Lucid

Dream recall · visionary depth · conscious rest

Five dream-tradition plants composed for the nights the unconscious wants to speak clearly. Mugwort and calea to amplify recall. Blue lotus for the luminous quality. Passionflower to hold the container. Bobinsana to soften the heart. For sleep that dreams, not sleep that hides.

30ml€44

PreparationSpagyric composition

Ingredients5 dream plants

Ethanol gradePharma-grade

Dose15–25 drops at bedtime

The Story

Every culture that took dreams seriously kept a small kit of plants for the work. Mugwort in Europe. Calea zacatachichi with the Chontal of Oaxaca. Blue lotus in Egypt. Passionflower with the Cherokee. Bobinsana with the Shipibo of the upper Amazon. Different continents, similar move — certain plants make the dream-space wider, clearer, more retrievable in the morning.

Lucid is those traditions in one bottle. Mugwort and calea are the amplifiers — they push REM density and dream vividness. Blue lotus is the luminous quality — aporphine and nuciferine soften the border between waking and dreaming without waking you up. Passionflower holds the whole thing inside restful sleep instead of tipping it into insomnia. Bobinsana opens the heart channel so the dreams that come are integrative rather than fragmented.

"Sleep that dreams. Not sleep that hides."

Best used on nights when you're actually curious about what your unconscious is working on. Keep a journal on the nightstand and write for two minutes before your feet touch the floor — the dream is loudest in the first thirty seconds of waking.

The five ingredients

Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris

The classical European dream herb. Thujone and related sesquiterpenes increase REM density and dream recall. Traditional oneiromantic use across Celtic, Germanic and Slavic traditions.

Calea zacatechichi "Leaf of God"

Sacred to the Chontal of Oaxaca. Studies confirm increased dream frequency, reaction time in dreams, and vividness. Held at low dose in this composition — enough to amplify, not enough to fragment sleep.

Blue lotus Nymphaea caerulea

Aporphine and nuciferine modulate dopamine and serotonin. Softens the border between waking perception and dream logic. Sacred to Egyptian temple practice for exactly this quality.

Passionflower Passiflora incarnata

The container-holder. Keeps the dream-work inside restful sleep architecture instead of tipping the amplification into insomnia. Preserves REM (unlike benzodiazepines).

Bobinsana Calliandra angustifolia

Amazonian heart-opener used by the Shipibo. Softens the emotional channel so dreams that surface are integrative rather than fragmented or nightmarish. The compassion note in the composition.

How to work with it

15–25 drops under the tongue, 30 minutes before bed. Not every night — two to three times a week is a good rhythm. The dream-space gets crowded if amplified constantly.

Keep a journal within arm's reach of the bed. Write for two minutes before you sit up — the dream disappears fast once the body moves. Even a single line of a fragment is enough for the pattern to hold when you look back at the journal a month later.

If you want the traditional intention: state a question or theme quietly before taking the drops. "What am I not seeing about X?" is a good frame. The dreams that come won't answer literally; they'll show up sideways and let you assemble.

Safety notes

Pregnancy and breastfeeding: ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATION. Mugwort is emmenagogue and abortifacient at higher doses.
Alcohol, benzodiazepines, sleep medications: do not combine. Additive CNS effects and dream-suppression from the pharma side cancels the whole point.
Antidepressants (SSRIs, MAOIs): blue lotus and passionflower have mild serotonergic notes. Compatible for most people at 15–25 drops, but discuss with your prescriber.
Seizure history: mugwort and calea can lower seizure threshold at high doses. Avoid if history.
Not for consecutive nights: the dream-amplification benefits from rest days. 2–3 nights per week maximum.
Not a psychedelic. Lucid works inside sleep, not on waking consciousness. If you're looking for waking altered states, this isn't it.