Comments on: I Finally Smoked Salvia Divinorum, Again.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:04:05 +0000

I have smoked 20x and it knocks me on my ass. I think I will have to buy some more for those sleepless nights. I am a two hit wonder though. I can buy it 3 blocks away. Funny how it costs about the same as weed, it is just legal.
No psychedelic experiences as of yet. I just pass out, same as with pot and opium.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:36:08 +0000

Have you thought about going with a lower-dosage? Maybe you’d have a better experience than just passing out! But that’s what happens for you with weed and opium, too?? Very strange…!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:14:50 +0000

I have had two very different experiences on Salvia- I think it does depend not just on the strength, but also on your intention. The first time I tried it I was far too blasé- I thought I had had enough DMT to be able to handle just about anything but I was very wrong! I forgot that I had taken anything, the experience was so strong I forgot who I was, I was in a rocky field with a chain link fence, it wasn’t not particularly visual, the strongest impressions were emotions. I felt like I was a child again, I would talk to people and try to figure out what was going on but I came across as scared and needy and the more I tried to act independently the needier I seemed. I also felt I kept ‘turning back’ into the situation and could not escape. Towards the end of the trip I had almost resigned myself to being unable to communicate with others for the rest of my life, perhaps how I would feel if I was paralyzed and completely dependent. On the bright side it certainly woke me up to some issues I may have about vulnerability! LOL. The second time I was certainly taking Salvia seriously, I was also perhaps too eager for an answer and some guidance. I once again had a very strong experience with entities appearing and interacting with me immediately after my second bong- but this time there was no strong emotions and no message. I have a theory that if you have expectations of Salvia it will not fulfill them. In that way I think it is a powerful teacher- teaching you to truly let go of your ego. I wonder what will happen if next time I approach Salvia with an open mind and no expectations…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:26:41 +0000

I’ve smoked it a few times, 10x extract, and always with an intense experience. The issue with me is that each time I was supposed to be alone, but there would be others around me in the “vision” and this would give me a sense of panic that now everyone knows.

It seems that there is a consistent way that I’m affected. Always the sense of others around. Always the sense that I need to be doing something - complete the project or whatever, before I can get back. And in recent trips I’ve noticed that there is some music that accompanies the experience - as if it is part of that world. The music is almost like a children’s show jingle, and in fact the first experience involved the sense that teletubby-like beings were gathering and pulling me along. In another trip there was the distinct awareness of a cartoon-like dad and mom among the beings. They were “flying” over me and creating/dismantling a slatted dome structure over me. The weird part about each experience is that at the time it all seems perfectly natural and logical, familiar, and real.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:53:29 +0000

“The weird part about each experience is that at the time it all seems perfectly natural and logical, familiar, and real.”

Sounds a bit like a dream, eh?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:50:44 +0000

That is exactly my theory! That it turns on some dream process and only slightly impairs you instead of the normal sleep paralysis. I also believe there is some relation to night terror phenomenon, which I experienced as a child and which the salvia experience reminds me of.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:38:19 +0000

Chris,
What do you mean about a relationship to the experience of Salvia with night terrors? In a general sense or in a “oh hell I’m having a bad trip” sense?
I’m not even sure I know what night terrors are exactly - It’s not a nightmare but similiar, right?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:07:06 +0000

Night terrors - not always an accurate term, but it’s based on the fact that most people who have them look like they are having a terrifying experience, although there usually isn’t any memory of the event. It occurs at a deeper level than dream sleep and is more related to sleep walking or sleep talking.

For some reason I vaguely remember the ones I had as a child. It usually involved some abstract concept or feeling that was too overwhelming and hard to describe. Imagine a boulder the size of a building balancing on the tip of a pin. Or sweeping a room using the tip of a pin. Sometimes there would be the sense of my body having tremendous mass. It’s the abstractness of it that seems similar to my salvia trips.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:25:30 +0000

Salvia is what the Shamans use to enlighten the confused thought waves
basically to help you think of the BIG picture of your goals in life as opposed to dwelling on the small stuff…
If you are around a bunch of people …. with no focus capabilities

Your trip will become mishmash / a little of your thoughts and affected by anything ….. the others might say…
The average time of enlightenment is 5-10 minutes…

It’s best to just use it alone, no alcohol, no weed, no drugs.
My plants are growing well……..