SWIM is preparing for round 2 of HBWR/LSH experiment. This time, 2 seeds.
1. Half of one seed was filed down with steel modelling file, which was incredibly tedious- took half an hour. So the rest was put in a coffee grinder (clean). This was turned on and off for about 5 minutes to grind the seeds (the intermittency because if the grinder is just kept on, the seed chunks don't come into contact with the blade after initial contact but just fly around instead).
2. The result was super fine dust- finer than even with the file- and particles larger than with the file. This was all brushed out carefully and transferred to a tiny ceramic pestle and mortar for crushing the larger particles. The previously filed seed matter was added to the mortar too.
3. About 5-6 drops of peppermint oil were dropped onto the snuff. This was enough to wet and submerge the snuff. The pestle was put away in a drawer for the magic to happen.
*4. So the plan is to take out the snuff once its dried and crush with the pestle to repowder it. Then insufflate half in each nostril. This will be done in about a weeks time, or longer if the oil takes more time to dry out.
I wondered whether it would be better to snuff it wet rather than let it dry, given the instability of LSH. DON'T DO THIS! To see if this would be agreeable, SWIM poured a drop of peppermint into his nostril and sniffed hard. OUCH! The nostril stinging is unpleasant. The peppermint oil went from his nose into his eye (via sinuses?) and this really stung. Eye and nostril had to be washed out under the tap. Not the way to start a trip. So, dry it will be. :lol: