This past weekend was The Harvest Festival near Toronto. It's on a farm that is about 2 hours outside of the city. I had been looking forward to Harvest for quite some time, and after some difficulty in getting a ride there (not having a licence is a pain in the ass when you actually want to leave the city), I got a ride confirmed, got my tickets and headed down to the event.
My plan from the get-go was to do LSD while there. I was not looking for a mindblowing, or a spiritual, or a profound trip - quite simply, I wanted to trip outdoors, have a good time, dance, space on the stars, listen to some killer music and have fun with friends. In every sense of the word - the sole purpose of this trip was a recreational one. And hell, that's what I got - not going to make any bold claims about 'deep trips', I have plenty of introspective / solo / hiking trips, that tripping just for fun now and then, is well - fun.
We arrived at the site at around 3:30pm, and spent the first 6 hours just relaxing, smoking some weed, had half of a beer (I generally dont drink when I'm planning on doing LSD), and watched people roll in and setup camp. The music was to start at 9pm, with the giant bonfire being lit at midnight. As 9pm starts to roll by, I decide to drop my acid. I had been putting it off as I was waiting for a few friends to arrive and wanted to meet and greet before I was off to the cosmos, but as the time drew near, they still were not around / to be found, and dropped away.
I did two hits of LSD, I've done this batch many times before, ranging from 1.5 hits for a moderate trip, to 3 hits for a mind-blowing experience, and have generally done 2 hits at a time with this batch, and I knew what to expect and knew I was more then able to handle it in this setting. As I wait for the LSD to kick in, I start to check out the various music tents to hear whats being played. There were 3 areas, Psytrance, Techno and Chill. I bounced between all of them enjoying the music and the /very/ different vibes and looks of each one. The chill tent was pretty much a giant cuddle puddle, the Techno tent full of tech-heads doing the minimal shuffle, while the psytrance tent was done out in full psychedelic-glory with a wide range of cyber-hippies getting their stomp on to some crazy beats.
As the acid started to peak, I decided to return to my tent for a short period of time to let the peak hit, ride out the first wave of intensity and re-adjust to my new world before venturing back out into the mass of people. By about 11:30 or so, I was feeling comfortable in my own skin and left my tent. THe people who drove me up were hanging around, and the one guy asked me "have you looked at the sky yet?", I looked up and *WOW*, SO MANY BLOODY STARS!, this just wasnt the acid in my system making them appear. Being 2 hours outside of the city really cleared up the night sky and it was just so beautiful to look at. I got lost staring at the sky for a few moments, then we make our way to the giant bonfire that was about to be lit.
The bonfire is pretty much the 'focal' point of the party - its massive, really, really, massive. I have never seen a bonfire so big, and there is a whole big production in the lighting of the fire - and you could feel the anticipation in the air waiting for it to go off.
The whole production was neat to watch, people running around the fire, giant congoa lines dancing, lots of drumming, the organizers of the event put effort into having that 'little extra' to light it up. Then, the fire works start to go off, the fire is lit and its HUGE. People start to cheer, dance, drums go beating, and people start to get a little crazy. Topless girls dancing like pagans, men hooting and cheering - and the harvest had officially begun.
At this point, I am bouncing between the music tents, and going back to the chair at my tent to look at the stars and get lost staring at the field watching little worlds unfold before me. I felt pretty much 'with it', however with LSD - my stutter gets 100x worse than normal, and trying to carry on conversations with people was getting a bit diffuclt and annoying so I was trying to keep to myself somewhat.
An hour or so pass by, and I decide to try mixing some Ketamine into the mix, so I made my way back to my tent, went inside and decided to start with a small dose. I had heard good things about this combo, but was still cautious and did it in the setting of my tent - as I didnt want to over-do it, hole out in the middle of the dancefloor and not be able to function.
My first bump was /very/ small, it had a small effect and added a certain something to the LSD. I wait for a bit for it to fully kick in, and decide I'm OK to head back to the party. There was now an added level of disassociation to the trip, things looked darker, music sounded better, and my mind-games went up quite a bit. It was like LSD gave K a secret handshake in the back of my mind and started to play games.
I made my way back to the Techno tent and started to dance, and it felt like I was in an 'auditorium of me' - it felt like I was in a HUGE space, but also the only person there. It was a very neat feeling, and it also felt like I could of packed my conciousness up into a carry-on bag and sent it on a trip leaving my body behind.
Eventually, the K started to wear off, and did another trip back to my tent to do some more. I repeated this proccess a few times with smallish doses, getting a feel for how it'd work, how they interacted, etc. Eventually, I decided "I want to try a larger dose", made my way back to my tent, and prepared a larger bump, fully aware I was going to probably be spending the next hour in the tent and not going back out.
And *WOW*, shortly after the bump went up my nose, I was thrust into k-space like I had never been before. This bump was still smaller than my typical bumps that I'd do at a club, but it was more than enough to send me to an amazing place. I was put into a void, into another reality, but with the glory that is LSD also running around in it. I just cant help but think *WOW* -- the brilliance and the novelty of the expierence was just amazing, I'll admit that I didnt get much from it, but curious to try this combo while at home and see where it can take me. But simply, feeling like you dont exist, like you have gone to another side, another world, and all that there is, is 'is' ... it was brilliant, relaxing, comforting, just well - wow.
I did another dose or two like this over the course of the night, but I didnt want to spend my entire party k-holed out in my tent so kept those parts of my trip to a minimum. But, I do remeber one point, doing a bump then sitting in my chair outside my tent. It was at the back of the tent, overlooking an empty field, with the moon hanging low in the sky - the september fog was starting to get really thick, and just sort of nodding in/out of the k-hole - just feeling relaxed, at peace, and just very content. I'd close my eyes and drift away, then come back to a beautiful world that was morphing around me.
I'd sort of compare LSD+Ket to feeling somewhat like Salvia, the certian pressure on my body, the feeling of being pulled away. I've never had a 'breakthough' on salvia, but it felt similar to some of the trips I've had with it anyways.
Much else of the trip was pretty much the usual fare of : bouncing between music tents, dancing, talking (or trying to..) with other people, and just lots of fun. At around 9-10am or so, I was feeling pretty much back to baseline, just enjoying the subelties of the after-glow, getting really into the music at the Psytrance tent, then eventually heading home.
The drive home was very relaxing and took about 2 hours. During this time I'd nod in/out of being 'asleep' -- I hadnt slept yet and was exhausted, but not able to passout. When I closed my eyes, I'd sort of drift into a very k-like space with gentle washes of colour filling my vision and the sense of my body would float away. It made for a very relaxing ride home.
Once I arrive home, my BF suggests 'finishing off' the night with a cap of GHB. We only had one dose left, so I very roughly split it into two -- even though it wasnt much, it hrmm .. did the trick -- but I wont get into detail on that
My BF had done MDMA+Speed+K+LSD that night (I had just done the LSD+K, I dotn like doing MDMA or Speed anymore), and was still up and tweaky, so I went to the living room, finished off the last tiny bit of K I had left, put on my headphones and started to drift off into K land while listening to a set of Sleeparchive.
As the music started to consume me, it I remembered that I had some Salvia left, so I went to find it, and started to measure out some VERY small doses. I was not looking for a full-on Salvia trip, just enough to add a little something to the Ketamine + the lingering effects of what I had taken the night before.
I did 2 or 3 hits spread out over a period of time, each time increasing the dose very little -- and must say, it took me to a *VERY* nice, relaxing, comforting place - not what I'm used to from my Salvia trips. I'd take a small hit, lay back on my couch, close my eyes - and just felt whole and complete. The body sensations of the Salvia were minimal, but my music started to sound stellar, and my visuals would increase.
The common theme in the visuals were me and my partner walking side by side. We would morph into older and younger versions of ourselves, like showing the possible past/present/futures that we could of been having. The visions were photorealistic, but in shades of yellow/green/red.
As I started to shift back to reality, I went to my bedroom to talk to my BF, but I quickly ended up falling asleep and passed out for about 12 hours.
Woke up the morning after with a bit of a headache, but a few glasses of water solved that, and have been feeling refreshed/renewed all day.
^-- was my setting for the evening
My plan from the get-go was to do LSD while there. I was not looking for a mindblowing, or a spiritual, or a profound trip - quite simply, I wanted to trip outdoors, have a good time, dance, space on the stars, listen to some killer music and have fun with friends. In every sense of the word - the sole purpose of this trip was a recreational one. And hell, that's what I got - not going to make any bold claims about 'deep trips', I have plenty of introspective / solo / hiking trips, that tripping just for fun now and then, is well - fun.
We arrived at the site at around 3:30pm, and spent the first 6 hours just relaxing, smoking some weed, had half of a beer (I generally dont drink when I'm planning on doing LSD), and watched people roll in and setup camp. The music was to start at 9pm, with the giant bonfire being lit at midnight. As 9pm starts to roll by, I decide to drop my acid. I had been putting it off as I was waiting for a few friends to arrive and wanted to meet and greet before I was off to the cosmos, but as the time drew near, they still were not around / to be found, and dropped away.
I did two hits of LSD, I've done this batch many times before, ranging from 1.5 hits for a moderate trip, to 3 hits for a mind-blowing experience, and have generally done 2 hits at a time with this batch, and I knew what to expect and knew I was more then able to handle it in this setting. As I wait for the LSD to kick in, I start to check out the various music tents to hear whats being played. There were 3 areas, Psytrance, Techno and Chill. I bounced between all of them enjoying the music and the /very/ different vibes and looks of each one. The chill tent was pretty much a giant cuddle puddle, the Techno tent full of tech-heads doing the minimal shuffle, while the psytrance tent was done out in full psychedelic-glory with a wide range of cyber-hippies getting their stomp on to some crazy beats.
As the acid started to peak, I decided to return to my tent for a short period of time to let the peak hit, ride out the first wave of intensity and re-adjust to my new world before venturing back out into the mass of people. By about 11:30 or so, I was feeling comfortable in my own skin and left my tent. THe people who drove me up were hanging around, and the one guy asked me "have you looked at the sky yet?", I looked up and *WOW*, SO MANY BLOODY STARS!, this just wasnt the acid in my system making them appear. Being 2 hours outside of the city really cleared up the night sky and it was just so beautiful to look at. I got lost staring at the sky for a few moments, then we make our way to the giant bonfire that was about to be lit.
The bonfire is pretty much the 'focal' point of the party - its massive, really, really, massive. I have never seen a bonfire so big, and there is a whole big production in the lighting of the fire - and you could feel the anticipation in the air waiting for it to go off.
The whole production was neat to watch, people running around the fire, giant congoa lines dancing, lots of drumming, the organizers of the event put effort into having that 'little extra' to light it up. Then, the fire works start to go off, the fire is lit and its HUGE. People start to cheer, dance, drums go beating, and people start to get a little crazy. Topless girls dancing like pagans, men hooting and cheering - and the harvest had officially begun.
At this point, I am bouncing between the music tents, and going back to the chair at my tent to look at the stars and get lost staring at the field watching little worlds unfold before me. I felt pretty much 'with it', however with LSD - my stutter gets 100x worse than normal, and trying to carry on conversations with people was getting a bit diffuclt and annoying so I was trying to keep to myself somewhat.
An hour or so pass by, and I decide to try mixing some Ketamine into the mix, so I made my way back to my tent, went inside and decided to start with a small dose. I had heard good things about this combo, but was still cautious and did it in the setting of my tent - as I didnt want to over-do it, hole out in the middle of the dancefloor and not be able to function.
My first bump was /very/ small, it had a small effect and added a certain something to the LSD. I wait for a bit for it to fully kick in, and decide I'm OK to head back to the party. There was now an added level of disassociation to the trip, things looked darker, music sounded better, and my mind-games went up quite a bit. It was like LSD gave K a secret handshake in the back of my mind and started to play games.
I made my way back to the Techno tent and started to dance, and it felt like I was in an 'auditorium of me' - it felt like I was in a HUGE space, but also the only person there. It was a very neat feeling, and it also felt like I could of packed my conciousness up into a carry-on bag and sent it on a trip leaving my body behind.
Eventually, the K started to wear off, and did another trip back to my tent to do some more. I repeated this proccess a few times with smallish doses, getting a feel for how it'd work, how they interacted, etc. Eventually, I decided "I want to try a larger dose", made my way back to my tent, and prepared a larger bump, fully aware I was going to probably be spending the next hour in the tent and not going back out.
And *WOW*, shortly after the bump went up my nose, I was thrust into k-space like I had never been before. This bump was still smaller than my typical bumps that I'd do at a club, but it was more than enough to send me to an amazing place. I was put into a void, into another reality, but with the glory that is LSD also running around in it. I just cant help but think *WOW* -- the brilliance and the novelty of the expierence was just amazing, I'll admit that I didnt get much from it, but curious to try this combo while at home and see where it can take me. But simply, feeling like you dont exist, like you have gone to another side, another world, and all that there is, is 'is' ... it was brilliant, relaxing, comforting, just well - wow.
I did another dose or two like this over the course of the night, but I didnt want to spend my entire party k-holed out in my tent so kept those parts of my trip to a minimum. But, I do remeber one point, doing a bump then sitting in my chair outside my tent. It was at the back of the tent, overlooking an empty field, with the moon hanging low in the sky - the september fog was starting to get really thick, and just sort of nodding in/out of the k-hole - just feeling relaxed, at peace, and just very content. I'd close my eyes and drift away, then come back to a beautiful world that was morphing around me.
I'd sort of compare LSD+Ket to feeling somewhat like Salvia, the certian pressure on my body, the feeling of being pulled away. I've never had a 'breakthough' on salvia, but it felt similar to some of the trips I've had with it anyways.
Much else of the trip was pretty much the usual fare of : bouncing between music tents, dancing, talking (or trying to..) with other people, and just lots of fun. At around 9-10am or so, I was feeling pretty much back to baseline, just enjoying the subelties of the after-glow, getting really into the music at the Psytrance tent, then eventually heading home.
The drive home was very relaxing and took about 2 hours. During this time I'd nod in/out of being 'asleep' -- I hadnt slept yet and was exhausted, but not able to passout. When I closed my eyes, I'd sort of drift into a very k-like space with gentle washes of colour filling my vision and the sense of my body would float away. It made for a very relaxing ride home.
Once I arrive home, my BF suggests 'finishing off' the night with a cap of GHB. We only had one dose left, so I very roughly split it into two -- even though it wasnt much, it hrmm .. did the trick -- but I wont get into detail on that
My BF had done MDMA+Speed+K+LSD that night (I had just done the LSD+K, I dotn like doing MDMA or Speed anymore), and was still up and tweaky, so I went to the living room, finished off the last tiny bit of K I had left, put on my headphones and started to drift off into K land while listening to a set of Sleeparchive.
As the music started to consume me, it I remembered that I had some Salvia left, so I went to find it, and started to measure out some VERY small doses. I was not looking for a full-on Salvia trip, just enough to add a little something to the Ketamine + the lingering effects of what I had taken the night before.
I did 2 or 3 hits spread out over a period of time, each time increasing the dose very little -- and must say, it took me to a *VERY* nice, relaxing, comforting place - not what I'm used to from my Salvia trips. I'd take a small hit, lay back on my couch, close my eyes - and just felt whole and complete. The body sensations of the Salvia were minimal, but my music started to sound stellar, and my visuals would increase.
The common theme in the visuals were me and my partner walking side by side. We would morph into older and younger versions of ourselves, like showing the possible past/present/futures that we could of been having. The visions were photorealistic, but in shades of yellow/green/red.
As I started to shift back to reality, I went to my bedroom to talk to my BF, but I quickly ended up falling asleep and passed out for about 12 hours.
Woke up the morning after with a bit of a headache, but a few glasses of water solved that, and have been feeling refreshed/renewed all day.
^-- was my setting for the evening
