A. Hofmann
To fathom Hell or soar angelic, just take a pinch
Hello, all!
I must admit, I decided to join this forum on a whim, but now that I'm here it looks like a blast. I am a burgeoning psychonaut with an unfortunate confession: I've never experienced dimethyltryptomine. Of course, by the time this month is out, that will no longer be true. My experience is drawn from the world of psilocin and lysergic acid, both of which I am sorely enamoured of. DMT has been on my list since I was practically a kid, however, and my interest in it predates my newfound fascination with LSD. I'm an avid psychedelic autodidact, and my research continues daily. These strange, chemically similar alkaloids we call psychedelics are perhaps the most fascinating occurrences in the universe. We can't seem to figure them out, can we? It's positively delightful.
My first trip into my own opened mind was induced by, judging by the effects, roughly 150μg LSD. I can't be sure, however, obviously. This experience has since changed my life, and the revelations it brought on were some of the most valuable I have ever had. I had not experienced the mind-manifesting power of psilocin until just over a week ago. This event has changed me further, perhaps more fundamentally. I took an inadvisably high dose of some powerful mushrooms my first time, 5g, and discovered that I take psychedelics quite well. Being a very introverted, reflective person myself, I have never found the extreme shifts in perceivable reality unsettling (this, of course, got me thinking about DMT). A friend of mine, who ingested an equal dose of the same batch with me, did not make it out so well. Fortunately, he had two more people with him, as well as me, who turned out to be his saviour, as I was talking him down from his 'freak-out' in the midst of an equally powerful trip. I experienced complete ego-nullification: I was (am) everyone and everyone was (is) me, and we were (are) all the Universe. Furthermore, this transcendent experience has carried over into my daily life, my attitudes, my behaviour, and my worldview. I am far more mellow than once I was; more willing to accept the World as she comes; and far abler to feel my own existence as a part of this world, rather than as a subject in an objectified cosmos. This experience merely continued my transformation induced by LSD, which allowed my mind to accept that I am an ape, a part of the natural world, and not different from it.
I am, and was prior to my first use of psychedelics, an anarchist. Psychedelics have only served to further unhinge my mind with regard to politics and human affairs. I have also become very interested in psychedelic art, both its creation and appreciation. These two effects are due more to my own response to psychedelics after taking them, rather than some mystico-religious experience I had while 'tripping'. I look forward to joining you, particularly when I have boarded the ship that is DMT into my own psyche. I have done quite a lot of research myself, but feel free to let me know what to expect, personal experiences, &c. Thanks, all!
I must admit, I decided to join this forum on a whim, but now that I'm here it looks like a blast. I am a burgeoning psychonaut with an unfortunate confession: I've never experienced dimethyltryptomine. Of course, by the time this month is out, that will no longer be true. My experience is drawn from the world of psilocin and lysergic acid, both of which I am sorely enamoured of. DMT has been on my list since I was practically a kid, however, and my interest in it predates my newfound fascination with LSD. I'm an avid psychedelic autodidact, and my research continues daily. These strange, chemically similar alkaloids we call psychedelics are perhaps the most fascinating occurrences in the universe. We can't seem to figure them out, can we? It's positively delightful.
My first trip into my own opened mind was induced by, judging by the effects, roughly 150μg LSD. I can't be sure, however, obviously. This experience has since changed my life, and the revelations it brought on were some of the most valuable I have ever had. I had not experienced the mind-manifesting power of psilocin until just over a week ago. This event has changed me further, perhaps more fundamentally. I took an inadvisably high dose of some powerful mushrooms my first time, 5g, and discovered that I take psychedelics quite well. Being a very introverted, reflective person myself, I have never found the extreme shifts in perceivable reality unsettling (this, of course, got me thinking about DMT). A friend of mine, who ingested an equal dose of the same batch with me, did not make it out so well. Fortunately, he had two more people with him, as well as me, who turned out to be his saviour, as I was talking him down from his 'freak-out' in the midst of an equally powerful trip. I experienced complete ego-nullification: I was (am) everyone and everyone was (is) me, and we were (are) all the Universe. Furthermore, this transcendent experience has carried over into my daily life, my attitudes, my behaviour, and my worldview. I am far more mellow than once I was; more willing to accept the World as she comes; and far abler to feel my own existence as a part of this world, rather than as a subject in an objectified cosmos. This experience merely continued my transformation induced by LSD, which allowed my mind to accept that I am an ape, a part of the natural world, and not different from it.
I am, and was prior to my first use of psychedelics, an anarchist. Psychedelics have only served to further unhinge my mind with regard to politics and human affairs. I have also become very interested in psychedelic art, both its creation and appreciation. These two effects are due more to my own response to psychedelics after taking them, rather than some mystico-religious experience I had while 'tripping'. I look forward to joining you, particularly when I have boarded the ship that is DMT into my own psyche. I have done quite a lot of research myself, but feel free to let me know what to expect, personal experiences, &c. Thanks, all!
