Salvia - First Time, Good trip, but WAY too short

[pr0ficient]

My friend ordered some Salvia from the web (I don't know the extract or anything about it) but it arrived in the mail yestarday. He bought a quarter ounce and it looked like shitty dried up leaves that had no odor at all.

We crumbled up the leaves and packed a huge bowl of the leaves (they were so crushed up it was like a powder). We went outside and began to smoke. We were usuing a water bong. I took the first hit, and within 30 seconds I began to feel lightheaded. It felt like I was stoned, but a little different.

We kept passing the bong and after about the 3rd hit everything changed. I held in the hit for about 15 seconds then when I went to exhale I got the biggest headrush I had ever experienced. It was the greatest feeling. The headrush lasted a good 5 - 10 seconds. Then I began hallucinating.

The colors of trees began to slightly change and whenever something moved it left a clear, thick, "water like" rippling trail behind it. It Was very cool. Then it became hard to walk, I had very little balance and it felt like I was walking on a tread mill, it felt like I was walking but not going anywhere. Then I felt as if I was walking on a rocking boat and didn't have much control overmy balance. Anyways, this experience only lasted about 30 seconds, then it was gone.

I went back to the slightly stoned feeling again. All three of us encounterd short trips like this. We continued to smoke bowl after bowl but the hallucinations never came back, we only got more of the stoned feeling.

I think if we would have each smoked individually it would have worked much better and would have lasted longer. I think that passing the bong between the three of us made our hits too spaced out.


[Added paragraphs -Splatt]

 

[nowonmai]

salvia takes a bit of work to get right.. sounds to me like you had a slightly over threshold trip, and the problem is that once you breach the threshold and start to trip, your tolerance goes right up, and you won't trip again for at least a few hours, so if you don't get it completely right straight off, you might as well quit

next time, do it in turns... you smoke a bowl and hold it in while your mate fills another... let out the first and smoke another... again, hold it in, and I'll be willing to bet you don't even remember letting the smoke out as this world fades away and you awake in another

also, use a butane torch lighter, not a normal one

don't let this experience prevent you from trying again.. it can be a very rewarding experience

 

[Web]

Next time try doing it indoors, in a dark room with no distractions. Enviroment is paramount.

If you want to make the salvia experience last longer, I suggest smoking a bowl of herb prior to the salvia (however, this will alter your trip).

 

[Splatt]

Thank you for posting about your experience!

Salvia is a very stubborn drug and to get the full experience from it, can be difficult. The best method I have found with using the dried leaf to trip, is just a normal bong and a friend (who could also act as a sitter, if needed).

Pack a full cone/bowl and smoke it all in one go. The smoke is harsh going down at first, but settles as it gets into your lungs, and for most people, can be easily held in.. Try to hold it in for around 10 seconds.. or more if you wish. Hand the bong to your friend, and he can pack another cone/bowl for you, exhale, and smoke the bong again the same way.. Doing this around 3-4 times should put you in a pretty strong trip, especially if you smoked weed before the salvia..

And this is important, and often over-looked. Salvia works best with minimal sensory input. This means, sitting in a darkened room with NO music, or very quiet music. Yes, this is important, it's just how the drug is.. It's also important for a bed or a lounge to be there for you, to plonk onto it when you get into the experience.. remember to close your eyes

A word on tolerance, Salvia actually has REVERSE-tolerance.. So the more you smoke it, the less you will need for the full trip to sit in.. And after you have experienced the full salvia trip.. You definately would NOT want it to last longer than a few minutes It seems like ages anyway

 

[Void]

Yeah, you also need one of those incineration lighters. Dunno the exact name of it, but it doesnt have a standard flame, kind of more like a jet. You need that one cause you need higher temperatures to get the stuff active. Anyway, you should know that Salvia has been made illegal in a lot of places. Read up about it before you do it again cause it is unlike anything else, and a full blown trip is something you need to prepare for.

 

[C r e a t i o n]

nice, NICE!

Yeah, you also need one of those incineration lighters. Dunno the exact name of it, but it doesnt have a standard flame, kind of more like a jet. You need that one cause you need higher temperatures to get the stuff active. Anyway, you should know that Salvia has been made illegal in a lot of places. Read up about it before you do it again cause it is unlike anything else, and a full blown trip is something you need to prepare for.

Butane lighter.

Salvia is a very strange substance indeed. I was sitting in my little chair one minute and the next I was in my room staring into my strobelight. As I entered the world of Pearl Harbor. Boats sinking and such. Really, really unique substance.

And thanks to Splatt i'm going to try smoking some weed before my next adventure. I cannot wait to see where it takes me, and "when" I will "be".