TheAppleCore
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There are millions of variables that come into play in terms of setting. For example, if your mindset is filled with thoughts about authenticity and you are imbibing Ayahuasca with traditional ingredients and ritual, then these factors will shape the way that you interpret the material. Or, if you have just followed a synthetic MAOI with some nice synthed spice, and you have got the latest Flying Lotus LP on the headphones, the you have a wholly different slant.
Very true. That's one of the reasons I enjoy LSD so much -- the fact that the experience is enabled by an advanced chemical technology puts the whole thing in a rather interesting perspective.
Yes but remember just because a "traditional curanda" says it doesn't mean it's true. There's a kind of reverse racism often involved in discussion ayahuasca - that a bloke in the jungle must know more about it than a white man in a city. That's not always true. And if you've ever met a curanda you'll know they can be the nastiest, most unpleasant money-grabbing scum you'll ever meet. Don't always take someones word as divine truth just because he has a bone through his fucking nose. He's just a human being like you and me.
I think the reason people -- including myself to some extent -- tend to respect the methodology of the traditional aya drinkers, is that it's been passed down and fine-tuned from generation to generation, and compiled from more experience than any one city-slicker can have in a lifetime.
However, I'll acknowledge that there are complications to this idea. Firstly, traditional ayahuasceros didn't have access to things like synthetic moclobemide, and if they did they very well might have preferred it vastly to Caapi. Also, for those with access to online forums, the wealth of information compiled and shared by a single generation of forum members may exceed the information compiled by hundreds of generations of a tiny south american tribe.
I've always thought DMT was so powerful that the MAOI was of minor importance. DMT to me is the most divine thing I've ever experienced. I don't get anything remotely similar out of caapi or rue. Don't you find the same thing?
Honestly, I haven't had enough experience with Caapi alone to be able to answer the question.
I know that Caapi does some remarkable things in combination with DMT that I cannot achieve with DMT alone. The visuals were the first such effect I noticed. I can smoke a totally obliterating dose of pure DMT, and the visuals don't even come close to the vibrant neon lucid visuals of a couple small tokes of Caapi changa.