dithyramb said:
Sidisheikh.mehriz said:
I only had minor effects from smoking the grass in a joint. I wouldn't recommend. There is no dose with phalaris if not not a known strain. You have to experiment carefully and find out for yourself. One guarenteed way I had full trip effect from phalaris is when I mixed up several species in one brew. Truncata alone with harmala seemed powerful at beginning but subsided very quickly.
Hi Sidisheikh.mehriz, your experience with truncata matches mine. İt seems to appear strong in the beginning but then fades into a mush. This 'mush' İ felt to not be healthy for the awareness, a specific branch of the general phalaris toxicity which brings unconsciousness. İt was the same even with dried and simmered grass, so I wrote off truncata with rue. By itself it was interesting in my 2 experiments two years ago. Not a tryptamine experience, but more like beta carboline teacher vibe. İ dont know if I will pursue it later, but for now the only Phalaris species I dig is brachystachys.
Hi Dithy, the truncata brew with roasted rue had more physical high and stimulant effect than an experience in the mind. Each time I took a sip of the truncata tea I had another wave of stimulation that was almost instant and likewise faded quickly. Nothing really of concern though.
By far my most memorable experience with phalaris was a mixture of brachys, paradoxa and truncata. Brachys making the majority of the brew which was in the anthesis stage and showing signs of water stress, it looked poorly with little biomass. As you probably know brachys will heavily invest in producing seeds rather than making biomass when it's water stressed, that's what my brachys patch looked like when I found it on a high plain of clay soil wheat field.
I'll never forget that powerful sudden come up that made me jump off my seat in panic :surprised. A moment before that I was feeling frustrated and about to write off the experience as a failure! Not much open eye visuals but it was a feeling at that moment of sudden come up when I looked around me and felt a presence that's unseen for the eye. Visually everything looked almost as normal except my perception of reality was altered. I wish I had a richer vocabulary to describe this. It has really put me on my guard and got me in the mode of trying to survive a bad trip. Went back in from kitchen to bedroom (it was late night) shivering cold I could hear the shaking in my breathing. Eyes closed with dancing flashing lights under my eye lid
Those flashing lights introduced me to the euphoria stage of the trip. That's when the shivering was gone and replaced with blissful warmth. Left me smiling the whole time. soon I relaxed and high. I was far in lala land hahahahaha it made me giggle and laugh from my heart with content. It flatters me flirts with me and tease me like this spirit was really benovelant.
Soon after it was time for some lessons and messages to be heard. The rest of the trip was very integuingly a continuation of my day dreaming while harvesting the grass and enjoying the beautiful landscape. It was like an answer to all my wonderings that day while I was busy harvesting and trying to think and imagine what the trip will be like.
My answer was a revelation of my origin and where I exactly belong. It's that very soil from which I harvested. Land of my ancestors. We're intertwined. That soil is the common soul of all what lives on top of it. The soil took the form of a great grandfather with a handful of wheat in his hand. I think the spirit in this brew was the very land itself speaking through the grass. It was full of love and felt very familiar.
In fact I always miss that place I even think about that spot and landscape when I moved away and always want to come back there.
I can't wait to get back to it next season for another harvest and drink! How amazing it would be to have another encounter with that spirit!
