Salvia Divinorum: Translation? The Diviner's Sage. It is unlike any other plant, and it effects are caused by neither alkaloid, cannaboid or any other pshycotropic drug. It's an entheogen, of the "existentia" class. Say what you want but I say the shit is our path into the spirit realm. It was for the Mazatec indians... Check out a book called "Pharmako/Poeia" It'll tell you everything you need to know about every "sacred" herb in the book