They're all very different, yet similar at the same time. They also have a tendency to affect people differently, so what one says about mushrooms could true of LSD for someone else. It's all subjective really.
LSD is a direct line to the Divine as far as I'm concerned. It's very cerebral & visual. Synesthesia to an incredible degree. Pure Love, pure Light. When I hear people say that LSD is not visual I question the quality of their doses, and how much they took, because IME when you take a solid dose the visuals are astounding. Mad colors, patterns, fractals, eyes everywhere, unbelievable trails (actually playing with the very fabric of existence), visions of people, places, beings, hieroglyphics, angels, the White Light, etc….. It was the first psychedelic I ever took, and it was the most transformative in my life. I learned a lot about myself, and grew a lot; spiritually & otherwise. My first trip was on a very strong dose & I experienced ego-loss from the gate. That left quite the impression on my young mind.
I find LSD much easier to handle then mushrooms. When shit gets dicey with LSD I can generally remind myself that's going to be OK, and to just let go. As soon as I let go things are fine. That's not to say that LSD doesn't take me on wild rides or to dark places though. It definitely does. I just seem to handle it better. Out of all the psychedelics I have the most experience with LSD. It just fit me like a glove, and I was in a position where it flowed like water for many years. So I took a lot. I had a tendency to go balls to the walls with LSD, and take very high doses. 1+ milligram doses on multiple occasions, sometimes 2+ milligrams. Those experiences were beyond intense, and beyond description. I didn’t just jump into doses like that though; I’m very experienced, and I paid close attention to set & setting. I also knew exactly what I had; LSD as pure as it gets, in a liquid solution of known potency (100mics per drop). Not many people are in a position to know that information. I was at the time. These days I’m not, and I wouldn’t dive in like that. Nor do I feel the need to.
Mushrooms on the other hand, well…..they hand me my ass on a platter. I could drink down 20+ potent hits of LSD & handle myself fine. An eighth of potent cubes & I’ll be curled up in a ball on the floor or bed for hours. I’ve heard it said like this; “With LSD you’re in the driver’s seat, with mushrooms you’re the passenger.” In my case I’ve found this to be true. Mushrooms send me on confusing rides, and it’s hard for me to let go. Whereas the same type of thing might happen to me on LSD, with the LSD I can accept it & let go. When it happens on mushrooms I tend to get “the fear” and automatically try to fight it even though I know better. Mushrooms have taken me to hell on many an occasion. They’ve also taken me to bliss though. It took me a while to accept them for what they are. I have though, and I do love them dearly. I haven’t taken them in years, but I plan to sometime next summer. The way I’m leaning these days I feel that a solid mushroom trip once or twice a year will probably be my main spiritual cleansing act. LSD took me where it took me, and nowadays it’s a nice little reminder, but I feel as though it’s now the mushrooms time. Mushrooms to me are very heavy. They have a heavy body buzz & dreamy feeling. Extremely visual at the right dosage. I’m not going to be running around & dancing. I’ll be laying down with my eyes closed, lost in hallucination. The visuals are more earthy tones & colors. Crazy patterns, visions of places, people, beings, eyes, hieroglyphics, etc….. There’s a very earthy vibe to the whole experience. Very emotional…… My emotions are totally overwhelming and out of control on shrooms. Hence me getting my ass handed to me by them.
DMT………. Yeah. Such a profound experience. Religious ecstasy at it’s highest point. Extremely visual, extremely realistic. Whereas LSD takes me into a journey into my mind & this world on one plane, and mushrooms do the same on another plane, DMT just straight up picks me up & plops me into another world entirely. There’s no introspection, no playing with the fabric of existence, no watching faces melt & floors breath, no watching colors, fractals, trails, eyes, and other visuals appear out of thin air in front of the world around me. This world explodes into fractal patterns, then BOOM! I’m not here anymore. I’m THERE, and I’m interacting with denizens of that world. Feelings of “Oh shit I’m dying…..but it’s OK”, then feelings of pure Love rushing through me as I enter this world. Other than that, what can I say? DMT is so other worldly that I struggle with describing it. This is all from smoked DMT freebase. I’ve never consumed an oral concoction, so I can’t comment on that.
As far as other psychedelics go, I’m not going to comment. I’m just going to leave it at this for now.
) its got the emotional activity of mushrooms but in a more loving and more directed way as opposed to mushrooms more primal and sometimes unforgiving emotional lessons. Like a stoic, wise, and loving elderly teacher.
bad mojo.
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