The pharmacologically active ingredient in the bark of the Sequoia adeptus is a long chain crystalline alkaloid LVX or lysergic pentabanol xyloethylamide (C30H36NO6) or known as “the Light” among the Equinox colonists. In order to experience the effect of this chemical, LVX must either be inhaled or ingested. The alkaloid results from subjecting esters present in the bark of the Adeptii to electro-gravitic forces that occur periodically on Equinox during eclipses and conjunction formations created by orbits of the other planets of Tefireth and Keser.