We were in Vegas for a conference. Walking through the vendor hall we noticed several booths selling every herbal concoction known to man. I stopped and had a nice discussion with one of the shop owners and our talk turned to Salvia.
I had never tried Salvia before and was only somewhat familiar with its use and affects, but agreed - in the interest of a demonstration for all around - to give it a go right there on the convention floor.
With my wife at my side, he cleared a chair and some space around me and handed me a water pipe filled with 20x extract. He told me to go slow and I hit it once, but inhaled deeply and held it as long as I could
The last thing I remember was handing the pipe back to him.
Suddenly, I was no longer aware of my physical body or my identity. I was the energy in the room rolling and spiraling about gathering more energy as I moved through an abstract world of color and overwhelming kaleidoscopic sound.
Suddenly, I realized that at one time, i was a human but that my human identity had been taken away from me by whatever it was that happened a few moments ago. As i reached for the outside world, I was pinned down by the energy that I had accumulated and felt that I was being peeled away, layer by layer. And as each layer slipped away, the world I was in began engulfing me in waves.
Each time i reached for a rational thought, i was pulled under by another wave of energy. At some point, I realized that I no longer had a choice in my destiny and I had become the energy that was now lapping over me at a pounding pace, pinning me down, pulling me deeper and deeper.
It was about this time that I realized i was glued to this existence as the surface of the carpet. I was unaware of any human existence. I struggled to find my previous identity but was unable to. Just as I began giving in to my fate, I felt someone asking me to come back. I wanted to go back, but I had no choice. This was my destiny and I just needed to accept the fact that someone had given me something that turned me into this -- which upset me greatly.
The combination of the overlapping and simultaneous peeling of away of the universe was becoming more than i could handle and I was thankful when I once again became even remotely conscious that this was a journey, not a reality. My wife's face came into view slowly, spiraling from the colors of the ceiling and my surroundings. At first I was worried that I had frightened the people around me but she reached down and held my chest and her smile gradually brought me back.
It took about 20 minutes for the anesthesia to leave my body. I was a bit overheated and it took another few minutes for the pins and needles to wear off. In the end, I was glad to be back and I held her hand tightly to let her know.
In hindsight, the crazy sounds and visual overload of a vendor hall in a LV convention center was not the best place to try Salvia. The sensory input was simply overwhelming.
Although this took place close to three years ago, my account was detailed within an hour of the experience.
And it haunts me to this day.
==Peace==
I had never tried Salvia before and was only somewhat familiar with its use and affects, but agreed - in the interest of a demonstration for all around - to give it a go right there on the convention floor.
With my wife at my side, he cleared a chair and some space around me and handed me a water pipe filled with 20x extract. He told me to go slow and I hit it once, but inhaled deeply and held it as long as I could
The last thing I remember was handing the pipe back to him.
Suddenly, I was no longer aware of my physical body or my identity. I was the energy in the room rolling and spiraling about gathering more energy as I moved through an abstract world of color and overwhelming kaleidoscopic sound.
Suddenly, I realized that at one time, i was a human but that my human identity had been taken away from me by whatever it was that happened a few moments ago. As i reached for the outside world, I was pinned down by the energy that I had accumulated and felt that I was being peeled away, layer by layer. And as each layer slipped away, the world I was in began engulfing me in waves.
Each time i reached for a rational thought, i was pulled under by another wave of energy. At some point, I realized that I no longer had a choice in my destiny and I had become the energy that was now lapping over me at a pounding pace, pinning me down, pulling me deeper and deeper.
It was about this time that I realized i was glued to this existence as the surface of the carpet. I was unaware of any human existence. I struggled to find my previous identity but was unable to. Just as I began giving in to my fate, I felt someone asking me to come back. I wanted to go back, but I had no choice. This was my destiny and I just needed to accept the fact that someone had given me something that turned me into this -- which upset me greatly.
The combination of the overlapping and simultaneous peeling of away of the universe was becoming more than i could handle and I was thankful when I once again became even remotely conscious that this was a journey, not a reality. My wife's face came into view slowly, spiraling from the colors of the ceiling and my surroundings. At first I was worried that I had frightened the people around me but she reached down and held my chest and her smile gradually brought me back.
It took about 20 minutes for the anesthesia to leave my body. I was a bit overheated and it took another few minutes for the pins and needles to wear off. In the end, I was glad to be back and I held her hand tightly to let her know.
In hindsight, the crazy sounds and visual overload of a vendor hall in a LV convention center was not the best place to try Salvia. The sensory input was simply overwhelming.
Although this took place close to three years ago, my account was detailed within an hour of the experience.
And it haunts me to this day.
==Peace==
