^Be patient, we're discussing our futures

Eh, water will be fine, afaik salvinorin isn't particularly water soluble. Thats how I smoke everything; through a bong, and it works fine. Two reason, IMO, why this is the case; if you are a good bong-smoker, you'll know how to titrate your breath and also should know how to smoke REALLY slowly, and secondly, when inhaling the smoke really deeply, I assume the greater surface area for the salvia to be absorbed through would speed up the effects.
Sounds like your close to breaking through. I hope your ready, because it makes those sort of experiences seem pretty bland. You will not know who, what, when, how, what, who, what, when, why, who, etc. anything is. Literally. That is, IMO, a real breakthough. Prepapre for existence on an alien planet my friend, if you persist....