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Mushrooms (High dose) -- Experienced -- Dying isn't so bad..

jrEwing

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Dying isn't so bad... High dose shrooms.

I posted this on the Shroomery also, but I figured not everyone here goes to that site and I wanted to share it with more people. Here it is...

Two nights ago I decided to try my first high dose solo trip. I've had wonderful experiences before on lower doses of shrooms before, both alone and in small groups. I had been preparing for the trip for about a month and although nervous, I was also very excited to see the true power the mushroom is capable of. I waited until it was dark and mixed 4 gms of powdered shrooms with OJ and drank it.

About 1/2 hour later the real effects began to settle in so I went to my trip room and dimmed the lights. I got comfortable on the floor and waited for the effects to continue to build. Usually with the same batch of shrooms I take about 2 to 2.5 gms and get a solid level 3 trip. I was feeling about the same and thought "maybe I should take another gram". I wanted to really see what a level 4-5 was like so I decided to boost. I drank another mixture with 1 gm and went back to my trip room.

As is always seemingly the case, as soon as I took the booster dose the initial dose seemed to grab hold of me with a vengeance. I the entire room started shaking, sinking, morphing into different forms. My vision was so incredibly crisp and clear. Everything took on a sharpness and brightness. This was at about the 45 minute point. I was happy that it was finally getting stronger. Well, at this point I decided to close my eyes and see some real visuals. Nothing could prepare me for what was about to happen...

I've read many trip reports that describe dying and having your body disintegrate. Words cannot describe adequately what this feels like but I'll try. The initial descent to death began when I stopped being able to feel my body. My arms, legs, stomach torso slowly disappeared. I've never felt such peace or complete bliss in my life. I was everywhere all at once. I was the universe. I realized that "I" was dead. It felt great! I was so relaxed. Then I started to see faces swirling around in a cloud. The faces were translucent but recognizable. They were other dead people. It wasn't scary, or bad, but fascinating. My fiancee's mother died about 6 months ago and it was very hard on both of us. She was young (53) and the death was unexpected. One of the faces that I saw was hers. I spoke to her and started to cry. She told me to be happy because she was at peace now and to tell her daughter (my fiancee) to be happy for her and Instead of missing her to realize that we'll all be together someday. I wanted so badly for my fiancee to see her mother just one more time, but I realized this wasn't possible. I was crying because it didn't seem right that I was able to have a conversation with her when there is nothing in this world that would mean more to my fiancee than to see her mom just once more.

Somehow after a short time, she faded. I opened my eyes and got up. I was never as scared at any point in my life as I was at this moment. I was still dead and I didn't know how to come back. I honestly believed that I couldn't come back, and if I did and shared this experience with anyone they would think I was crazy. Hell, I thought I was crazy. I tried everything to get my reality back. I splashed cold water on my face, took a shower, made myself puke, went outside and looked at the stars, and eventually gave up.

I wanted to die at this point. It had been so much easier just a short while ago when I was dead. I didn't even remember my own name and was standing in my own driveway asking myself "where am I?"! It is so much easier to die than to come back. I guess it was the tremendous shock of what I had just gone through. While beautiful and blissful, and more enlightening than anything I've ever experienced, it was also something I was in no way prepared for.

I debated whether to call the police or a friend, and luckily I remembered my golden rule, "never call the police". I called a friend who has been through a bad trip before and he came over. I'll never be able to repay him for what he did for me. He stayed on the phone with me the whole drive to my house. When he got there and I heard the doorbell ring I was afraid to let him in, but eventually I did.

He reminded me that I am real, alive and have so much to live for. In about a half hour I began to realize how extremely lucky I was to have gained so much knowledge in one evening. People ask themselves questions about death and centuries of wars have been fought by religious groups about what it means. That's all bullshit, and until you've died there's no way to preach any religion to anyone without being a liar. I learned something so important that night, and even though it was the scariest experience in my life I wouldn't change it for anything.

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Thanks Renee. I wanted to tell this story because while low doses of shrooms are fun and great to mix with E, high doses are so much more. I want anyone considering consuming a high dose to be as prepared as possible for what might happen. The feeling truly is indescribable and at least for me, something I wouldn't voluntarily repeat. I'm definitely glad I saw what I saw, but one time was enough. I'll stick to lower level trips from now on. I love the visuals and enhanced thought of a low-medium level trip, and from now on that will be enough for me. I know it is stated constantly, but one more time won't hurt: RESPCT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM! (and other halucinogens as well, of course!)
 
Wise words.
I'm with you- the fungus has a definate desire to reveal the after-death state to humans. This experience is very rewarding for those that can handle it.
It's all about shamanism. Death and rebirth.
How many people out there know what it's like to be "dead"? And in that state, the feeling of not being alone? Anyone hear voices on shrooms? Is the Dead World a simple void, or is it populated with souls? Perhaps not only deceased human souls but a network of many forms of life. Angels? Demons? Aliens?
On a high-dose trip, when the mushroom reveals its true face, does anyone else feel that the plant is a higher form of life that was meant to govern humanity?
Love those mushrooms.
 
It's been over a year since my first shroom experience in which I was certain I was dead. The experience truly changed my life. I learned so much about myself and my weaknesses. I don't know how eager I am to repeat that experience, but I imagine that some day I will try again.
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great report buddy, thats a great insight to the world of Psilocybe. i have yet to venture, but some day hope to, not as deep as you though, maybe when im a big boy, haha.
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Wow I really learned a lot from this post. I've only had one trip which I think is a high level trip, but must admitt I never closed my eyes on my trip because the things I saw while my eyes were open were so absorbing, but I did go looking for certain things inside myself and with a deinte purpose in mind which the shrooms did help me address. I did feel intensely out of control at times but my friends always brought me back to reality. Nect time I will try to be alert to the expreiences you posted. Thanks!
PEACE
 
Excellent report. I'm fascinated about that feeling of death you experienced on shrooms as well. I don't think high dose mushroom trips like that are in store for me right now but it is something I would definetly experience at least once hopefully.
 
Dying on mushrooms is an overpowering experience. I could never truly get over the feeling of not being able to come back to reality on high doses of shrooms. Sometimes I wonder if I actually did die or if a part of me will never come back and is lost forever from such ego loss.

one experience left me to believe that my soul was taken from me and i'm still not sure if that actually occured or not.

on a dose of 10 grams dried, everytime I disentergrated, I would catch glimpses of other dimensions. Diffrent places I felt Iv'e been to thousands of lifetimes ago or will be in the future.

I died quite a number of times on shrooms and it was awesome that I could relate your experience with mine.

Thanks for posting this thread.
 
great report man. I remeber one of the first time i took a large dose of mushrooms(7grams i think) i was totally ripped away from the living world. I learned a lot about life and death that night. It sounds like u learned a lot too and i'm happy that mushrooms once again have shown someone something truly special.
 
Wow, awesome report. I really enjoyed you talking about the descent into death... it greatly diminished my fear of ego loss/death.
 
"never call the police" is a genius thing to live by %)

hehe, and i would also like to add...that you weren't actually dead...i mean...if you really die...you don't come back...not as yourself, anyhow...if you came back, that means you weren't really dead...

right? i mean...that IS death, right? the thing that no one comes back from...

on a related note...i tripped morning glory a couple weeks or so ago, and at one point i could feel like i could talk to dead people if i so wanted...but yea, i felt like i would be leaving the realm of the living and crossing into the grey area...and i didn't wanna go there...

i took a walk on campus and came up to a statue of some dude and stared at it for a while, and i figured i would make it come to life (i was lonely and would have really liked some company...no matter who it would be)

but i realized that the statue looked too fierce, too official...i figured either this guy was pretty evil and would rat me out, or maybe the artist who made the statue wasn't good enough to convey the humanity of his subject (i figure it's most likely the later...heh...everyone has a good side)

so well...i dunno, just my 2 cents

hmm...well...yea, i guess maybe you could have been in the place between life + death...like...hmm...i dunno...clearly your body was alive the whole time (if your body dies, it wont come back), but i think your conscious mind was completely disconnected from your body, and this probably feels like death...

i wonder if it is possible for your conscious mind to want to stay "there" and resist your body's attempts to bring it back? i mean, i am thinking...no...cause at a point, your body will make you pass out...? eh? or maybe...your mind will then just...use less and less energy...and just...focus on bigger and bigger thoughts...yea....i dunno...is anyone following me?

ya know, like sometimes, my mind will just wander and i will stare into space and think about something completely random...and it is hard to snap back into reality...and remember what i should be doing...well...can your mind just keep thinking about something MORE and MORE and MORE removed from your real life? like...i know i can do this equally well when i'm really tired or not or whatever...so i guess it doesn't really take energy for your mind to completely relax and think about random things (i mean it takes energy...eh...i just don't know)

sorry if this post doesn't seem to make too much sense ;) i hope someone has a faint idea of what i'm trying to get at, at least :)
 
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