poisoned candy
Bluelighter
Summary
Dose: 2.5 grams of psylocibyn mushrooms, followed aprox 45min later with one red MDA cap (which reputedely also contains a small amount of acid)
Effects: The mushrooms and MDA blended seemlessly to produce an intense but lucid high with incredible open and closed eye visuals. The psychedelic effects overwhelmed MDMA-like feelings of empathy. The emotional experience was intense and ranged from euphoria to depression brought on by negative thought loops.
Setting
A wonderful psytrance party (LiquidVision) provided a positive setting for the experience. The music and psychedelic deco defintely influenced the trip. I spent my time split between the main room and the chill area, which featured a roaring fire that played quite a role in the experience (more on that later).
The Experience
It must be emphasized that this was a very intense experience, so much so that it was not even particularly recreational. Mushrooms and MDA (or MDMA) combine in such a manner that their combined potency far exceeds the sum of their parts.
After spending about a few hours at the party sober (which was wonderful), I ate my mushrooms along with a chocolate bar at about 3:30 AM. (Chocolate, a slight MAO-inhibitor, increases the potency of the mushrooms.) The first effects were felt about half an hour later: while dancing, I noticed visual alterations, increased ability to focus on others dancing, and felt myself making more fluid-like motions. I was having a blast, and when I went to the bathroom at aprox 4:15 AM to take the MDA, the huge grin on my face led a stranger to suspect I was popping handfuls of pills, and I became the source of his concern. On the highly suggestive state induced by mushrooms, being lectured on drugs isn't particularly pleasant, and I'm afraid it might have negatively influenced the rest of my trip. But I digress..
I returned to the dance floor, and my attention become focused on creating wonderful, fluid-like motions to the melodies of the psytrance. For lack of a better description, I felt in the midst of an ocean; the air became thicker than my own body, and dancing felt effortless and wonderful. I was in my own world.
At some point, the intensity of the experience began to overwhelm me, and I stopped dancing and became lost in thought loops. While I did feel some increased feelings of empathy, I felt mostly the classical tryptamine psychedelic effects combined with increased stiumalation and heightened thought clarity (brought on by the amphetamine-like side of the MDA).
Almost at the point of being totally overwhelemed, I reminded myself of what I had taken (and why) and spoke, at loud to myself, "Be aware of the moment." At that point, I escaped my thought loops and became fused with my surrounding, as a rush of intense and beautiful visuals surrounded me. The psychedelic artwork around me began shifting, breathing, and changing in mysterious ways. Closing my eyes, I saw patterns of Pharoahs before me, calling out to me as though I was about to join them. At this point, slightly overwhelemed by all the other people around me, I retreated to the chill room, where a fireplace provided wonderful warmth.
I sat before the fire, kneeling, and stared into the flames. Faces emerged from the shifting red, orange, and blue inferno. The fire motif brought to mind an image of Moses and the burning bush, and all of a sudden I had a brief but intense urge to stick my hand in the flames. Needless to say, this sensation was very disturbing, but I was comforted by the thought that I was surrounded by people who would stop me should I do anything so foolish.
I began to notice at this point that my thoughts and visuals were much clearer and less confused than if I were to have taken a high dose of mushrooms. I speculate that as a phenylthelamine (sp?) the MDA allowed me to concentrate better on the effects, so I was able to hold on to insights much better. I began mentally playing around with my visuals, as my visual field took on the appearance of an immense jigsaw puzzle, and I was free to re-arrange the pieces of reality any which way I saw fit. An incredible sensation, I might add.
The rest of the night progressed in a similar fashion. Passed the peak, I was once again able to dance and enjoy myself, and a sense of euphoria returned. The trip had lost its intensity by about 9:30 AM, though the afteraffects were quite prominent for another 12 hours. I was grateful for the experience, for where I was, and for the wonderful people around me.
Aftereffects and Conclusion
I must comment briefly on the wonderful sense of heightened awareness that I experienced all the next day. I went shopping with some friends immediately following the party at Atwater Market (my first time there), and the experience of being surrounded by delicious smells of cheeses, breads, and fruits was nothing short of blissful. Later on I walked through the Light Festival, and the incredible lights seemed to glow with a surreal and magical aura.
In conclusion, this was certainly a magical experience, though perhaps too strong for a party environment. In all honesty, I preferred my previous mushrooms+MDMA hippieflip to this one, as the feelings of euphoria and empathy were more pronouned with the more common chemical than with the MDA. I'm as yet undecided whether or not I will repeat this experience.
Dose: 2.5 grams of psylocibyn mushrooms, followed aprox 45min later with one red MDA cap (which reputedely also contains a small amount of acid)
Effects: The mushrooms and MDA blended seemlessly to produce an intense but lucid high with incredible open and closed eye visuals. The psychedelic effects overwhelmed MDMA-like feelings of empathy. The emotional experience was intense and ranged from euphoria to depression brought on by negative thought loops.
Setting
A wonderful psytrance party (LiquidVision) provided a positive setting for the experience. The music and psychedelic deco defintely influenced the trip. I spent my time split between the main room and the chill area, which featured a roaring fire that played quite a role in the experience (more on that later).
The Experience
It must be emphasized that this was a very intense experience, so much so that it was not even particularly recreational. Mushrooms and MDA (or MDMA) combine in such a manner that their combined potency far exceeds the sum of their parts.
After spending about a few hours at the party sober (which was wonderful), I ate my mushrooms along with a chocolate bar at about 3:30 AM. (Chocolate, a slight MAO-inhibitor, increases the potency of the mushrooms.) The first effects were felt about half an hour later: while dancing, I noticed visual alterations, increased ability to focus on others dancing, and felt myself making more fluid-like motions. I was having a blast, and when I went to the bathroom at aprox 4:15 AM to take the MDA, the huge grin on my face led a stranger to suspect I was popping handfuls of pills, and I became the source of his concern. On the highly suggestive state induced by mushrooms, being lectured on drugs isn't particularly pleasant, and I'm afraid it might have negatively influenced the rest of my trip. But I digress..
I returned to the dance floor, and my attention become focused on creating wonderful, fluid-like motions to the melodies of the psytrance. For lack of a better description, I felt in the midst of an ocean; the air became thicker than my own body, and dancing felt effortless and wonderful. I was in my own world.
At some point, the intensity of the experience began to overwhelm me, and I stopped dancing and became lost in thought loops. While I did feel some increased feelings of empathy, I felt mostly the classical tryptamine psychedelic effects combined with increased stiumalation and heightened thought clarity (brought on by the amphetamine-like side of the MDA).
Almost at the point of being totally overwhelemed, I reminded myself of what I had taken (and why) and spoke, at loud to myself, "Be aware of the moment." At that point, I escaped my thought loops and became fused with my surrounding, as a rush of intense and beautiful visuals surrounded me. The psychedelic artwork around me began shifting, breathing, and changing in mysterious ways. Closing my eyes, I saw patterns of Pharoahs before me, calling out to me as though I was about to join them. At this point, slightly overwhelemed by all the other people around me, I retreated to the chill room, where a fireplace provided wonderful warmth.
I sat before the fire, kneeling, and stared into the flames. Faces emerged from the shifting red, orange, and blue inferno. The fire motif brought to mind an image of Moses and the burning bush, and all of a sudden I had a brief but intense urge to stick my hand in the flames. Needless to say, this sensation was very disturbing, but I was comforted by the thought that I was surrounded by people who would stop me should I do anything so foolish.
I began to notice at this point that my thoughts and visuals were much clearer and less confused than if I were to have taken a high dose of mushrooms. I speculate that as a phenylthelamine (sp?) the MDA allowed me to concentrate better on the effects, so I was able to hold on to insights much better. I began mentally playing around with my visuals, as my visual field took on the appearance of an immense jigsaw puzzle, and I was free to re-arrange the pieces of reality any which way I saw fit. An incredible sensation, I might add.
The rest of the night progressed in a similar fashion. Passed the peak, I was once again able to dance and enjoy myself, and a sense of euphoria returned. The trip had lost its intensity by about 9:30 AM, though the afteraffects were quite prominent for another 12 hours. I was grateful for the experience, for where I was, and for the wonderful people around me.
Aftereffects and Conclusion
I must comment briefly on the wonderful sense of heightened awareness that I experienced all the next day. I went shopping with some friends immediately following the party at Atwater Market (my first time there), and the experience of being surrounded by delicious smells of cheeses, breads, and fruits was nothing short of blissful. Later on I walked through the Light Festival, and the incredible lights seemed to glow with a surreal and magical aura.
In conclusion, this was certainly a magical experience, though perhaps too strong for a party environment. In all honesty, I preferred my previous mushrooms+MDMA hippieflip to this one, as the feelings of euphoria and empathy were more pronouned with the more common chemical than with the MDA. I'm as yet undecided whether or not I will repeat this experience.
