I'm don't want to get hung up on the whole "shaman" thing, but I think it would take many, many years to get to the point in your relationship with Salvia to be able to take on a title like that. Shamans who brew up Ayahuasca, it takes them years to achieve that status as well. I'm not saying you aren't dedicated, but let's just call ourselves "travelers" or "Voyagers of the Salvinorin Seas."

I think Salvia has just as much to teach as any other plant ally. It just takes real perseverance to get down to those deeper lessons with Salvia. I know it took me several years before I started to even begin to accept some of the lessons Salvia was trying to teach me. DMT may be more gentle. Salvia can definitely be...I can't come up with any better word than "violent". Hard lessons, but lessons learned nonetheless.