starshine_seraphim
Bluelighter
my first salvia trip - the wheel of perception
after a few unssuccesful attempts I tried again with salvia, this was a 6X I picked up at a local headshop. In previous attempts I had felt 'fucked' body wise, but nothing that resembled a psychedelic drug. my first attemps with it left my body feeling heavy and my head dizzy, leaving me fairly dissapointed after what I had expected. I also knew there was a narrow target window, as several of my friends had failed to have the whole experience.
this time, however, I did. At around 9:30 or so, I hauled out the plain 2 ft glass bong, emptied the water, refilled with ice cubes. I filled the modest chamber with the same amount I had tried previously. (have no idea exactly how much, a small pinch I suppose) This time it took only one hit. I remember trying to hold it it, and then evidently I blacked out. I remember hearing a buzzing sound and everything going black. I was told that I was lying on the floor for about 10 minutes, but at first I didn't see anything around me. I don't remember what went through my mind at first, I don't think I could comprehend it whatever it was.. Maybe halfway through the peak I was looking around at everything in the room, and my soul was projected onto everything I saw. Suddenly I was looking at the front door through the eyes of the coffee table. I was only projected for a second, maybe longer. I remember seeing in the background, maybe almost like the sideline in the dark, a huge spinning wheel similar to the one on 'the price is right'. I couldn't make out what was written on it, but it was some sort of writing or text - it was totally foreign to me. It was moving and as the wheel sped up, so did the number of inanimate objects in the room that I was projected upon. I really started to panic thinking that the wheel would ultimately stop on an object that wasn't my physical body.
After probably 15 or 20 minutes the frames of reality start to slowly click back into place, and bit by bit I was realizing that it wasn't real and only temporary. I tried putting the pieces of my mind together. I then realized I had fallen off the couch and was now lying on the floor. I was fully aware of my surroundings, and for the next 30 minutes my mind felt 'cloudy'. It felt as though my brain activity was reduced by 50% or so. Some of the faucets were now only trickling. I couldn't make complete sentences or understand what others were saying. I suddenly wanted a cigarette. I leaned back onto the couch and listened to the down-tempo music playing softly in the background.
by around 10:00 pm I had no more after-effects and felt completely normal.
[afterthoughts, what I write now as I post this]
the only psychedelics I have used before this was LSD, mushrooms, and AMT once. LSD in the past has terrified me more than this experience, but this was was sort of a 'punch in the face', compared to a 'gradual kicking of your soul' that LSD seems to do. Its really the best way to describe it. LSD slowly comes up, you know whats happening, but my salvia experience last night caught me off guard. It certainly wasn't a euphoric high. I was expecting visuals, but I got themn in a completely different way than I had thought I would. It wasn't distortion or colors flowing. It was seeing things from a different perspective. I wouldn't say it was a religions experience, but the idea of reincarnation was definately on my mind afterward. I don't personally believe in reincarnation. The idea that a human mind/soul gets shuffled back into an existence of say, an animal or plant seems ridiculous to me. Humans are too special. Anyhow, this time I experienced reincarnation. I experienced alot of it all of once, and I truly though I would be stuck as something else other than my body.
The next time I do this I am going to be in a dark room. Theres just too many frightening things all around you. The best part was what I tohught anyway, not what I saw.
overall this was a positive experience. I will do this again in the future...
in the meantime, let the wheel of perception keep moving and changing. . . .
after a few unssuccesful attempts I tried again with salvia, this was a 6X I picked up at a local headshop. In previous attempts I had felt 'fucked' body wise, but nothing that resembled a psychedelic drug. my first attemps with it left my body feeling heavy and my head dizzy, leaving me fairly dissapointed after what I had expected. I also knew there was a narrow target window, as several of my friends had failed to have the whole experience.
this time, however, I did. At around 9:30 or so, I hauled out the plain 2 ft glass bong, emptied the water, refilled with ice cubes. I filled the modest chamber with the same amount I had tried previously. (have no idea exactly how much, a small pinch I suppose) This time it took only one hit. I remember trying to hold it it, and then evidently I blacked out. I remember hearing a buzzing sound and everything going black. I was told that I was lying on the floor for about 10 minutes, but at first I didn't see anything around me. I don't remember what went through my mind at first, I don't think I could comprehend it whatever it was.. Maybe halfway through the peak I was looking around at everything in the room, and my soul was projected onto everything I saw. Suddenly I was looking at the front door through the eyes of the coffee table. I was only projected for a second, maybe longer. I remember seeing in the background, maybe almost like the sideline in the dark, a huge spinning wheel similar to the one on 'the price is right'. I couldn't make out what was written on it, but it was some sort of writing or text - it was totally foreign to me. It was moving and as the wheel sped up, so did the number of inanimate objects in the room that I was projected upon. I really started to panic thinking that the wheel would ultimately stop on an object that wasn't my physical body.
After probably 15 or 20 minutes the frames of reality start to slowly click back into place, and bit by bit I was realizing that it wasn't real and only temporary. I tried putting the pieces of my mind together. I then realized I had fallen off the couch and was now lying on the floor. I was fully aware of my surroundings, and for the next 30 minutes my mind felt 'cloudy'. It felt as though my brain activity was reduced by 50% or so. Some of the faucets were now only trickling. I couldn't make complete sentences or understand what others were saying. I suddenly wanted a cigarette. I leaned back onto the couch and listened to the down-tempo music playing softly in the background.
by around 10:00 pm I had no more after-effects and felt completely normal.
[afterthoughts, what I write now as I post this]
the only psychedelics I have used before this was LSD, mushrooms, and AMT once. LSD in the past has terrified me more than this experience, but this was was sort of a 'punch in the face', compared to a 'gradual kicking of your soul' that LSD seems to do. Its really the best way to describe it. LSD slowly comes up, you know whats happening, but my salvia experience last night caught me off guard. It certainly wasn't a euphoric high. I was expecting visuals, but I got themn in a completely different way than I had thought I would. It wasn't distortion or colors flowing. It was seeing things from a different perspective. I wouldn't say it was a religions experience, but the idea of reincarnation was definately on my mind afterward. I don't personally believe in reincarnation. The idea that a human mind/soul gets shuffled back into an existence of say, an animal or plant seems ridiculous to me. Humans are too special. Anyhow, this time I experienced reincarnation. I experienced alot of it all of once, and I truly though I would be stuck as something else other than my body.
The next time I do this I am going to be in a dark room. Theres just too many frightening things all around you. The best part was what I tohught anyway, not what I saw.
overall this was a positive experience. I will do this again in the future...
in the meantime, let the wheel of perception keep moving and changing. . . .
