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Transform said:
Very much a classic case of shamanic soul retrieval - have you done any spirit animal work? Good to have some spirit helpers in this journey.
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Similar thoughts and reflections on my end.

That's something that I am exploring. I've done some experimental work with animal spirits, ancestors, and mentor spirits, and other things of the like, but there's some impulse in me that tries to do a lot of this with those connections, but as solo as possible. DMT entities tease me a little bit about this, in particular the ones that I feel are around me the most.

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Voidmatrix said:
Similar thoughts and reflections on my end.

That's something that I am exploring. I've done some experimental work with animal spirits, ancestors, and mentor spirits, and other things of the like, but there's some impulse in me that tries to do a lot of this with those connections, but as solo as possible. DMT entities tease me a little bit about this, in particular the ones that I feel are around me the most.

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Glad to hear this, and also it's inspiring me right now to contemplate things like plants with animal names, plant/animal correspondences in various traditions, and how one might craft specific changa blends with a view to particular animal spirit symbolism. A nice bit of food for thought, I shall see what comes up in tonight's dreamscape as I'm too tired for much else at this point.

A quick few plants with animal names:

hawkweed
chickweed
fat hen
goosefoot
goose grass (lots of birds here!)
snakeroot
hare's foot clover
catspaw (bit of a foot theme, too!)
dandelion
horsetail
tarragon is kind of named after dragons (Artemisia dracunculus)

Hope this is a suitable complement to changa musings!
 
More than suitable!

Will be doing some research and then will be creating blends. In helping and exploring myself in this manner, I can share the same with others who are interested and open.

In my research one thing that will be important is for me to be able to understand how absorbent some of the above are. I always like to have a very absorbent leaf within each recipe. I find those are the blends that are the most consistent in terms of effects and ensures the maximum amount of harmalas and DMT end up in the blend as possible.

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Now that this impromptu hiatus is complete I think I'm ready to jump back in. Generally, deeper, and probably high frequency.

It's interesting, my old apprehensions reared their heads yesterday. I had to ask myself, "why's it even a question?" 😂

In making a list on how to be more giving to myself, the first thing I put was "practice redosing."

Another interesting item. Though I'm more comfortable, today I reallt just wanna stay light in my journey. Maybe my intuion is giving me a hint.

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I have a few ideas for better, more evenly dispersed and uniform blends.

Do one's best to infuse each herb separately with the proper amount of DMT and harmalas for the given herb amount. For example, if I were to make a blend that is 1:1 DMT and herbs, with a standard 300mg of harmalas, and I plan to use 500mg mullein, 250mg passionflower, and 250mg blue lotus, then I'd infuse the 500mg of mullein with 500mg of DMT and 150mg of harmalas. The 250mg of passionflower would be infused with 250mg of DMT and 75mg of harmalas, as well as the blue lotus. Now, not all herbs are as absorbent as others, in this case passionflower if less absorbent than blue lotus and blue lotus is less absorbent than mullein. This being the case, in the jars used to infuse the passionflower and blue lotus, one can simply rinse the jar with whatever they choose as a solvent for making blends, and pour into the mullein jar so that any DMT or harmalas that didn't make it into the passionflower and blue lotus can not be lost and still part of the blend.

This idea can also be used to make larger more diverse batches of changa as well. I often want a greater diversity of herbs in my blends. I can simply make two different blends, complete with the number of desired herbs, and then combine the batches.

Thoughts?

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Now here's an idea: charge each of your repertoire of herbs in two* seperate batches, one with a standard amount of DMT, the other with a standard amount of harmala. Then you can make any blend to any ratio.
*Ideally, keep a third, untreated batch for each of the herbs in case dilution is required.

Once the herb blend has been mixed, consider the option of adding a small dash of solvent to help homogenise and equalise the alkaloid levels throughout the blend, especially if untreated herb was used as a diluent.

How does that sound? Are there any flaws or catches I may have overlooked? (It's late and I just ate a big curry!)
 
Transform said:
Now here's an idea: charge each of your repertoire of herbs in two* seperate batches, one with a standard amount of DMT, the other with a standard amount of harmala. Then you can make any blend to any ratio.
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So if the blend should end with the amounts of 1g herbs, 1g DMT, and 300mg harmalas, infuse 1g of herbs with 1g of DMT and infuse another batch of herbs with 1g of harmalas, and just we would just weigh 2g of the DMT blend and combine in with 300mg of the other.

Transform said:
*Ideally, keep a third, untreated batch for each of the herbs in case dilution is required.
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Nope! Go hard or go home, no turning back!

Transform said:
Once the herb blend has been mixed, consider the option of adding a small dash of solvent to help homogenise and equalise the alkaloid levels throughout the blend, especially if untreated herb was used as a diluent.

How does that sound? Are there any flaws or catches I may have overlooked?
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I like the idea of adding a small amount of solvent to homogenize, however, I wonder how efficient that would be. My personal preference would be to have plenty of harmalas and DMT in proper amounts throughout the blend so that no matter the amalgam of material I place in a bowl (say I primarily grab a bunch of blue lotus and barely any mullein) then there will still be enough on the given herbs to provide a sufficient journey.

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Voidmatrix said:
So if the blend should end with the amounts of 1g herbs, 1g DMT, and 300mg harmalas, infuse 1g of herbs with 1g of DMT and infuse another batch of herbs with 1g of harmalas, and just we would just weigh 2g of the DMT blend and combine in with 300mg of the other.
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This alone highlights a fundamental flaw in my plan. The harmala herbs will always dilute the DMT herbs (or vice-versa) so it would appear advisable to have each of the stock herbs at double strength - I'm clearly going to have to think about this a bit more, over a coffee.
 
Transform said:
This alone highlights a fundamental flaw in my plan. The harmala herbs will always dilute the DMT herbs (or vice-versa) so it would appear advisable to have each of the stock herbs at double strength - I'm clearly going to have to think about this a bit more, over a coffee.
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Do tell what you come up with!

This is my newest jar. I'm thinking of putting a blend of Damian, Pau d' Arco, and mullein. I just put the rest of my last batch with these herbs in my pipe.

I do have a few grams of chaliponga and caapi leaf that has already been broken up and waiting for me to do something with it. Initially, I was smoking them together to see if there was any obvious effect (to no avail). I may just infuse them and then add bits to other batches. I already have a blend that is just chaliponga and caapi.

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This was one of those experiences that makes me feel like I've leveled up in some way in hyperspace, even though I don't often go that deep.

This one was peculiar, so I will explain it the best I can, but it was also confirming in ways for a few ideas I've had lately.

I woke up from a nap. Feeling down, and trying to be better about not letting my demons get in my way, I grabbed the pipe from my altar for my second foray of the day. I said a silent invocation, and then just hit the pipe. It was a bigger hit that usual, but was comfortable with it, trusting myself and my long developed sensibilities about navigating these experiences.

I remember feeling some anxiety about the experience as the first signs set in. I just reminded myself that I wouldn't go too far.

Initially the experience was somatic with subtle visual distortions in the form of patterns and what I call electric fields. They were subdued overall. After some time had elapsed, I changed something in how I looked at the experience from within, and noticed that there was this whole other world that I was flowing through, complete with voids and vortices; a sector of movement. It was this mild rush. The shifting in visualization reminds me of those code glasses, where there are several different lenses that can be flipped over the glasses, and different combinations can show different images (like in using 3-D glasses or decoder glasses). And the glasses I was initially thinking of could be from the magic of imagination since it just dawned on me that I was remembering the glasses that were used in American Treasure. 😂

I'm wondering if there's a way to only take a little DMT as a catalyst, and then to be able to deepen the experience with my mind and being, because that's what seemed to have happened today.

I really enjoy the times when I'm comfortable in my decision to dive in. That happened this time. I hope it happens more. I guess that's on me.

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It's funny you say this because I was practicing with some low doses the other day and decided to completely breathe into the initial intensity and the experience began to open more and became lengthened and then I had a thought pop into my head and I laughed

"Be the MAOI!"
 
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Tried something new.

Raspberry leaf (500mg), damiana (250mg) and skull cap (250mg) with 1g DMT and 300 harmalas.

When the herbs are less absorbent, it leaves some DMT and harmalas on the sides of the jar. Means next batch I make in that same jar will be more potent than whatever I weigh into it. 😁 that's an intense pleasant surprise.

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