History
Salvia Divinorum is powerful psychoactive herb, known by many names like sage of the seers, diviner's sage or the simple name Salvia. Traditionally this herb had been used by native Mazatec shamans as an entheogen to create a state of visionary consciousness during their sessions of spiritual healing. The plant grows in isolated places with moist and shade, which are easily found in Oaxaca Mexico, from where it originates. It has square hollow stems and large green leaves.
It grows up to a height of nearly one meter and the flowers which are seen occasionally are either purple or white. The first written information about this plant surfaced in 1939, produced by Basset Johnson while he was studying shamanism of the Mazatec. He put in records the usages of the plants after personally testing all the effects of the herb. The psycho active effect of the herb was discovered in 1990 by a team which was led by Daniel Siebert.