Hello
I am Euphonics, I am in my early 30's, living in Europe ( originally from South Africa) and im stoked to be telling you about my experiences, and hope to learn more from this really informative community. I'm going to give a short history of my experiences with LSD and Mushrooms and the mad characters I met in the psychedelic scene in Johannesburg. I've tried most substances at least once but psychedelics left such an impression on me that I look back with fond memories at all my travels.
The mid 90's in Jo'burg SA, a hippy revival scene was emerging, gone were the days of the conservative apartheid regime that oppressed the natives of my country. Whites and blacks, particularly the younger generation, dispelled any notion of segregation by parting!!( not every South African embraced it but in my circles, we lived the dream) There were raves on nearly every night in the abandoned high rise buildings of the inner city. Whole apartment blocks converted into night time art galleries and armature theatres.. and a little underground retreat known as Rustlers Valley popped up in the Drakensberg mountains, about 3 hours drive outside Jo'burg.
My first experience with LSD was when I was 16, a blotter, the dude that gave me it said they were Bart Simpsons or something. Totally nieve to the intensity of the experience, I chewed on the little piece of paper until it was little more that a gooey pulp swimming through my teeth, begging to be swallowed. 30 mins in, I feel a tingling sensation in my stomach. 1 hour in.. I notice the walls in the pool hall seemed to be breathing and the tapestry on the carpet moving slightly. I think to my self... this is awesome! A little bemused by the whole situation, i turn to my then girlfriend to tell her what im seeing, and notice her whole face is starts to grow and shrink at the same time. That was it for me... I broke into uncontrollable laughter, to the point where i found it hard to breath. My then girlfriend was laughing just as hard, she's tripping to and not her first time. My thoughts seemed like they where not my own and I came to the conclusion that I understood everything in the universe. I really left an immeasurable mark on my attitude to life and other people ( although I can not for the life of me remember what the answer to "everything" was) It was beautiful. Then time gets a little hard to judge, and the night and the trip gets a little hazy (it was 15 + years ago) but that first time stuck with me.
So after that experience I clock up about 2 years of recreational LSD usage say every 2 to 6 weeks. And during that time a friend of mine from when we were kids decides partake in the experience. we do 2 blotters each, and he is totally blown away! So I tell him that there is a festival going on in the mountains in a couple of weeks, and we should go. so about 10 of us head out and hitch into Jo'burg to Hillbrow.. from there a we went our separate ways hitching lifts down the highway and eventually we make it there..... Rustlers valley! The path that leads up into the entrance which was nearly 4km, laden with poppy flowers. It felt like we were re-living Woodstock, there were Tee Pees set up and people walked around stark naked... not a bother on them. stages set up for open mic musicians to play, flee markets, hippies...and of course LSD.
so the first night I approach this guy who is staring a bunch of hay stacked up in a tent and ask him" have you got any acid you might wan to sell". He Is Clearly tripping balls cause his eyes are all pupil. He opens up this ruck sack and pulls out this tin foil wrapped mass and says, how much do you want.. so we decide among us( me and my friend) we'd take 8. So that would put us at 4 each. We chew the blotters, first 2 and when the effects kick in we take the other two as to get a "second peak" as we put it. What happened then was the most intense experience of my life. I find it hard to put it into words how beautiful and life affirming that experience was. I remember seeing the stars in the night sky, all converge into a ball of light that beamed into my head. I thought about all the people I loved in my life, I forgave myself... (if that makes any sense). at certain points it was like I could read my mates mind, and he could read mine. Just utterly amazing.
The experience lasted well over 15 hours with residual effects going on through the next day and one hell of a acid hungover. The experience took a lot out of me, we definitely over did it' but the strength of the blotters was way stronger than what we experienced in Jo'Burg. I decided once we got back to take a break from all drugs for a while and detox. I smoked weed pretty much everyday back then, so that was gone to. It was about 3 or 4 months in and a few mild back flashes I left South Africa and travelled to Europe were I now live. I got older and other things in life took over, I kinda got settled down, I got a job got married... got divorced and started saving for a house. The memories of those days crept up a every once and awhile.. Just awsome!!
So about 2 months ago I hear about this stuff, DMT. I watch a documentary on it and I think to myself... I'm going to try this out. and think how was it that i had never heard about his before, then I read about Ayahuasca, something that I dreamed about doing al through my teens and find out hey... its actually DMT. so that leads me here. I've been looking through the forums here to find out all I can about DMT and Ayahuasca.
So that's my story, hope you liked it, sorry if If I bored the living shit out of you, I know it was long. just a quick heads up... and seeing that this is the newbi forum... and my post are about LSD. That friend of mine that I took the acid with, kept on taking acid all through the periods of 97 to about 05.. he did a lot of it.. daily. and unfortunately lost his mind! he started to think he was Jesus Christ and that the world was watching him through secret hidden cameras in his house... He was committed and We lost contact about 6 years ago but his bro says he is doing better. So anyone looking to have those experiences, be careful! respect yourself and be safe. LSD is a tool for the mind, but it is potent stuff and can be dangerous.
peace to all fellow noobs
Euphonics
I am Euphonics, I am in my early 30's, living in Europe ( originally from South Africa) and im stoked to be telling you about my experiences, and hope to learn more from this really informative community. I'm going to give a short history of my experiences with LSD and Mushrooms and the mad characters I met in the psychedelic scene in Johannesburg. I've tried most substances at least once but psychedelics left such an impression on me that I look back with fond memories at all my travels.
The mid 90's in Jo'burg SA, a hippy revival scene was emerging, gone were the days of the conservative apartheid regime that oppressed the natives of my country. Whites and blacks, particularly the younger generation, dispelled any notion of segregation by parting!!( not every South African embraced it but in my circles, we lived the dream) There were raves on nearly every night in the abandoned high rise buildings of the inner city. Whole apartment blocks converted into night time art galleries and armature theatres.. and a little underground retreat known as Rustlers Valley popped up in the Drakensberg mountains, about 3 hours drive outside Jo'burg.
My first experience with LSD was when I was 16, a blotter, the dude that gave me it said they were Bart Simpsons or something. Totally nieve to the intensity of the experience, I chewed on the little piece of paper until it was little more that a gooey pulp swimming through my teeth, begging to be swallowed. 30 mins in, I feel a tingling sensation in my stomach. 1 hour in.. I notice the walls in the pool hall seemed to be breathing and the tapestry on the carpet moving slightly. I think to my self... this is awesome! A little bemused by the whole situation, i turn to my then girlfriend to tell her what im seeing, and notice her whole face is starts to grow and shrink at the same time. That was it for me... I broke into uncontrollable laughter, to the point where i found it hard to breath. My then girlfriend was laughing just as hard, she's tripping to and not her first time. My thoughts seemed like they where not my own and I came to the conclusion that I understood everything in the universe. I really left an immeasurable mark on my attitude to life and other people ( although I can not for the life of me remember what the answer to "everything" was) It was beautiful. Then time gets a little hard to judge, and the night and the trip gets a little hazy (it was 15 + years ago) but that first time stuck with me.
So after that experience I clock up about 2 years of recreational LSD usage say every 2 to 6 weeks. And during that time a friend of mine from when we were kids decides partake in the experience. we do 2 blotters each, and he is totally blown away! So I tell him that there is a festival going on in the mountains in a couple of weeks, and we should go. so about 10 of us head out and hitch into Jo'burg to Hillbrow.. from there a we went our separate ways hitching lifts down the highway and eventually we make it there..... Rustlers valley! The path that leads up into the entrance which was nearly 4km, laden with poppy flowers. It felt like we were re-living Woodstock, there were Tee Pees set up and people walked around stark naked... not a bother on them. stages set up for open mic musicians to play, flee markets, hippies...and of course LSD.
so the first night I approach this guy who is staring a bunch of hay stacked up in a tent and ask him" have you got any acid you might wan to sell". He Is Clearly tripping balls cause his eyes are all pupil. He opens up this ruck sack and pulls out this tin foil wrapped mass and says, how much do you want.. so we decide among us( me and my friend) we'd take 8. So that would put us at 4 each. We chew the blotters, first 2 and when the effects kick in we take the other two as to get a "second peak" as we put it. What happened then was the most intense experience of my life. I find it hard to put it into words how beautiful and life affirming that experience was. I remember seeing the stars in the night sky, all converge into a ball of light that beamed into my head. I thought about all the people I loved in my life, I forgave myself... (if that makes any sense). at certain points it was like I could read my mates mind, and he could read mine. Just utterly amazing.
The experience lasted well over 15 hours with residual effects going on through the next day and one hell of a acid hungover. The experience took a lot out of me, we definitely over did it' but the strength of the blotters was way stronger than what we experienced in Jo'Burg. I decided once we got back to take a break from all drugs for a while and detox. I smoked weed pretty much everyday back then, so that was gone to. It was about 3 or 4 months in and a few mild back flashes I left South Africa and travelled to Europe were I now live. I got older and other things in life took over, I kinda got settled down, I got a job got married... got divorced and started saving for a house. The memories of those days crept up a every once and awhile.. Just awsome!!
So about 2 months ago I hear about this stuff, DMT. I watch a documentary on it and I think to myself... I'm going to try this out. and think how was it that i had never heard about his before, then I read about Ayahuasca, something that I dreamed about doing al through my teens and find out hey... its actually DMT. so that leads me here. I've been looking through the forums here to find out all I can about DMT and Ayahuasca.
So that's my story, hope you liked it, sorry if If I bored the living shit out of you, I know it was long. just a quick heads up... and seeing that this is the newbi forum... and my post are about LSD. That friend of mine that I took the acid with, kept on taking acid all through the periods of 97 to about 05.. he did a lot of it.. daily. and unfortunately lost his mind! he started to think he was Jesus Christ and that the world was watching him through secret hidden cameras in his house... He was committed and We lost contact about 6 years ago but his bro says he is doing better. So anyone looking to have those experiences, be careful! respect yourself and be safe. LSD is a tool for the mind, but it is potent stuff and can be dangerous.
peace to all fellow noobs
Euphonics