I took part in things that night I was not prepared to experience. To say it was a shock to my system would be an understatement along the lines of calling a hurricane-force gale a "slight wind." For about half-a-year afterwards I was in complete psychological turmoil, hardly a moment went by that I wasn't thinking about what I experienced. If you think of Plato's "cave allegory," I was the guy who was looking at shadows his entire life, thinking that was all there was. Mushrooms wrenched my eyes away from the shadows to the dazzling, fiery source.

It was a hellish test of my psychological balance, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I confronted things I'd been hiding from myself for years, fears of mortality, insecurities, self-delusion. That's why these things are such invaluable tools! They'll heal you in ways you didn't even know you needed to be healed.

Thanks for the welcome!

I'm in no hurry to try DMT. I have a feeling it will find me, if the time is right!

I'm interested in the experience reports, but also in the subforums devoted to other substances, such as Salvia.

As for my psychedelic resume. . .

I've taken mushrooms again just recently (for the first time since the night I reference in my intro post, which was over three years ago) and plan to take them again soon at a higher dose. I've taken Salvia many times, and happen to be one of the biggest soft-heads I know. It's usually ego-loss or nothing at all with me.

The rest of the substances I've since taken include:

LSA (Turbina corymbosa is my favorite, I've taken that many times)

Cannabis (but I've abstained for several months now to maintain the clarity of my psychedelic experiences)

Tropanes (smoked only, but we'll pass over this one in silence, it was a bad habit)

Kratom (another substance I've given up, the body-load is too much)

Amanitas (hit or miss)