Help! Upcoming trip - what to take?

[deficiT]

Ok, I know this thread is six months old, but I take my time over things!

So, tomorrow is the day! Got a decent setting (gonna basically create a psychedelic temple in the house and we have open countrytside/a river just a few minutes walk away) and will be tripping with my longterm 'psychedelic partner' so we are very comfortable together in highly altered states, we have not tripped together for around 7 years now but she is literally the only person I would take a high-ish dose with now, although I'm also happy to trip heavily alone too. We're gonna take our cosmic medicine sometime between midday and 2pm

I still don't know what we'll be consuming, lmao. We'll have a cup of tea when she gets here tomorrow and see which way our feelings towards this are going. The choice is clearer than previously though and is now either A) 450mg Mescaline hcl or B) a genuine 250ug of some Gamma Goblin LSD blotters I have had stored in good conditions for 7 or 8 years

I have never taken mescaline - she has but not for 20 years and she had the actual cactii and not the synthetic hcl which is what we have now. We are both experienced with high dose lsd (250ug would be my limit now but have taken upto to 400ug in the past)

Whichever one we take, my intention is to take the other substance sometime this coming summer anyway, so it's not like I'll be missing out on anything.

To say I'm looking forward to this would be an understatement. I do have the usual and understandable slight anxiety about it of course, but that is a tiny thing compared to the delightful anticipation of underaking such an incredibly magnificant endeavour

What did you end up taking? You have fun?

Yeah if you've never done mescaline I would've definitely suggested that. I did sulphate for the first time this winter, and it was the most emotionally cathartic trip I've ever had. Amazing shit. I took 500mg over like 3-4 staggered doses.

I can get HCL now, and I definitely would like to. Fuckin sucks it's so rare and expensive, but truly it is worth it.

 

[jasperkent]

What did you end up taking? You have fun?

I was curious about it too.

My recent LSD experiences (2 different types of blotter) were amazing. There's some really good acid out there right now.

 

[Phobos33]

Just looking for you beautiful people's thoughts on this. Sometime in the next month I'm going to be taking a reasonably high dose psychedelic trip but I'm dithering about what substance to go for. Apologies in advance if a long-ish post, it's gonna help me to subconsciously process this by writing it out I think anyway, so carry on if you fancy, if not then no worries!

Background info. Historically quite experienced with psyches. In a 15 year or so period from the mid 80's onwards I probably had around 40 mushroom trips (Liberty Caps, usually brewed fresh, usual doses between 4 and 14g, but have dosed up to around 33g, only once LOL). Consider shrooms to be an ally, some challenging experiences granted, but masive euphoric healing usually. Also probably had around 20 lsd trips in that time - we had no idea of doses back then but in the light of my more recent experience with very accurately laid blotters/liquid I'd say the doses were from around 70ug up to around 200ug

Stopped taking psyches after a fucking terrible acid trip in 1999, which I'm now 99.9% convinced was not actually lsd at all.

For the next 17 years or so, my tripping activity was limited to perhaps 4 mushroom trips, all 3 or years apart and between 5 and 7 grams per trip. Also maybe 4 dmt trips, 3 of which were spectacular breakthoughs. Oh, and a strong Salvia trip which I don't care to remember, not for me at all ugh.

Around 2017 I came into the orbit of some (proven) accurately dosed and very clean lsd. First trip was 250ug, holy foookin shit, okkkkkkk Healing, beautiful, epic. Echoed within me for a good 6 months afterwards. Main thought (when I returned to being an "I" again lol), was "why the fuck have I waited so long to do that again!" Have repeated that 3 times since with the same / equally pure and accurately dosed at 200ug (twice) and an estimated 225ug (somewhere between 220 and 230 anyway). Every time fantastic.

So, last trip was 15 months ago. I kinda promised myself I'd go for regular trips perhaps 9 months apart, so it's been a fair bit longer than that (as didnt feel in right headspace for a while - I do now though).

I'll either be dosing alone or with my longterm psychedelic partner who is also a very experienced journeyer and who i trust implicitly - we are very comfy high dose tripping together. Setting will be well prepared, all that I/we may need.

Problem is, I'm spoiled for choice and cannot decide what substance to take!

I have old friends in the psychedelic community. I have the ability to easily source 3 x 200ug blotters of very high quality lsd, and also 100% pure mescaline hcl (only 1g available), and I also have 7g Penis Envy mushroom powder from shrooms grown by a family member.

I really fancy a 200-250ug type dose lsd, mainly perhaps as the last ones were so incredible.

However, the mushrooms are calling too! My old, dear friends. I could use some of that intense, challenging and beautiful medicine, oh yes I could. One thing though - am mildly anxious about them due to the shrooms being Penis Envy, as this is an unknown to me having only had Liberty Caps previously. I'm aware that PE are supposed to be 50% more potent that other shrooms, so am thinking that a 3.5-4g dose of those would be the one, should I go down that road.

Then there's the mesacline. Well guess what - I have always wanted to try it and have never had the opportunity to do so until that possibility arose just a week or two ago. Now that sounds quite serendipitous doesn't it? Is it a coincidence that I found (actually it found me) just a couple of weeks after I had decided to take a trip in the near future? hmmmmm. Again, I know the source (well, secondhand, but the friend who actually does know the source irl assures me it's tested, genuine, and the chemist is all about the healing. The friend in question also knows their shit verrry well - they also know me well and have recommended a 400-500mg dose for me.

My (possible) tripping partner would happily go with the same substance/dose as me should I trip with her, so that's not a consideration.

Now, I probably won't take another trip for 6 months minimum, probably more like 9.

Would be interested to hear anyone's thoughts / advice / experiences related to anything in this post - have a great weekend (and every day) people

Definitely go for Mescaline. I had my first 2 trips last year and first one had 252mg of Mescaline HCl. It felt very underwhelming but the following trip was on 415mg and that shit was sooooo amazing. I have a little over 300mg left from that gram and the vendor from which i bought both the Mescaline and 2C-B gave me a free pack of Mescaline(which i'm not entirely sure how it weights but seems like a generous amount) that i'm saving for special occasions.

400-500mg seems like you're going to have a good introduction to this wonderful psychedelic. It lasts a long time but kicks in gently and the CEVs are definitely of a different nature than acid, 2C-B and anything else i've tried. There really was more of an "earthy" vibe to them.