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Hey fellers,
This is something I'd only really stumbled upon not too long ago. I have an indoor garden with all sorts of goodies and have always kept a Tulsi/Holy Basil plant around almost purely for smell and some culinary uses.
I run some really basic experiments when I use DMT at times and at one point I grabbed a handful of herbs and stuff with strong smells. Things like Kava, lavender, tulsi, Genovese basil, fennel seeds and wormwood.
The first time I smelled Tulsi while tripping, there was a stark change in the closed eye visuals. They became dark as if I had my hand over my eyes to shade out the light and the visuals immediately slowed and became static. I remember removing it from my face with my eyes closed and it appeared as though I could see it's shadow moving away. Moving it back towards my face had the same effect. My hand wasn't between my eyes and the light, there wasn't a shadow on my face. I didn't think a whole lot about it, although I kept it in my mind because the synesthesia was unexpected.
I decided to try to replicate the experiment as I really didn't think it'd happen again. This time, when I went to smell the Tulsi the smell was almost unbearably strong. It smells wonderful, but simultaneously was almost difficult to smell without repulsion. The same synesthesia was there. The darkness came into my vision much in the same way. I was able to replicate the results for myself. Whether or not they're psychosomatic is beyond me, I guess that's why I'm here.
I had my wife try to confirm the effect, but she's a bit less coherent or motivated during her experiences.
I was just kind of curious if anybody else had experiences with this combination or at least have the stuff on hand to give it a go. I was just using fresh sprigs I clipped a few minutes prior. I only experienced the synesthesia with holy basil. Nothing else caused any difference at all. I'm curious if it affects anybody else before I start doing extra work to see what sort of information I can tease out of Tulsi!
This is something I'd only really stumbled upon not too long ago. I have an indoor garden with all sorts of goodies and have always kept a Tulsi/Holy Basil plant around almost purely for smell and some culinary uses.
I run some really basic experiments when I use DMT at times and at one point I grabbed a handful of herbs and stuff with strong smells. Things like Kava, lavender, tulsi, Genovese basil, fennel seeds and wormwood.
The first time I smelled Tulsi while tripping, there was a stark change in the closed eye visuals. They became dark as if I had my hand over my eyes to shade out the light and the visuals immediately slowed and became static. I remember removing it from my face with my eyes closed and it appeared as though I could see it's shadow moving away. Moving it back towards my face had the same effect. My hand wasn't between my eyes and the light, there wasn't a shadow on my face. I didn't think a whole lot about it, although I kept it in my mind because the synesthesia was unexpected.
I decided to try to replicate the experiment as I really didn't think it'd happen again. This time, when I went to smell the Tulsi the smell was almost unbearably strong. It smells wonderful, but simultaneously was almost difficult to smell without repulsion. The same synesthesia was there. The darkness came into my vision much in the same way. I was able to replicate the results for myself. Whether or not they're psychosomatic is beyond me, I guess that's why I'm here.
I had my wife try to confirm the effect, but she's a bit less coherent or motivated during her experiences.
I was just kind of curious if anybody else had experiences with this combination or at least have the stuff on hand to give it a go. I was just using fresh sprigs I clipped a few minutes prior. I only experienced the synesthesia with holy basil. Nothing else caused any difference at all. I'm curious if it affects anybody else before I start doing extra work to see what sort of information I can tease out of Tulsi!
