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Erowid Experience Vaults Report Id: 78054

You Tell Me

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Dose: T+ 0:00 repeated oral AlcoholT+ 0:20 1 hit smoked Salvia divinorum extract - 10xT+ 0:00 1 hit smoked Salvia divinorum extract - 10xT+ 0:00 repeated oral Alcohol

Body weight: 85.00 kg

Yesterday the mighty salvia crossed my way the first time and I have to reckon that this was oneof the weirdest experiences in my life. I have some very basic experience with drugs, smoking theoccasional joint and hitting one or another capsule of nitrous oxide. Having a lot of respect fordrugs I informed myself properly and I tried not to overdose, which, in the end, led to one hit of

maybe about .75g and another one later of about .1g. The all-knowing internet preaches a .25 - .5for the full experience, but I was eager not to overdo it.

The setting and mindset was nothing short of perfect. My sitter and I decided to take it outside,sitting on a bench next to a forest on a hill with an impressive view over the city and its lights.The bench was behind a small road, which hadnt any traffic at all. It was quiet, we were byourselves. We both agreed that this was going to be full of awesome. I am currently serving timein the army, getting home for 5 days over Easter, so my mood couldnt be any better.

First I opened the bag and took a wiff of what looked like black dope to me. It smelled like death.In full anticipation I prepared a bowl, getting a little nervous. I said something along the lines ofHere goes nothing and torched the bong, ripping that small pile of crumbs in 1 hit. As I inhaled,

I was pleasantly surprised that the taste wasnt as bad as I expected. It does taste like a smoking apine forest littered with dead monkeys though. I had no problems holding the smoke in my lungs,and I quickly forgot about the bad taste. I knew I had to keep the smoke down for as long as Icould. About 15 seconds in I couldnt help it but to start laughing. My friend beside me startedto laugh as well, but I did my best to keep the smoke inside my lungs. About another 10 secondslater I started to laugh like a crazy person and I had to let go of the smoke. Shortly after that,a gradually increasing feeling of extreme euphoria coursed through my body. I felt like my mindhad left my physical being and I could do whatever I want. Having smoked so little, I never reallylost touch with reality, in fact, everything appeared to be really real. Its hard to explain, but itwas sort of like This here be a tarmac ground, it is here, it is now.

Slowly reaching the plateau, I started to get massive spinning sensation (mind you, it wasnt analcohol induced Oh god I am gonna vomit all over the floor-spinning) and I felt a force, not unlikeanother gravity, pulling on my face. I had the strong urge to stand up. So I did and I walked tothe edge of the road and let out the mother of all war cries. A loud WHOOOOHOOOOOOO!made its way all over the city through the night sky. After I did that I thought to myself: Whatthe hell did I just do? Why did I do that?. The most reasonable explanation I could come up

Exp Year: 2008 Added to Database: Oct 24, 2013

Gender of reportee: male

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with is that it felt pretty good and it seemed like a good idea at the time. I decided to lie downin the middle of the road. The spinning sensation was still going strong and I had the urge to rollaround. I thought this would look rather silly and so I decided to stand back up. I went back tothe bench and sat down.

The spinning slowly faded as I was coming down and I tried to start explaining my experience to

my sitter, laughing like a madman in between sentences. I still felt pretty out-of-body and I couldhear myself talking like I was inside another person, listening to myself and it all sounded like aload of horse-ass to me. My buddy reassured me that it all somehow made sense, in a weird way,which gave me a comforting feeling. This took more or less 2-3 minutes, but the full effect fadedas rapidly as it had come on and I was left with an inability to fully verbalize my experience.

About 20 minutes later, after my buddy had his hit and felt good enough to watch over me onemore time, I loaded another bowl, this time slightly more than the first. I torched it and rippedthe thing in 1 hit. This time the taste was much worse and I almost sent the bowl flying into outerspace from coughing into the bong, but I managed to get a grip on myself and keep the smokewhere it belongs. Shortly after inhaling, I knew this was gonna be one hell of a ride.

The effects rapidly started to come on even with the smoke still in my lungs. I remember utteringthe word Whoa. before I drifted away. I still did not lose touch with reality though (At least itdidnt feel like I did), I was still sitting on that bench with my homie beside me, knowing I wassafe.

The following is extremely hard to explain and I try my best not to sound completely insane. Ibecame part of a triangle. I am sure it wasnt a solid structure, but it was there. It existed, butat the same time, it didnt. I guess it just was. It had three corners (duh); one of them was me,another was a spotlight in the distance and the third was another spotlight about 60 degrees to theright of the other one. In fact, it was a 60 by 60 by 60 degree triangle. It was a perfect constructof beauty to me. The latter corner had an extreme pulling sensation coming from its direction and

I depicted it as something (a creature or a person) that was trying to pull me towards it.I did not like this. I didnt feel like this individual meant me any harm (nor that it had anymalicious intentions) by doing this, but I had the impression that I wasnt ready to let go yet.I recall swearing at it, but it did not mind. This I liked. I also had my friends leg inside myperipheral vision and it appeared to morph into a grotesque figure, but I cant recall what it was.I stopped paying attention to it after what appeared to be a few seconds of staring at it in utterdisbelief. I started trying to explain what was going on to my sitter again. This was really hard,as I couldnt communicate a single word before having to give in to the urge to laugh hystericallyagain.

After many unsuccessful tries I managed to say something along the lines of That motherfucker

over there is pulling me man, but I wanna stay here and tell you what awesome things Im seeing.And awesome they were. The dark night sky turned into a comforting blue color and the roadunder my boots was green with red stripes going off toward the creature in the distance. Thetarmac turned into a green river, where I could see each molecule flowing towards that thing thatwas pulling me. Even though I saw the road as a liquid, I felt the solid grip of my military-gradecombat boots on the ground. This was a comforting feeling.




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I stopped paying attention to the road for a while and my eyes wandered off towards the city. Thelights of what appeared to be thousands of houses and street lamps were dancing like fireflies. Itwas one of the most incredible sights I have ever seen. As the pulling started to fade a little, Igot up to walk around on the green road. I had some trouble keeping my balance, but managedto take a few steps. Still rambling on about that son of a bitch that tried to pull me, I asked

my sitter for a cig. Immediately after I said that I somehow realised I was still tripping and toldhim not to give me one. I felt like some part of me was still back in reality and that I was notable to let go completely. Over the whole trip I was confident that I still had control over myself(except for the laughing part) and that my common sense hadnt gone anywhere. It was like aspecial case of serious schizophrenia, but I was in total control of myself. I was going in and outof my second (drugged) consciousness on demand. This scared me a little, as it was very strange.I started paying attention to other things again and I slowly felt the effects fading. I was comingdown, still enjoying the beautiful lights of the city. This took all took place over about four to fiveminutes, but it felt like a lot more.

After another hit for my sitter we decided to call it a nights worth. Another thing about Salviais that it makes me really thirsty. The bongwater didnt look very tasty so we decided to go backinside and have a few shots of vodka. We were both getting very tired. Im guessing this was thecombination with alcohol. Watching Top Gun in this state was a real blast though. The overallafter effects (a strong feeling of being breakneck stoned, but better; general clumsiness) lasted wellinto the night; I slept very little, having lucid dreams about women and their private parts.

As closure Id like to say that even though I did not smoke a lot, my experience was off the effinghook. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced. This is a very potent and powerful plant,it is by no means a party drug to get a quick fix. Even less than that is it anything like a weedsubstitute. Its effects are way beyond what THC can do. It holds a level of its own. Things canand will go downhill if you dont prepare yourself properly. Use it with caution and treat it withrespect.




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