To answer some questions - and express my gratitude for your responses - I did, in fact, mean that I had received two (2) gelcaps. I was told they were "mescaline analogues" (a term I, too, have frequently seen attributed to 2C-B and/or 2C-I), but was told they were not of the 2C-X family. The source providing my friend with these capsules has an apt claim to run a significant current of the East Coast LSD stream in the US, and I'm not likely to take his word lightly. However, since I don't have direct access to the fellow (i.e. his phone number or any other contact information) I have to rely on the somewhat hazy heresay I get from my other friend.
I suppose "filled to the brim" would be a misnomer; in actuality, there are about 2-3mm of space at the top of the gelcap unoccupied.
My closer friend purports that, according to "the" source, each cap is one dose; apparently, the guy has gotten up to taking at least two a day (hardly surprising, given the amounts of L he throws around as if it were standard looseleaf paper). The trip has been described to me as a mixture of LSD and Ketamine; I'm very familiar (to a fault, almost) with what 2C-B, C, D, E, P, T-2, T-4 and T-21 all feel like, as well as true Mescaline itself, and DOC/DOI, and I really cant say (with the *possible* exceptions of 2C-B, 2C-E or DOI) that I've felt Ketamine-like characteristics within any of the aforementioned phenethylamines. Obviously, this has piqued my interested, and I am wholly unfamiliar with "true" mescaline analogues, such as proscaline and escaline that were mentioned several posts above this one (never even heard the terms prior to this question, TBH).
That having been said, from the same middle-man source I received the 'analogues' from, I've just received two capsules of 2C-E - weighed to the milligram at 22.5mg/capsule - obviously a standard acceptable dose. They are also from this so-called "upper-level" source, so I'd be confused to imagine him taking the time to drastically dilute one batch of 2C-X, whilst distributing other doses in perfectly quantified amounts.
Since I trust the intranasal route at being the quickest to display the nature of any research chemical (the onset, the burn, the drip/taste, the visuals and tactile sensations, the level of psychological introspection) I think I shall be bumping a very small quantity of one to determine what it really is. I posed this question knowing full well that "it could be anything" would be the most appropriate response, but if we assume that it is a "true" mescaline analogue (proscaline or escaline, as mentioned above), and NOT of the 2C-X class, are there any immediate and/or obvious differences in the nature of the sensation I might do well to be aware of?
For instance, most 2C's burn like the devil when insufflated. Is this true of proscaline or escaline? Has anyone tried these mescaline analogues and found them to be in any way dissociative as would liken them to a dissociative psychedelic like Ketamine or PCP? If not, I understand, and the vagueness with which I pose this question has me equally as frustrated as it must be to some of you who replied 'must be 2C-I' or 'no way of telling.' Those are legitimate responses. But, with this newfound clarification... well, any thoughts?
I must say there is no other place on the internet I'd feel as comfortable asking such a sticky question. Regardless of the feedback I get from this, I know I must start small - as one can always take more, but can never take less.
Namaste
~ vaya
