling off the layers of my most recent cocoon it now feels like time to…
An Appeal to the Subconscious
An Appeal to the Subconscious. The nightshades I use in these chocolate truffles naturally mesh with that place of inner guidance/inner truth we all have. The descriptions for the truffles are metaphorical and hopefully appeal to the subconscious to help people hear which ones are presently calling to them…
Ceremonial Tattoos and Piercings Using Truffles
I do not take the doing of such things lightly and I imagine many of you are the same so I thought I would share how I used a truffle to help me with the ceremonial part today. In a spot deep in my head I created my place of ceremony. I created a special altar especially for this occasion and kept working on it until it was just so. I got all of my supplies ready…
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….
The Story of Emporium Black Chocolate Nightshade Truffles
The Story of Emporium Black Chocolate Nightshade Truffles. Emporium Black's nightshade truffles provide a nuanced approach to experiencing the gifts of sacred plants. Unlike the intense effects often associated with traditional methods of ingestion…
Unlocking and Incorporating Sacred Studies: Enhancing Integration
Another powerful way to consider using these nightshade truffles is to help you with the reading of your spiritual, Magickal, and/or occult texts. The truffles will help open you up to much deeper understandings that effortlessly branch deep into our subconscious and all of those other really great places of integration…
Transformative Indulgence: Common Questions
which seems to put into question a lot of the information that is presently out there. I am so completely comfortable with the safety of what I am doing at this point, I rarely even think of it anymore. I think there are a lot of people that want to keep these plants in that dark space but there is so much more to them.
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.
Into The Liminal, Into The Ethers
These truffles are great for taking us to the liminal, to the Ethers, to the portals of both everything and nothingness. Whether you use them as a gateway to the unconscious or something more magical and/or esoteric…
on Combining Truffle Varieties
Personally I don’t like to mix two (or more) truffles together. When I create a new truffle it is not something that comes from my intellect. The plants guide me and I listen. I listen until…
Representation & Finding Your Freedom
Representation is so important for so many reasons. Being someone who has always been so out it's something I have put a lot of thought into as weather we want it or not…
The Journey Within
Sexuality can be so confusing, for me atleast. When I transitioned (at 50) I assumed I’d be gay after my lifelong love of men but I felt inadequate with the idea of me as a gay man when...
Journey to Authenticity
I’ve been giving my transition a lot of thought lately. I started transitioning 8 years ago at age 50 & yes, along with having my kids, it’s hands down the best thing I’ve ever done. On honest reflection I…
Peacock Medicine
Peacocks, mesmerizing creatures, possess a remarkable ability to gracefully consume even the most toxic plants and snakes, leaving no trace of harm…
A Few Words on Belladonna
A Few Words on Belladonna. When working with Belladonna in a non-blended form we really get how distinct each one of these plant’s personalities are and how when combined…