I had to go to the mall to buy a pipe in order to smoke the salvia I recently acquired at the corner store.
On the way there, I ran an errand for my parents. They were out of town for the day which gave me a pleasant backyard setting to do the salvia. Once the errand was done, I needed to call their friends, K. and G regarding it. I did this before the salvia so I wouldnt have to worry about it later. There was no answer, but I heard their voicemail greeting and left a message of my own. Once that was done, I went to the back yard.
I packed as much of the gram of 10X extract of salvia into the little pipe I had bought. I filled a covered mug with ice, diet sprite and lime and brought it out to the back yard with me.
I put Glenn Gould's The Goldberg Variations on the stereo. It was playing on the speakers (I could hear it in the back) but I put the headphones on as well. I sat in the back and held a flame over the bowl and sucked deeply on the pipe. Mild tasting smoke - neither bad nor good. I held it in as long as I could, then had another draw. Just as I took that second draw, I felt a sudden slam accompanied by a roar. Suddenly I was in a different place. I could see a road going down to my left in the distance. There were people around - some looking at me.
The feeling didnt grow or increase - one second I was in the yard holding a pipe, then in an instant I was on a road with lots of people around. I became aware of K. and G. (my parent's friends from my earlier call) behind me. I was self-consious about being high in public. I think I knew I was high because I remembered smoking the pipe - but I wasn't aware that my feeling of being on a long road with people around me was due to the high. I had no idea I was still in the backyard.
This was an intense feeling. I thought I should get off the road, since there were people around. I got up and found I had to lean my hand on the table. I noticed the pipe was there, and I picked it up and tried to have another draw. I don't think there was anything left.
I walked across the yard to sit in a bench under a maple tree. Once I was down there I became oriented and realized I was still in my parents yard.
I believed the high was over... but never trust that feeling. I watched the flower and trees around. They didn't move or anything, but I would see after images of the flowers on the sky. Not to a great degree, but slightly.
I sat there for a while until I got the urge to lie down. I thought this would be better in the house, so I went in. I lay on the couch listening to Glenn Gould. It was mild by then, but I could still feel signs of being high - after images mostly, and also occasionaly feelings of something being different.
That was about an hour ago. The high hits so quickly - on the second draw. The peak is gone quickly as well... 5 or 10 minutes I would guess. I started packing the pipe at 4:37, and I was back inside lying down at 5:00.
I see why people have used salvia to reach the spirit world. The feeling of being elsewhere, with people around, is so intense, and it kicks in so quickly and is vivid. It certainly seems real.
I guess I became aware of K. and G.'s presence since I had just been calling them, heard her voice on the greeting, and I left them a message. If I had been thinking of a recently deceased loved one at that time, then did the salvia, it is easy to see what would happen.
I wish the feeling didn't pass so quickly. It certainly was interesting and exotic.
I will be back another day.
im gonna smoke a pipe of the 15x now back in a bit 