Azarius News

Don�t Worry be Hippy: Iolite WISPR 40% discount

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

The Iolite WISPR is a portable vaporizer and sequel to the Iolite Original. The retro design (youd almost believe this came straight out of the 60s) make this vaporizer our absolute favourite for the coming spring and summer.

Because we like the WISPR so much, you can get yours at no less than 40% discount, all colours*. (old price 189,00 - now 113,40). This sale is valid only on Friday 24 may. Be quick though, we only have a limited stock for some of the colour varieties.

*Guitar, bare feet, long hair and love van not included.

Peace!

Lady Salvia is back

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:09:09 +0200

Lady Salvia is a demanding temptress. Like most women you have to treat her with respect, handle her delicately and whisper sweet flattery to get anywhere. Unlike most women, you have to keep her moist at all times. (pause for uncomfortable silence) Did we mention were talking about a plant?

After having disappeared from our website for over a year, Salvia Divinorum cuttings are back in limited supply. Our expert staff of laboratory geeks has prepared new tissue cultures of this (in)famous psychoactive Mexican damsel for you to grow at home. Treat her well and shes sure to give you a good time (dinner and a movie not required).

Unfortunately the one thing our lab hasnt managed to concoct is an infinite supply of Salvia cuttings, so its first come, first serve with a small supply added each week. Should you miss your chance at a Salvia cutting, why dont try any of our Salvia extracts? Well even throw in a 20% discount this month.

- Order a Salvia Divinorum cutting.

Azarius closed on monday. Weekend prolonged.

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:00 +0200

How fair is it that the weekend is only 2 days while the work week consists of a whopping 5 days? It's not fair, we tell you. Not fair at all! So today we're closed out of protest.

Coincidentally today is also (yet another) national holiday here in Holland. Our diabolical lunar base of operations is closed, but tomorrow we're back in action. Have a good long weekend everyone!

To our customers who don't get to experience this extra day off, we'd like to say: "ha-ha".

- Team Azarius

Email & order delay [update 10-5]

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:30:00 +0200

Update 2 (10-5) So we thought we fixed everything and the email delay was gone - everyone lived happily ever after! But in an ironic turn of events, Wednesday late in the evening we discovered that our website contact form was dutifully sending emails but it wasn't actually arriving in our inbox. So hundreds of burning questions remained unanswered and only the ones sent directly actually arrived. Needless to say we cried a little when we found out.

Yesterday (Thursday) was Ascension Day so our lazy bum staff had a day off, but our solution hopefully shows our commitment to you guys: the founders of Azarius, Sanne & Lennart, decided to do Customer Service themselves, so chances are you got a reply for one of the head honchos here.

Right now the customer service team is once again working overtime to answer all your questions before the weekend. We're very sorry about this mistake on our part. If you used the contact form and haven't heard back yet, you'll get your answer today!

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Summary: Due to technical problems we are unfortunately not on schedule with answering our emails and shipping orders. Please know we are doing our best to sort out the issues and resume regular service!

Meltdown
There is never a right time for one of your internal servers to spontaneously disintegrate, but right before a national holiday is definitely bad. Problems with our hardware arose Monday afternoon and as of this moment have not been fully resolved, despite our technical team's best efforts (on what should have been their day off).

When will I get my package?
As soon as we're up & running today, we'll be starting with the 'oldest' orders first, which includes some Express shipments that we were unable to send on monday. After that we'll be doing double shifts to work our way to every order placed yesterday and finally today. Despite these efforts, expect an order delay of 2 days on top of the regular shipping times.

When will you answer my email?
Same story, we were unable to answer everyone on monday, so by now there's a huge backlog of emails. We'll be answering the oldest questions first and work our way from there, but please note that due to circumstances we're not able to answer emails within one work day.

What about my 'Hail to the King' freebie?
No worries, if you ordered on april 30th, you'll automatically receive the free gift with your order. You can also see this in your confirmation email.

Can I still place an order?
Yes, the website is running just fine. Your order will be logged in our system and will be shipped once we clear our backlog. At the moment we estimate a 2 day delay, on top of the regular shipping times.

We will update this message when we have more information. For now, we apologize for the delay and thank you for your understanding & patience.

- Team Azarius

Ascension Day

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Tomorrow is the Feast of the Ascension, or Ascension Day, a holiday in the Netherlands as well as many other countries.

This means our secret Lunar base will be closed, but don't let that stop you from you ordering your own stuff with which to reach a higher plane of existence. Our store in Amsterdam is open as well.

Friday we'll be back to shower you with our unique brand of Azarius love.

- Team Azarius

Hail to the King, baby!

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:11:19 +0200

So you may have noticed the huge orange banner on our front page, with something about hailing a king. You see, the Netherlands is crowning their new king on Tuesday April 30th. In order to maximise the confusion for foreigners, we're still calling that day Queensday.

It's a day off from work though, so you won't hear us complain (much). And being kind hearted spirits, we're sharing some of the festive mood with you. No, not with cheese or tulips, but for one whole day only, we're dropping prices by 50% on the following products:

- Alivi8 vaporizer (orange)
- WISPR vaporizer (pumpkin orange)
- Orange Bud (Dutch Passion) 3 or 5 seeds
- Salvia extract 5x, 1 gram (orange)
- Magic Truffle Hollandia (guess which colour the package is?)

And you'll even get a free orange gift with any order made on the 30th!

The downside? We'll be so busy stuffing our faces with Dutch pastries that we won't be shipping any orders or answering questions on Tuesday. Our Amsterdam store will be closed as well, BUT we'll be open upcoming Sunday & Monday, in case you need some last minute 'party gear', ifyouknowwhatimean!

More information on our store: here

Bonus: The most horrible ~~Dutch~~ song in the history of the life, the universe and everything else.

Azarius @ AMS420 festival

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Some of our intrepid Azarius crew will be attending the AMS420 festival this Saturday in The Sand, Amsterdam. We'll be bringing a small stand with us, including various vaporizers you can touch & feel if you're so inclined (but please don't touch & feel the Azarius crew, unless they're okay with it). The festivities will commence at 6 pm, Saturday 20 April.

Prior to the festival, there'll be a protest at Amsterdam City Hall. The theme for this year's protest is to get the supply of cannabis to coffeeshops regulated and legalized, in other words, to open the �Backdoor� of the coffeeshops for cannabis products with an invoice, including taxes. Everyone is welcome to join the protest, which will start at 4.20 pm.

The main event + after party will take place at The Sand (near Amsterdam Sloterdijk station). Everyone is welcome at 6 pm. Attendees will receive a goodiebag and some tickets for a prize draw later that night. Unless you already booked a ticket, entry will cost � 26 (party + after-party).

For more information, please visit: www.ams420.nl.

Now accepting Bitcoins

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

We're delighted to inform you that we now accept Bitcoins as payment method.

What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a peer to peer decentralized currency that enables instant payments to anyone located anywhere in the world. It has no central authority, so managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the P2P network. For more information on Bitcoin, you can visit Bitcoin.org.

Support Erowid
The first 1000 Euro in Bitcoin payments will be fully donated to Erowid to support access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues.

All Bitcoin payments are handled by the third party provider MtGox.

Bitcoin Explained from Duncan Elms on Vimeo.

Behind the shrooms - a return trip

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:30:00 +0100

A study on the studies of psychedelics; what sounds like a psychonaut version of Inception turns out to be a brief but interesting look at the world of hallucinogens in podcast format.

Nick Langlitz is an assistant professor of anthropology at The New School for Social Research (New York, USA) and has spent most of his academic career studying those who study drugs. In the 2-part podcast �Behind the shrooms�, Langlitz explores story of psychedelic drugs from its peak in 1960, to its demonization and recent comeback.

From the era of Timothy Leary�s �Turn on, tune in, drop out� (link to book), when hallucinogens became an icon of the counterculture, to the contemporary research being done at Johns Hopkins University with psilocybin for treating depression.

Since the height and decline of hallucinogenic research in the 60�s, it has taken over 30 years before psychedelic drugs could once again be studied without controversy. The good news today is that the media has a positive outlook on studies such as those done at Hopkins University with psilocybin.

Listen to Research Radio: Behind the Shrooms, part 1

Click below to listen to part 2: The Future of LSD

For more in-depth information on the history and research of psychedelics, check out the psychedelic book section on Azarius.

Source

http://blogs.newschool.edu A return trip: LSD gets a second look

NEW: DHL Express

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:30:00 +0100

Good news: we�ve got a brand new express service! All of your packets with final destination Europe can now also be shipped with DHL Express. You have to pay a little bit more compared to a Priority shipment, but you are offered a super fast door-to-door delivery with real-time end-to-end tracking. (fancy speak for: it is quite reliable and fast). Transit times vary depending on the country of destination but most orders shipped with DHL Express arrive within 1 (Germany) to 6 (Turkey) business days.

More good news: we have lowered the shipping costs for express! We were previously compelled to fixed rates for each shipping area, but now we can give you a specific rate for each country. The shorter the distance your package needs to travel, the lower your shipping costs.

All packages sent with DHL Express are fully traceable on the DHL website

For orders without too much time pressure we�re still offering Priority shipping. Packets to the Netherlands will continue to be sent with PostNL. Please tell us in case you have complaints or are dissatisfied in any way with our new shipping methods! We will take it into consideration and try (to the best of our abilities) to solve all your shipping problems.

Because every delivery is a special delivery :)

Image via www.joe-ks.com

Update: After looking into some of the complaints in the comments, it's become clear the DeLorean had some start-up problems on monday (25-2). We're very embarrassed by our mistake and are contacting customers to set this right, with � 20 store credit. If your DHL Express order was sent on 25-2-2013 and you don't hear from us, please contact us with your order number.