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short time ago, I acquired a supply of dried Salvia Divinorum
leaf. Intent on exploring the properties of this unique entheogen
I embarked on a series of experiments. This report covers
my first four experiments.
My first experiment was casual. On the day I recieved the
salvia, I impulsively decided to give it a try. I put clean
water into my bong and got a bowl that didn't have any cannabis
residue in it. Both of my room mates were out. It was approximately
4:00 PM. A single leaf, crushed, completely filled the bowl.
I had read that it could take as many as 5 or 6 leaves to
"go", so I wasn't expecting more than peripheral
effects. I smoked the leaf in 3 medium sized inhalations,
set down the bong, and sat back with my eyes closed. I immediately
felt almost struck. It felt as if my consciousness had been
grabbed and pulled from my head. I could visualize it in space,
about six feet to the left of my head, still connected and
thrumming and vibrating. I heard a female voice, and opened
my eyes to see who was in the apartment.
When I opened my
eyes, I realized I was alone. Everything looked energized,
with somehow more depth. The salvia seemed to rapidly dissipate
once I opened my eyes, so I quickly loaded another leaf and
smoked it in a few big tokes. This time I didn't achieve the
trance. I simply felt a tremendous pressure on my head. I
felt pulled to one side, and disoriented. I tried to walk
around, and this intensified the sensation that I was being
pulled to one side. I sat down and continued to feel strange
for a short period of time.
My next experience
occured later that week. In the meantime I had observed a
fellow psychonauts "breakthrough" salvia experience,
and her reaction had left me a little anxious. This time,
I loaded three good sized leaves into a special large bowl
I had purchased for this purpose. My room mates were there
to observe and "babysit".
The entire bowl
was smoked in four giant hits. By the last hit, I was drooling
quite a bit, and a heavy sweat had broken out all over my
body. Again, I felt wrenched and as if I had been struck.
I sat in the dark room, vibrating and trying to figure out
what the hell had just happened. I was suddenly unclear as
to where I was, who I was, and what I was doing. The whole
room seemed to be vibrating. I was aware of my room mates,
and knew that I knew them, but didn't have a clue as to who
they were. I felt distinctly not-me, like I was someone else. |
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The
"else" in question seemed to be at times an Indian,
participating in some sort of ritual, and at times a kid
in some seventies juvenile delinquent B-movie. I felt a
pressing need to figure out what was going on, and this
quickly brought me out of it. There was an after buzz that
lasted approximately twenty minutes, though I felt slightly
"up" all night.
My
third experience occured about a week later. I had moved
into a new apartment with a new room mate. He and I decided
to smoke the last of the salvia. He went first, and had
a positive experience, which he always does with salvia.
I loaded the bowl and sat on the floor with the two foot
bong in front of me.
I smoked the last three leaves in four large inhalations.
Around the third hit, the salvia started to overtake me.
Suddenly, I was unsure of where I was and, more specifically,
when I was. I wasn't sure if I was sitting on the floor
in my new apartment or on the couch of my old one the previous
week. It felt as if I were in both places at once, smoking
salvia. I felt I became unstuck in time. It seemed I was
existing simultaneously in the past weeks trip, the current
moment, and thousands of other times, both in the future
and the past. Not only other times of my life, but of other's
lives as well, all existing as a four dimensional hyperbeing
linked through salvia. My vision had a very "edged"
aspect, as if everything had an extra dimension. While I
was laying on the floor with eyes closed, "time tripping",
I didn't exactly see anything, but I had a definite sense
of being in numerous places, a sort of mental map. As I
came up out of the trance I was exhilirated, and started
laughing in wonder and joy. I took a couple of hits of cannabis
as the salvia faded to nothing, which seemed to have the
desired result of synergizing with the remaining salvia,
extending and enhancing the after "buzz".
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