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Sacred datura Sacred datura in bloom, with opening bud below
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Sacred datura Sacred datura in bloom, with opening bud below
Conservation status Secure
Scientific classification
Wikipedia
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Datura wrightii - Wikipedia
November 23, 2025 - Southern California has been the ... Datura wrightii is sacred to some Native Americans and has been used in ceremonies and rites of passage by Chumash, Tongva, and others. Among the Chumash, when a boy was 8 years old, his mother gave him a preparation of momoy to ...
USDA Forest Service
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The Powerful Solanaceae: Datura
The Aztecs used Datura as a painkiller in initiation rituals and as a narcotic for ritual sacrifices.
This flower growing along the side of my house...?
Datura wrightii, aka sacred datura or jimsonweed
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May 19, 2024The Datura lady, sometimes known as Momoy, and other names.
In my opinion all plants have Spirits. They inhabit the plants themselfs. Every Datura is home to the Datura Spirit, while no single plant is the full spirit. So if people interact with this plant they interact with the same spirit. That is true from mint to hemp. More on reddit.com
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May 21, 2025When and how were red harvester ants used in Chumash initiation rites?
Red harvester ants were used to induce sacred dreams in initiation rites, with about 250 ants administered to initiate boys. This practice was considered safer than using momoy and served both as a healing and transformative experience.
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How was the momoy initiation ceremony conducted and what were its purposes?
The momoy ceremony involved administering a fermented decoction of Datura wrightii to assess boys’ fitness for manhood, challenging their spirit, mind, and body. The survival of most participants affirmed their readiness for adult responsibilities within the village.
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What role did prayer play in Chumash healing practices?
Prayer was foundational in Chumash healing, believed to invite divine participation in the healing process. Modern studies suggest that prayer may reduce mortality among cardiac patients, highlighting a potential gap in contemporary medical practice.
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Meet the Datura wrightii: Beautiful, Dangerous, and Native to California. This stunning species, also known as Sacred Datura, was used by Native American tribes in ceremonial rituals and rites of passage. The Sacred Datura belongs to the Solanaceae or nightshade family, which includes common vegetables like tomatoes and bell peppers. While it thrives in the wild, blooming from April until October, its cultivation and sale are restricted in many areas due to its toxic properties. Have you ever encountered the Sacred Datura in the wild? Share your thoughts below! 🌿 #DaturaWrightii #SacredDatura #CaliforniaPlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #BotanicalHistory #ToxicPlants #Hispanic #ContentCreator #planttalk | TikTok
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Native Plants of Coronado Historic Site - Sacred Datura - YouTube
Nativeamericannetroots
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Spirituality and Jimsonweed Among California Indians - Native American Netroots
November 14, 2019 - “The sacred dream helped the boy see his future direction, helped him find a guide, and initiated him into the rites of the tribe.” · From the dream, the boy would then carve a likeness of his guardian spirit in a piece of soapstone. Among the Chumash, both men and women used jimsonweed. The first infusion of Datura was usually administered by a paid specialist who was skilled at preparing the plant.
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Sacred Datura
June 21, 2017 - With expert knowledge concerning their natural resources, traditional healers prepared Datura to enhance certain effects and neutralize other effects of for use in religious and social life. For example, traditional Chumash rites of passage instruct that a boy of eight years old be given a drink, called momoy, to enhance the boy’s spiritual wellbeing required for the role of manhood.
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Sacred Datura
The Chumash datura complex in particular remains to be perhaps the most well-documented anthropological assessment and investigations by westerners into sacred datura's ethnobotanical ritualistic uses by indigenous peoples in the the U.S. The plant was utilized in sacred ceremonies and rites of passage for the younger members in several of the aforementioned tribes. In regards to the documented Chumash approach to datura, when a boy was 8-years-old, his mother gave him a preparation of "momoy" (an entheogenic datura concoction) to drink.
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Solanaceae: Datura
The Aztecs used Datura as a painkiller in initiation rituals and as a narcotic for ritual sacrifices.
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Sacred Datura, Datura wrightii
The Chumash datura complex in particular remains to be perhaps the most well-documented anthropological assessment and investigations by westerners into sacred datura's ethnobotanical ritualistic uses by indigenous peoples in the the U.S. The plant was utilized in sacred ceremonies and rites of passage for the younger members in several of the aforementioned tribes. In regards to the documented Chumash approach to datura, when a boy was 8-years-old, his mother gave him a preparation of "momoy" (an entheogenic datura concoction) to drink.
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(PDF) Spirit, Mind and Body in Chumash Healing
January 1, 2005 - How was the momoy initiation ceremony conducted and what were its purposes?add · The momoy ceremony involved administering a fermented decoction of Datura wrightii to assess boys’ fitness for manhood, challenging their spirit, mind, and body.
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Datura wrightii - wikidoc
September 27, 2011 - The Tongva call it manit and the Chumash momoy. Mexicans call this and similar species tolguacha[2] or toloache.[4] The scientific name has frequently been given as Datura meteloides Dunal,[3] but this name is actually a synonym of D. inoxia Mill., a Mexican plant with a narrower flower having 10 rather than 5 "teeth" at the rim.[2] Datura wrightii is a sacred plant that has been used in sacred ceremonies and rites of passage by Chumash, Tongva, and other tribes.
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Wikipedia — Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) · Bill Hubick
Southern California has been the ... Datura wrightii is sacred to some Native Americans and has been used in ceremonies and rites of passage by Chumash, Tongva, and others. Among the Chumash, when a boy was 8 years old, his mother gave him a preparation of momoy to ...
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r/whatisthisplant on Reddit: This flower growing along the side of my house...?
May 19, 2024 - my gramma's people were Cal Indians and called it Momoy, also a word for the moon. used in priest initiation rituals. ... Yeps, datura.
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The Sacred Use of Datura Wrightii: Four Case Reports
D. wrightii was traditionally used by Chumash Indians four times in life: at the rite of passage, before marriage, before conception and at death [2,4]. Healers also used D. wrightii to seek answers to questions, such as how to heal a sick person. The traditional view was that the soul became ...
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Datura - Wikipedia
5 days ago - In modern-day Mexico, some Datura species are still used for sorcery and other occult practices, mostly in the southern region of Veracruz, specifically in the city of Catemaco. In Afghanistan, it was used by the Malang as a shamanic initiation rite and to contact the "other-world".
Tess Whitehurst
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Datura Magical Properties: The Complete Guide to Jimson Weed in Witchcraft and Herbalism - Tess Whitehurst
July 5, 2017 - Choose datura for rituals designed to help you claim the fullness of your magical power and for initiation and self-dedication rituals.
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Datura and Chumash Healing - Ojai & Southern California Herb Walks with Lanny Kaufer
April 28, 2013 - Some Chumash youth reportedly did not survive the puberty initiation ordeal. So please don’t even think about it! In this article, “Palliative Care Among the Chumash People,” found on my page of Links to Resources, Dr. Jim Adams of the USC School of Pharmacology and Cecilia Garcia, his mentor in Chumash healing, describe how to make Datura extract for pain treatment.
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The Datura Cult Among the Chumash
Chingichnich cult. The initiates underwent ... Datura best.
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Momoy: Unveiling the Sacred Datura Goddess & Divine Plant
I recently learned about Momoy, the sacred Datura plant, and its incredible connection to the Samala people! Did you know there's a powerful Goddess of Datura, Grandmother Momoy, who plays a divine role in their creation story? It's fascinating how this plant is not just medicinal but also ...
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Jimson Weed
In medicinal or ritual applications, datura was and is a two-edged sword. It had to be used carefully by the experienced practicioner, and even then the drug could either heal or kill (Bean and Saubel 1972:61). The seeds contain the most alkaloids, but the entire plant is loaded with dangerous compounds. Shamans or healers used the entire plant including seeds, roots, stem, and leaves. It was utilized for divination, prophecy, initiation ceremonies, ritual intoxication, diagnosis and healing.
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[Mature Content] r/Datura on Reddit: The Datura lady, sometimes known as Momoy, and other names.
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I am wanting to know more about this being. How is it possible so many people report seeing the same entity? Does she really exist? Is there another realm within or adjacent to our own, maybe one of many?
I am fascinated by other worldly beings and want to know more. This one has caught my attention in particular.
If you know something or have anymore information you could point me towards please share!
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In my opinion all plants have Spirits. They inhabit the plants themselfs. Every Datura is home to the Datura Spirit, while no single plant is the full spirit. So if people interact with this plant they interact with the same spirit. That is true from mint to hemp.
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Yes, she does exist. I collected a few datura plants last year. A wrightii, two stramoniums and two metels. One of the stramoniums was so pretty, I decided to move it into my house. The night after I moved it in, I started having "visitations" at night. I kept waking up to the feeling of someone standing in my bedroom. I started to speaking to the plants and we made peace. She doesn't wake me up anymore, but she does visit me in my dreams.
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Datura wrightii - Wikiwand
Southern California has been the site of various toloache (datura) based religions. Datura wrightii is sacred to some Native Americans and has been used in ceremonies and rites of passage by Chumash, Tongva, and others. Among the Chumash, when a boy was 8 years old, his mother gave him a preparation of momoy to drink.