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Lately this has crossed my mind since I remember clearly thinking the first time I did ayahuasca that this is unlike anything I experienced before.
Some time after that, when I had the time to integrate and have some more trips under my belt in the meanwhile. I compared the both experiences in my head to see if there are any similarities besides the molecular one and what surprised me was the conclusion that even at the same intensity they are two very different things.
This is my personal comparison;
-Ayahuasca feels more ruthless than shrooms, not to say shrooms can't be hard but they are quite playful compared to ayahuasca.
-Shrooms tend to have an hard headspace. The mindfuck is more suited for having fun rather than going deep. Ayahuasca is very clearheaded on that regard and allows much deeper exploration without compromising that for the intensity.
-Ayahuasca has a nasty bodyload but a better body high once it passes. This goes so far that it actually made me want to die a few times just so I could stop experiencing this unbearable pain, nausea, sick feeling along with very heavy grief that comes with intense psychedelic experiences. Shrooms never made me feel like that even with bad trips, the worst thing that has happened to me was just mental.
-Shrooms arguably have better visuals. The amazement for the color enhancement was more prominent on shrooms than any other psychedelic I tried. Also the closed eye visuals seem very tribal in touch with something ancient. On the other hand ayahuasca visuals are also mindblowing but very different IME. It seems more visionary than tribal. I could close my eyes and see like they were open, and when not I would enter a trance like state and go into some wild dreams.
In conclusion: for me they are two very different tools, much like acid and shrooms. Both have some amazing benefits but they are also different, and both have some quirks that are quite annoying so neither is the perfect entheogen. Which would I say is better? Personally I prefer aya but only slightly since it seems more suited for my needs right now (which might not be the case in future).
How would you describe the differences and similarities? Which one do you prefer and why?
Some time after that, when I had the time to integrate and have some more trips under my belt in the meanwhile. I compared the both experiences in my head to see if there are any similarities besides the molecular one and what surprised me was the conclusion that even at the same intensity they are two very different things.
This is my personal comparison;
-Ayahuasca feels more ruthless than shrooms, not to say shrooms can't be hard but they are quite playful compared to ayahuasca.
-Shrooms tend to have an hard headspace. The mindfuck is more suited for having fun rather than going deep. Ayahuasca is very clearheaded on that regard and allows much deeper exploration without compromising that for the intensity.
-Ayahuasca has a nasty bodyload but a better body high once it passes. This goes so far that it actually made me want to die a few times just so I could stop experiencing this unbearable pain, nausea, sick feeling along with very heavy grief that comes with intense psychedelic experiences. Shrooms never made me feel like that even with bad trips, the worst thing that has happened to me was just mental.
-Shrooms arguably have better visuals. The amazement for the color enhancement was more prominent on shrooms than any other psychedelic I tried. Also the closed eye visuals seem very tribal in touch with something ancient. On the other hand ayahuasca visuals are also mindblowing but very different IME. It seems more visionary than tribal. I could close my eyes and see like they were open, and when not I would enter a trance like state and go into some wild dreams.
In conclusion: for me they are two very different tools, much like acid and shrooms. Both have some amazing benefits but they are also different, and both have some quirks that are quite annoying so neither is the perfect entheogen. Which would I say is better? Personally I prefer aya but only slightly since it seems more suited for my needs right now (which might not be the case in future).
How would you describe the differences and similarities? Which one do you prefer and why?