Acolon do you know if McKenna was referring to mixing ayahuasca and mushrooms, or caapi alone with them?
My experiences combining Syrian Rue and caapi with mushrooms have been very profound, incredibly visionary, amazingly blissful, if at times quite confrontational, and WEIRD...
Three very common sense points I should mention, just based on personal experiences;
- don't mix different species of mushrooms together when doing this. It really seems to piss the mushroom gods off! My last non-MAOI Psilocybe cubensis/Copelandia cyanescens major intergalactic ass kicking session has dissuaded me from ever trying this again.
- don't mix Syrian Rue or caapi together. I had a really, really nasty pharma experience doing this. I think the DMT dose was too high, but I got the distinct impression that the two plants HATED each other, almost like they were jealous. Won't ever be trying that again (this has just been my personal experience).
- be careful with Rue. Don't take too much, maybe take an extract, and don't take too many mushrooms. I think a lowish dose of caapi, followed by a lowish dose of mushrooms, would be a good way of dipping a toe in here.
Still, Syrian Rue and mushrooms has twice taken me closer to a feeling of nirvana, far beyond the potential of any other psychedelic, or combination thereof. I have experienced visionary realms as deep as any as I've ever encountered on DMT. Once on this combo I also met my only entity so far, a shimmering bioluminescent octopus. On another occasion 50g caapi vine, 1g dried Copelandia cyanescens, and 250mg DMT freebase was consumed...which resulted in an incredibly powerful and beautiful experience. I've mixed these 3 before with incredible results previous to this...incredible, illuminated, earthy bliss (words just don't do that state justice). After the purge you’re laughing, it acts like a safety valve, and when you purge, you get everything out of your system, as well as the mental darkness. Up until this point, the trip can be slightly on the menacing side... :twisted:
That’s one of the advantages of working with caapi. Personally, I can NEVER purge on Rue, although it can make me extremely nauseous. I'm hoping polytrip will add his 2 cents here, but I think caapi and mushrooms would be the way to go, starting with low doses of both. I think this combination is very worthy of further exploration.