Whatever you do, don't eat warm hot dogs while on shrooms! On one occasion, we took some hot dogs with us to the hills and cooked them over the fire. Honestly, I couldn't tell the difference between the meat I was chewing in my mouth and my tongue. I kept wondering if I had just bitten off my tongue and was eating it. And of course, the dog resembles a penis a little too much to eat in that state. Really, eating probably isn't a good idea if you have a good dose of mushrooms. You could choke. Things can be too confusing. As I was eating my hot dog directly from the cooking stick, I was gnawing away, wondering why my hot dog was so chewy and tough and pretty soon my friends started cracking up because I was eating the stick!
My friend brought oranges and he began to think about how they are called "navel" oranges because they have the little belly-button on them. This made him think that oranges are like the babies of the tree. He began questioning whether they should be eaten and bemoaned the fact that they had been plucked from their umbilical cords. Pretty soon, he hoarded all the oranges and hid them in his sleeping bag so that nobody would eat them. And listening to him, I began to feel rather guilty about eating hot dogs. I wondered if it might be possible to eat rocks. I literally picked up a rock to try to take a bite and my friends luckily stopped me. No shit! That same night I grabbed a hot rock from the fire ring and burnt my hand pretty good. My experience with the hot dogs that night probably has a lot to do with why I don't eat meat today.
And whatever you do, don't drive. The keys to any cars should be in the possession of a sober person. A friend and I went out once with the solid intention not to drive. Needless to say, once tripping, we were getting bad vibes from the spot we were in and decided to drive somewhere else. Bad idea. We ended up very confused in several places, not even sure if we were on a road or not. Things got very weird. And I was intensely paranoid about getting into an accident, running into a cop, going off a cliff, and so on. My friend was driving. I was at his mercy. And we were both on something like five grams of cubensis. Not good. Not good at all!
Stay away from anything remotely dangerous. Bodies of water are bad. Even experienced trippers have gotten into trouble with water. Cars are bad. Fire is bad. Guns are definitely very bad. Knives too. I was tripping with a friend once and another sober friend was making fun of how we were acting. The energy got very dark and my friend got his rifle from his bedroom and threatened to shoot this other friend. Bad. Bad. Bad. I wigged out. I just knew he was going to shoot this guy and I was going to be tripping my balls off, seeing someone shot, and dealing with the repercussions of that. Luckily, nothing happened. But it totally ruined the energy of the trip.
Don't assume that anything you think is sensible or insensible while sober will seem the same when tripping. Your judgment will change. You can affirm all day that you won't drive, that you won't swim, that you won't climb, and or anything like that, and once tripping you might well do all those things. You might feel quite confident or even manic while tripping and may not realize how impaired your judgment is.
Make absolutely certain that you won't have to deal with any unexpected strangers or parents or anyone like that for at least ten hours, just to be safe. If someone else is driving you somewhere, get a solid commitment from them that they won't change plans and decide they need to be somewhere. You need to have a safe, isolated place where you can be perfectly secure for the entire duration of the trip with no worries of having to leave for any reason. You don't want someone deciding to go somewhere and dropping you off at home or in town or whatever.
And you don't want anyone else who is tripping to have access to a car. I have had a fellow tripper freak out and run out of the house where we are tripping and take off in the car with nobody knowing why. This totally ruined our trip and we were so worried about this person that we ended up doing several bad things like using the phone and heading out to look for her. Not good.
Yes, phones should be gone, disconnected, inaccessible. Someone will use one. You should never, ever trip and call. You might say things that you will have a hard time explaining later. Don't use a computer either. On several occasions, I sent some really weird e-mails that I was very embarrassed about later. Communication of any kind with anyone who isn't part of the trip party is a bad idea. It will be obvious that you are tripping and what you are doing is highly illegal and some people might call the cops on you or try to restrain you and take you to the hospital. Even if they don't, you might worry that they will or did already.
And remember, even when you are sure that you will never come down, that you are permanently insane, that you are dying, or whatever, you aren't. Even if you think you are bleeding to death, get the opinion of a sober person before you decide to rush off to the hospital.
And don't trip with anyone who has violent tendencies, especially someone who when tripping might well start waving a knife around and threatening people. I have had this happen. You don't want things like that going on. Nothing can guarantee a bad trip like bad vibes from unstable and dangerous people. No tough guys! That's a rule! I have seen things go south with such guys many times. Some people just shouldn't do drugs.
The best bet is to be somewhere where you have a guarantee of no unexpected visitors. And have a few good, trusted friends there who aren't hostile to the idea of tripping. Have at least one sober person there. Make sure the place you will be tripping in has good vibes. Make sure you don't have any huge worries on your mind or that you have something you have to do right after the trip or even the next day. Be free for at least the duration of the trip and a day after. You probably won't sleep the night after your trip. I always lost a night of sleep from tripping, even if I started tripping in the morning and tried to sleep that night after coming all the way down. Acid is even worse for this.
Music is good, as long as it isn't negative and dark. Dark, angry, or very depressing music can be bad while tripping.
Trip toys can be cool. Lava lamps are actually pretty wild if you are on a good dose. We used to like to turn on the TV, turn off the sound, and put foil over the screen with some holes randomly poked in it. Playing a musical instrument can be amazing, especially something like a didgeridoo. But you won't be very physically coordinated, so a guitar is almost impossible to play. Manual dexterity goes right down the pooper on shrooms.
Nature can be amazing. It can also be very threatening in some places and in some conditions of the weather. Being outside in a forested area in the mountains on a summer evening with a full moon and good weather can hardly be beaten. I LOVE being out like that walking around in the mountains under a full moon while altered! Really, this is better with acid for me.
Just remember that anything that might be mildly threatening and might be perceived as a slight danger while sober can cause intense paranoia while tripping. Avoid anything that might normally make you uneasy.
For experienced trippers who know how they react to these compounds, most of the aforementioned can be nixed, with the exception of cars and weapons, and probably swimming pools, and cops, of course. It is good to be overly cautious your first time or two. But you don't want to get so worried that you ruin your trip worrying if you set everything up right and wondering if you will freak out and stab yourself in the eye or something. In all likelihood, you won't do anything dangerous.
It might be nice to have a sketch pad to draw or jot down thoughts on. You can get incredibly absorbed in drawing on some substances. I sometimes carried a voice recorder while tripping. It can be rather strange to talk into it though. I was whispering to it so quietly that I could hardly make out what I was saying later. When speaking to it, I felt like the whole world could probably hear me.
It can be pretty cool to try to get a different perspective on familiar places and things, like getting down on the carpet and looking across it or looking at the ceiling or running your hands over various objects or exploring the sonic qualities of everything around you. Do things that you might not normally do, things other than just sitting in a chair looking at a TV or something. Just explore. That's what it is about. Anything can be very interesting. I often like to explore the physical properties of common things. I notice things about them that normally evade me. Simple things like inertia that you normally take for granted can be interesting to play with. Magnets might be interesting. Keep changing your perspective. I often find that if I am sitting in one place, if I only turn around or switch chairs, it is like traveling to another universe. Looking at the stars can be incredible.
Do something creative. Play with some modeling clay or something. Make masks. Interacting with animals can be quite amazing and strange, but potentially dangerous. I notice that dogs are often hostile toward me or frightened of me when I am tripping. They seem to know that something is different about me and they don't trust me, even if the animal is normally attached to me and completely trusts me.
Usually though, the trip turns to ideas and philosophical matters and introspection about your life and relationships and the ways in which social pressures alter you. Especially for a young person, thoughts about your identity can be engaging and revealing.
Books full of trippy art can be amazing to look at. But often, if I am on a high dose, I find that I can't recognize what I am seeing on a 2D page, even if it is a photograph. I have sometimes been unable to figure out what I was looking at and when I looked at the same picture again while sober, it was just a picture of a person or something completely obvious.
Maybe the most important thing to do sometime during the peak is to sit in a comfortable chair or lay on the floor or in bed and close your eyes. Visuals are vastly stronger with eyes closed on any hallucinogen. Listening to evocative music with eyes closed can strongly stimulate visions. But you need to make sure you don't have friends that you might constantly worry that they are going to prank you or something which might cause you to keep opening your eyes to see if they are about to give you a wet willy or something.
Of course, music like Pink Floyd is classic for tripping. It can be very transportative. My favorite is Mozart's Requiem. Dreamy music is always good. Loud, aggressive music can be pretty irritating or can even just sound totally cheesy. Metal always sounds cheesy to me when I am tripping. It is almost comical.
But like others said, having a plan often fails. Often what you intended to try just isn't interesting once you are going strong. Maybe something else will draw your attention. Be open to following those whims, within safe limits of course.
Maybe the most interesting thing of all for me is to just contemplate the stupendously surprising fact that I find myself existing.
And hopefully, you will have a trip sitter that won't tease or pester you with questions like, "Dude, what are you seeing now? What trippy thoughts are you thinking? What does it feel like? What does it do if I smack your forehead like this?" You want someone who will just be there and be rather chilled out. And it is best if there are more people than just you and the sitter. When you are discovering altered states with friends, it is amazing. Some of my best memories are of being young and tripping with friends. All kinds of barriers come down and you form intense bonds from the experience. You have amazing adventures together.
But you can ignore what I said if you want. I usually didn't have a sober sitter. But maybe I should have. Usually, the whole group was tripping. Things sure can spiral out of control like that though, especially with a big group. I honestly don't much like sober people while tripping. I am just on a totally different wavelength and only tripping people seem like kindred souls. Sober people seem too hung up and don't understand what you are feeling. When it is just you and a sober person, it can feel quite strange and lonely. Having trip companions is awesome. I personally like to trip alone sometimes too, but I don't recommend that for anyone inexperienced. Tripping alone is a totally different experience.
And don't take a massive dose your first time. I did that and it was a mistake. Well, it was mostly bad because I was coming apart and the people driving decided to head back to town right when I was peaking and dropped my tripping friend and me off to hide in a dark garage while we finished our trip. Just going into town in a car was terrifying. I just knew we would get pulled over. And the dark garage at a friend's parents' house wasn't a good setting. And I ended up having to walk home alone while still very altered. Trying to get the door open quietly, worrying about running into an awake parent, and all that, is very bad vibes.
And whatever you do, don't feed the aliens!
Here, I have something for you to ponder while tripping. You are actually a tube with a grinding apparatus at one end.
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