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It Felt Like My Head Fell OffAyahuasca and Salvia Substances: Salvia divinorum, Peganum harmala, Psychotria viridis My friend and I had an ounce of Psychotria Viridis leaves and 10 grams of P. Harmala extract. We powdered the ounce of leaves, soaked the powder in a 1/2 liter solution of 80% distilled water and 20% lemon juice for two days in the refrigerator, then boiled for an hour, strained out the pulp, took the pulp and boiled it again in another 1/2 liter solution of water and lemon juice, strained and discarded the pulp, combined the extracts, and boiled down to two cups. This was left to cool in the fridge overnight. The next day, we boiled two cups of distilled water and added it to three grams of the p. harmala extract. We then each drank a cup of the p. harmala tea (not bad, really - like a strong cup of coffee) and waited half an hour. We expected to puke, but felt only a very mild nausea. This led us to the probably mistaken conclusion that we hadn't had enough, so we made two more cups of p. harmala tea and drank it, for a total of about 3 grams each. A few minutes later we each drank our cup of Psychotria. Shortly thereafter my muscles turned to rubber. I went outdoors, took off my clothes, and lay on my trampoline in the sun for about four hours. I felt a continuous nausea. After a couple of hours I puked and felt a little better. I was quite high, but nothing in particular was happening. The experience was not very pleasurable. The nausea outweighed any pleasure I might have otherwise have had. I could barely stand up or walk. I couldn;t see very well either. Only my hearing was very acute. I could hear hundreds of birds singing in many different voices. I am sure that we took relatively too much harmala and relatively too little psychotria. Next time I will try half the harmala extract (1 1/2 grams) and twice the psychotria (1 full ounce per person). By the time six or seven hours had gone by, my nausea was gone. Being somewhat disappointed by the experience so far, we decided to try a few bong hits of Salivia Divinorum to try to really get off the ground. WOW!! Did we ever! The experience is really indescribable. It felt like my head fell off or something. The only thing I can compare it to at all is nitrous oxide. The normal conscousness is completely blotted out for a minute or two. It is impossible to describe what replaces it. There are no words of our common language for it. It is quite a different state from nitrous, though. Nitrous is more of a head trip - for a fleeting moment it is as though one has solved some vast intellectual problem - although 30 seconds later you can't say what the problem was, let alone the answer. Salvia is completely physical, not intellectual. My recommendation to people as they feel this overwhelming state come over them is JUST RELAX, and you'll be fine. Make sure that you take your hits next to a bed that you can flop on while holding your breath, preferably in a darkened room. Actually, Salvia somehow feels rather harmless to me, even benign, if you observe these simple precautions. Before going to bed, I took a mega-B vitamin and a 3-gram melatonin tablet with added Vitamin B-6. This helped me sleep. I woke afte about three hours and took another melatonin. I fell asleep again and slept well until morning. I highly recommend the melatonin and vitamins for recuperating from all kinds of psychedelics. It is currently the next day, and I am getting ready to go to bed. I will be taking some more melatonin and vitamins. I have been taking it very easy. I have been feeling very peaceful all day. Strangely, my feelings about the Ahahuasca have been getting more and more positive. It was no fun, but it was a purgation. I feel like I puked out a lot of useless mental crap, and now I feel very quiet and calm and loving. The Salvia topped everything off in a very satisfying way. This was my first psychedelic trip in 15 years. All in all, it was very powerful. I doubt if I will try anything again for at least 6 months. In the meantime, I intend to continue to eat right, exercise right, and generally live right. A healthy mind in a healthy body is the greatest high!
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