A Salvia Experience
with P. Cubensis and 2CB
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After a half-dozen failed attempts at passing the threshold of
smoked Salvia
Divinorum leaf, I finally succeeded last night with the assistance
of a few
other dear allies. The setting was in my home, in the context
of a group
trip with a friend and his wife. We started the evening with 2.5
grams of
dried cubensis (except for my friend's wife, who chose LSD as
her sole
vehicle for the evening). The mushrooms affected my companion
profoundly,
but did little for me except to lighten my mood to a pleasant
euphoria. This
was probably due to the fact that I had ingested a small amount
of 2c-b two
nights prior. Two hours passed, and then 2c-b was offered around.
I was
skeptical that it would affect me either due to tolerance, but
I decided to
try 20 mg. anyway. It did start some light patterns in my visual
field and
intensified my euphoria, but was still relatively subtle.
Approximately 90 minutes later, it was decided that we would try
adding some
salvia into the mix. I was hoping that the other substances in
my system
would act as a launching pad to propel me further into the Salvia
dimension
than I had been able to get previously on the leaves by themselves.
Fortunately, I was correct. I loaded a large glass bong and proceeded
to
fill my lungs to capacity with smoke. As I closed my eyes and
held it in,
faint deep-blue tendril-like forms reached out to me through the
blackness,
beckoning me to go deeper. I almost heard a voice telling me to
"come on
in." I took another enormous inhalation, put the bong down, and
lay back
prostrate upon the floor. As I closed my eyes, I had an overwhelming
physical and visual perception of floating feather-like down a
profoundly
deep well or fissure in the earth. There were stalactites and
such on the
walls of the hole, the color of which were a deep bluish grey.
I could
vaguely still hear the conversation being carried on by my companions,
and
actually saw the words that I was hearing etched in white upon
the walls as
I floated down. When I reached bottom, I found myself in a strange
city of
sorts that was full of greenhouse-like structures full of botanical
forms
that I somehow knew were the spirits of Salvia. The dominant color
of the
greenhouse buildings were electric blue and yellow. There was
a sense of
being looked over and evaluated by a million eyes belonging to
a singular
entity that was the consciousness of Salvia.
I felt as though I had finally passed some sort of inspection
process and
was being welcomed into its world. After about two or three minutes,
the
visions faded, and I opened my eyes and sat up. Subtle perceptual
distortions of a uniquely clear nature persisted with open eyes
for another
hour or so. This was a highly unique, uniformly pleasant experience
in my
career of entheogenic exploration, and one that I hope to be allowed
to
repeat in the future!
Thank you, Ska Maria Pastora.
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