The Toad of Dawn: 5-meo-dmt and the Rising of Cosmic Consciousness

Part autobiography, part introduction to entheogens and visionary substances, The Toad of Dawn gives an overview of the history, use, and the benefits of the toad medicine, and reveals how it can be used to initiate people on a spiritual path. In The Toad of Dawn Dr. Rettig Hinojosa shows that 5meO-DMT derived from the secretion of the Sonoran Desert Toad is the most profound, most healing entheogen available, even more so than Ayahuasca, LSD, DMT, Psilocybin etc. The author thinks of it as the Master of all entheogens, the one thing that brings someone closest to God, the Divine Source, to the big meaning behind all, and declares it to be the most powerful healer on this planet. The most significant contribution to entheogenic literature since Jeremy Narby’s The Cosmic Serpent. - Scott Olson. Dr. Octavio Rettig Hinojosa is a Mexican doctor who works with the sacred medicine 5­MeO­DMT found in the secretions of the Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo Alvarius). Under the auspices of the United Nations Venezuela Association, he has traveled extensively throughout the world and shared 5­MeO­DMT with over 6000 people during sacred ceremonies, eliminating chemical addictions, depression, anxiety disorders, insomnia, bronchitis, and trauma. Rak Razam is a founding editor of Undergrowth, Australia’s leading alternative arts and literature magazine, and the world’s leading experiential journalist, writing about and helping shape the emergence of a new cultural paradigm in the 21st century. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey and a frequent lecturer on Ayahuasca and the shamanic revival sweeping the West.

Dr. Octavio Rettig Hinojosa is a Mexican doctor who works with the sacred medicine 5­MeO­DMT found in the secretions of the Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo Alvarius). Dr. Rettig has worked with the Seri Tribe of Sonora, Mexico, to help treat methamphetamine addicts, reintroducing the use of the medicine to the local culture that had lost it. He has learned the ancient songs and rites of the Seri from 'Don Pancho', an elder Seri shaman, and has been authorized by the council of Seri elders to use this most powerful of shamanic medicines in the West. Dr. Rettig travels extensively throughout Mexico, The US, Australia, and Europe to give lectures and lead healing ceremonies. He lives in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Rak Razam is a founding editor of Undergrowth, Australia’s leading alternative arts and literature magazine, and the world’s leading experiential journalist, writing about and helping shape the emergence of a new cultural paradigm in the 21st century. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey and a frequent lecturer on ayahuasca and the shamanic revival sweeping the West. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.