antichode said:
well swim wont knock it till he tries it.... He is super greatful to ron because he has a nice pile of almost pure hcl that is without a doubt leaps and bounds ahead of acetate... 250 to 300mg is in SWIMS eyes, entheogenic bliss in itslef. For SWIM, he didnt like the other alkaloids that were in the acetate, he also tried them on their own after converting to hcl and didnt like them then either, muscle tension, sedation and dizzyness..... It will be interesting to see how the full unadulterated spectrum of the cactus works for SWIM
You will feel the other alkaloids for sure with this tech. Less so if you use Torch.
Keep in mind that HEAT is your enemy here. The less heat you use, the better the results. The more heat, the more of the other alkaloids you'll experience. Sedation, tension, dizziness, etc., those are from the non-
mescaline alkaloids present. They are apparently more heat stable than
mescaline is, so really go easy on the heat, or your end product will not be so good.
The non-
mescaline alkaloids greatly alter the effects of
mescaline, being that they are sedatives mostly. There is one that is not a sedative though, and it is quite nice. I don’t know the name of it, but it is euphoric, stimulating, similar to
mescaline, but short acting. Sometimes it’s present in greater amounts than the sedative ones, and in those cases the trip can be very nice.
One thing is for sure, with this method, you’ll get varying results all the time. The alkaloid ratio will vary, and the potency will vary. So the effects you get are highly dependent on the cactus you use. If your cactus is high in
mescaline and low in the other alkaloids, like some Torch cacti are, then you’ll experience a trip like that of pure
mescaline. But if your cactus is high in the other alkaloids, then you’ll experience a trip that is very unlike
mescaline.
This extraction method is most interesting when Achuma is used as the source cactus. Achuma contains a lot of non-
mescaline alkaloids that are active. It’s an interesting experience, but SWIM still prefers pure
mescaline HCl.