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Smoked harmalas and spice aka changa

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Dorge

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So... down under in the land of Oz a many o few aussy trippers seem to toute this combination of B. Caapi leaves and small stems mixed with their acacia extracted Spice... So it stands to reason... smoking caapi works for them... they seem to love it. prolongs the trip and makes the spice more ayahuasca like. We have allready discussed that the keaves have a higher concentration of THH then the vine... so it would stand to reason that one could smoke THH...
its worth a shot at least... down under they combine and smoke both together... there is no need to pre dose... they just throw the spice right on a bowl of caapi leaves... and there you go...
so one could then take the THH combine it with spice and smoke away...
any one tried this yet?
 
Where did you see that THH is the major component of the leaves? I thought it was harmine with only traces of THH and no harmaline. I read the vine has far more THH than the leaves, some have more THH than harmine, but most have more harmine than THH, but still have a substantial amount of THH with traces of harmaline.

Harmine is not supposed to be smokeable. So if they are getting effects, it’s probably from the small amount of THH in the leaves
 
Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database reports THH in the leaves of caapi.

It is not far-fetched that the caapi leaves can contain some amount of THH that can be smoked (just as nicotine can be smoked off tobacco leaves). If not THH, then some other substance may be responsible for the changa effect.
 
Where did you see that THH is the major component of the leaves? I thought it was harmine with only traces of THH and no harmaline. I read the vine has far more THH than the leaves, some have more THH than harmine, but most have more harmine than THH, but still have a substantial amount of THH with traces of harmaline.

I think it was more THH in the leafs if I remember correctly...

I really enjoy a gigantic cigar or Diplopterys and "Cielo" Caapi leafs while on Ayahuasca.
 
That link above doesn’t work for me.

All the sources on Erowid that I've seen show that THH only occurs in very small amounts in the leaves, and that they are mostly harmine.
 
cant recall he source... perrhaps I am wrong... regardless there is some thh and there is harmine... which is good too... soo... regardless the effects are there. people are smoking caapi leaf and small stems with their spice and getting an ayahuasca effect...
so the question lays... has ANY one regardless of what reportss say smoked THH with Spice or harmine with their spice?
there is obviouslysomthing happening with the changa...
 
Yes, infusing your spice with an MAOI leaf, in most cases passionflower, makes the experience much longer and stronger. Furthermore, I was under the impression Capi isn't legal here. ?
 
alot of folks grow it in oz as a house plant... cuttings and seeds have been floating around for a while my freinds tell me. ive read many reports of people doing this MANY... so i figure it works regardless of what a few ethnobotanical reports say...

"Two reports there show the folling in the leaves:

Harmine: 0.41%
Harmaline: trace
THH: 0.005 %

Harmine: 0.55%
Harmaline: trace
THH: 0.001 %"
this is also not definitive information... different strains growing in different conditions account for increases and drops in chemical variance. regardless...
I dont really care if its THH or harmine thats doing it.... one could combine either of those into a bowl and smoke it and find out somthing spectacular...
im just surprised people are not doing so!
 
A while back SWIM was interested in extracting THH and looked into the possibility of using caapi leaves. He did a ton of research on them, and could not find a single source stating that they are high in THH. It’s possible that some strains are, or that under certain growing conditions they are.

Harmine is not supposed to be smokeable because it decomposes after it melts. So it’s possible that the small amount of THH in the leaves is actually what gives an effect when they are smoked.

I don't know of anyone who's tried smoking THH though. It might work really well.

Also, just because freebase harmine is supposed to be unsmokeable doesn’t necessarily mean that all of its salt forms are not smokeable. Some might be.
 
well its interesting... something is creating the changa effect...
a REALLy trusted ozzy SWIY i know and many others swear by it...
lol even the urban dictionary knows about changa lol...
heheh and here you are mentioning it on another forum...
here is a PDF article on changa from jon hanna written from erowid magazine... interesting article...
with a nice quote from Justin Case...
"The degree to which banisteriopsis caapi leaves can prolong the effects of dmt must be experienced to be believed."
Dennis mckenna goes on to say in the article that he feels that the harmala alkliods are absorbed straight into the brain inhibiting MAOIs directly in the brain allowing the tryptamines which are also being shot directly to the brain via smoking to inhibit the metabolizing of the tryptamines in the brain... cool...
that answers it for me... so it would seem that regardless of whats happening... harmals can be smoked...
more from the corroborre forum...

This was a personal email SWIM got from K. Trout...

"One of the most amazing things I encountered while in Oz was people taking dried caapi leaf and making it into a 30-50% smoking blend with Acacia resin (using alcohol or something to get it to stick to the leaf) The results were somewhere in between smoked acacia and oral ayahuasca in effects and duration. Much more clear than oral ayahuasca although."
 
What is Changa?
What is Changa?
Health, The Law and Plant Teachers
Infusion
The Changa Herbs
References and Related Information

Changa is a smoking mixture containing similar ingredients to the Shaman's medicinal brew Ayahuasca.

Although there are many varieties of Changa, like Ayahuasca the key active ingredients are consistently DMT and an MAOI.

The effects of Changa are considered by many to be more grounded than just DMT freebase smoked on its own. The effects have been reported as being similar to a short Ayahuasca trip. The duration of effects is slightly longer than that of freebase DMT, with reports of trips lasting up to 12 minutes. There have also been reports of Changa being used in conjunction with Ayahuasca to intensify and then later revisit the experience.

Changa is a lot easier to use than freebase DMT, and can be smoked through an ordinary pipe or water pipe. This is especially important, as DMT freebase can be typically difficult to vaporise on its own.

The percentages of DMT and MAOI concentration in the mixture are variable. A typical mixture would be characterised by breakthrough experiences at a dosage of approximately one pipe. There have also been reports of breakthroughs occurring with Changa that has been rolled into joints.

Health, The Law and Plant Teachers

The inclusion of alkaloids that can act as a MAOI in Changa means that certain precautions should be taken before consumption. While MAOI interactions with the alkaloids derived from Banisteriopsis Caapi and Peganum Harmala are reported to be not as common as with pharmaceutical MAOI's, it is still worthwhile to be aware of the various interactions and to take precautions before consuming any MAOI.

Changa would be considered illegal in any country where DMT has been scheduled, and therefore is likely to be confined to and consumed only where it is legal to do so. Religious use of Changa in rituals similar to those that use Ayahuasca as a sacrament may be exempt in some countries from the legal status of DMT.

The fact that Changa is smoked may make it easier for uninformed individuals to persecute the use of Ayahuasca based plant teachers as a medicine or sacrament. While freebase DMT seems to be very different from the experience of Ayahuasca, Changa has more of a spiritual and medicinal place in the world of Entheogens.

Infusion

Because DMT is not found in a strong enough concentration in any raw plant material, the DMT is typically infused into a mixture of dried herbs. Once the desired mixture of herbs has been prepared, it's combined with a solution of DMT and a suitable solvent. The solvent is then allowed to evaporate, leaving the DMT infused with the smoking mix. Ethanol and Naptha can both be used as the solvent.

Any MAOI properties of the herbs will potentiate the effect of the DMT experience. Therefore less DMT is required.

Infusion seems to be a very efficient way to vaporise DMT freebase.

There have been various reports as to what can be/has been used in the herbal infusion:


The Changa Herbs
Banisteriopsis Caapi This is probably one of the key ingredients in Changa due to its MAOI properties. The leaves may constitute the majority of the dried herb infusion. Smoking the dried leaves can potentiate tryptamines in much lower doses than those required for oral ingestion. Vine leaves alone may account for the considerable difference in effect between Changa and freebase DMT smoked alone. Because the leaves can be so variable in their strength, small amounts of this vine's bark may also be included to boost the MAOI effect.
Calea Zacatechichi Also known as "Dream Herb", Calea is believed to increase lucid dreams. It's also reported to increase one's ability to recall the content of dreams. Due to the speculated relationship between DMT and dream-like states, the Dream Herb may have a positive synergy.
Heimia Salicifolia Heimia's effects seem to be controversial, due to conflicts between historical information and modern bio-assays. However it is reported that if activated properly, through fermentation during drying, Heimia can enhance the effects of various other actives. Effects of Heimia include an increase in vision and hearing ability, and audio hallucinations.
Justicia Pectoralis Used by South American Indians, Justica Pectoralis (Mashi Hiri) contains the alkaloids Betaine and Umbelliferone. Dried Mashi Hiri contains coumarins, which give the Changa a smoother taste and a nice smell. There have also been reports that Justica Pectoralis can "smooth" the DMT experience.
Passiflora Incarnata A mild MAOI. Probably used in place of Banisteriopsis Caapi when it's not available.
Peganum Harmala Syrian Rue seeds may also be a component of Changa, but are probably only used when vine leaves are not available. When crushed, the seeds of Peganum Harmala can be smoked for an MAOI effect. Crushed Syrian Rue seeds don't burn easily which would have a negative effect on the usability of any smoking mixture. Even though the beta-carboline content per weight is much higher in Syrian Rue seeds, there has been reports claiming Banisteriopsis Caapi's beta-carbolines are more potent when smoked.
Salvia Divinorum If you dare! :). Salvia does add an interesting and individual edge to the experience. The effect heavily depends on the proportion to which the leaves are included.
Turnera Diffusa Damiana's inclusion in some varieties of Changa has been reported. Whether Damiana has any activity is a subject of debate. If nothing else, Damiana would add a unique smell and taste to any smoking mixture.




I found this part especially interesting...
"This is probably one of the key ingredients in Changa due to its MAOI properties. The leaves may constitute the majority of the dried herb infusion. Smoking the dried leaves can potentiate tryptamines in much lower doses than those required for oral ingestion. Vine leaves alone may account for the considerable difference in effect between Changa and freebase DMT smoked alone. Because the leaves can be so variable in their strength, small amounts of this vine's bark may also be included to boost the MAOI effect."
 
I know Changa works. But how is the question.

The Merck Index says harmine decomposes at it's melting point. The Merck Index is rarely ever wrong. If it decomposes at it's melting point then how can it be smokeable?

The leaves do not contain freebase alkaloids. The form in which harmine is present may be a smokeable form.

What does it feel like if you smoke the leaves on their own? Does it feel like harmine or THH or both?
 
here is one recipe SWIm found for it...
get some DMT some caapi leaf
crumble the dried leaf to desired smoking size
get some alcohol, Noli prefers Everclear, she never uses Iso.
do you math, lets say you have 3g caapi, you want to make a 30% DMT 70% caapi batch of Changa
4g caapi multiplied by .3 equals 1.2g DMT
40% equals .4
50% equals .5
and so on

get a small glass, add your caapi leaf to it
then pour just enough alcohol to cover the leaf
now add the DMT
stir very well, and keep stirring untill al the DMT is disolved by the alcohol, and mixed thouroughly
now you let the alcohol evaporate
make sure your leaf is dry
take a pinch and place it in your pipe
puff
Enjoy your Changa!
 
SWIM doesnt know ron swim has not tried it... swim has ingested THH sublingually at 20mg doses but thats about it with THH... there could be a potentiating syngery between the Harmine and the THH in the smoke who knows...
there could be enough vaporized harmine that is not decomposed that it works with the thh... or perhaps THH is just really active when smoked at what point does THH decompose? and perhaps the methling point of harmine and its decomposition just means it turns into a vapor????
 
Three Beta-Carboline Containing Plants As Potentiators of Synthetic DMT and Other Indole Psychedelics
a technical note from the underground by Gracie and Zarkov

WARNING: This paper is aimed at the serious student and/or researcher of psychedelic substances. Unlike many of our more popularly oriented articles and papers we do not intend it for our recreationally inclined friends on the psychedelic underground. Given the diets and drug habits of most contemporary "heads", the use of MAO inhibitors could easily result in serious physical complications (LIKE DEATH). Additionally, these states are so intense that unless you are crazy enough to regard 50mg of DMT or 7.5 grams of potent stropharia mushrooms as the beginning of a good time, these mixes are definitely NOT FOR YOU.

The content of this technical note will, we hope, provide researchers interested in the beta-carboline/tryptamine combinations with some "hard empirical facts" combined with our musings. Hopefully, these will spawn new ideas for further experiments in this very exciting and very confusing area of psychedelic research.
SUMMARY
The purpose of this paper is to summarize our current work with three beta- carboline, Harmala alkaloid-containing plants, i.e.,

Passiflora incarnata (passion flower)
Peganum harmala (syrian rue)
Banisteriopsis caapi (principal ingredient in yage)

Specifically, we wish to report on the phenomena and comparitive activity when extracts of each of these plants are smoked in conjunction with DMT.
SOURCES OF THE PLANT MATERIAL
The passion flower was purchased as dried, whole, chopped plant material from an herb store. The seeds of the syrian rue were purchased from a specialty seed service. No attempt was made to ascertain the origin of the plant material. The Banisteriopsis caapi was obtained from a private plantation in Hawaii. The caapi arrived cut into lengths of about one foot long, and ranged in diameter from about one quarter of an inch to one half inch. The original plant specimens had been collected in the Amazon by the grower.
EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES
We used the same extraction technique for all three plants. We had developed this technique for smoking the passion flower to potentiate Psilocybin mushrooms (see below) and wished to have the data from this set of expriments to be comparable. The technique was a two-stage extraction. The first extraction used was a boiling alcohol (we used vodka) and water infusion followed by a second extraction using boiled distilled water. Each infusion was boiled for several hours. A "slow cooker" is ideal for this. In the case of the caapi, the bark was peeled off in strips first. For the syrian rue, we first ground the seeds very fine. For both the passion flower and the caapi, the second extract was essentially clear and seemed unnecessary. However, in the case of the syrian rue, the second extract was a bright cloudy yellow which may indicate harmine in solution.

The plant material was strained and compressed after each extraction. The liquids from the from the two extractions were combined and dried using low heat on the slow cooker. The result was a brown caramally mass for both the passion flower and the caapi. The weight was about 20% of the original for the passion flower and the rue, and about 45% for the caapi. Except in the case of the passion flower, we cannot see any clear advantages of extraction over that of smoking the original plant material due to the relatively minor concentration of the amount needed to smoke. A plain water infusion would also seem to be just as effective in removing the harmine and would result in less of the other plant components being extracted.

The syrian rue extract was the most interesting. It actually had long, thin, yellowish crystals in a brownish, red, hard, clear matrix which was not at all gooey like the other two extracts. This is not surprising given the assumed concentration of beta-carboline alkaloids. Based on our rough averaging from a variety of sources, our up-front beta-carboline concentration estimates for the plant materials were as follows:

Plant % beta-carbolines Ratio (Syrian rue=1)
----- ----------------- --------------------
Rue 2.0% - 4.0% 1
Caapi 0.1% 20
Passion flower 0.05% - 0.1% 40

USAGE
In each case we smoked the extract until we had reached subjectively the same high. As with our previous work with the passion flower extract, smoking significant amounts above this did not seem to get one any higher, but just intensified the physical symptoms and one felt increasingly sick. So far, only with the passion flower have we experimented with an oral dose. Oral infusions of the other plants are planned for our fall 1985 series of experiments.

The plant material is smoked with a match, lighter or torch in such a way to promote the boiling of the material, rather than burning it. This seems to yield the most effective high. The highly concentrated rue extract lends itself nicely to smoking in a "hash oil" pipe with the flame heating the bowl on the outside.
THE HIGH
The high is not particularly psychedelic or hallucinogenic. One feels calm. This calming effect is particularly noted by an observer as a significant change in facial expression and tone of voice. The limbs become heavy and lethargic and visibly tremble. Hypersalivation occurs, particularly at the back of the mouth, making for a particularly smooth smoke. A slight irritation of urethra and anus is sometimes reported. At higher dosages, dizziness and nausea sets in with very little increase in the high. Closed eye imagery is at best hypnagogic. That is to say, faint, moving outlines can be discerned with closed eyes. If one has a particularly vivid imagination, ghostly outlines of figures can be discerned. The more literal minded just see shifting blobs of light and dark. No one who has experienced DMT or high dose mushrooms would ever call them visions.

The high comes on and stabilizes after about 5 to 10 minutes from smoking. As mentioned before, it is very difficult to get higher by smoking more. If one stops at this point, the most noticable thing would be a calm and unapprehensive state. We take particular note of this diminishing of apprehensions since we are always apprehensive before we smoke DMT so its dimunition or absence is very noticable.

The passion flower is mentally the foggiest high, but curiously has the strongest "antidepresant" effect. This may be related to the overall mix of alkaloids in the passion flower (see below). The syrian rue was the clearest, cleanest high with the caapi being, subjectively in between. The caapi had the least "antidepressant" effect.

Sage ratios of the original plant material smoked for subjectively reaching the same level of high is roughly estimated as follows:

Plant Dosage Ratio
----- ------------
Rue 1
Caapi 12
Passion flower 20

The dosage ratio is based on the mass of the original plant material. That is to say, to get as high as smoking one ounce of syrian rue, would require smoking 12 onces of caapi, or over two kilograms of passion flower.

Curiously, although various field researchers estimate beta-carboline dosage in native brews to range between 300 to 500mg, in our dosage we only needed dosages in the 50mg range. As noted above, increasing the dosage did not increase the high but only aggravated the physical symptoms. Even when tryptamines were taken later in addition, increasing the dosage past this point did not significantly alter the combined trip. It was as if there was some "switch" in the brain which, with sufficient beta-carbolines, was set from "off" to "on" and no further action could take place. We do not rule out the possibility of a second 'switch' as the 300-500mg range that we might have missed.
TRYPTAMINE COMBINATIONS
For comparison purposes, each of the plant materials was smoked according to the above method. Approximately 10 minutes after this plant-material-high stabilized, 15mg of DMT was smoked. One of us would go through the entire procedure while the other kept notes and timings.

The following consistent effects were observed:

* The overall impact of the trip was heightened far above the normally only threshold effects of a 15mg dose of DMT. Subjectively, the dose felt more like 35-45mg or roughly tripled in intensity.

* The overall length of the DMT 'flash' and subsequent patterns was lengthened. The 'flash' of visions which is normally 2 to 3 minutes at a 40mg dosage, was about 6 minutes with the beta-carboline predosing at 15mg of DMT. The total period of intense closed eye imagery, normally less than 5 to 7 minutes (including the flash) was extended uniformly to about 9 minutes with an additional 10 minute slowly decreasing tail of closed eye patterns.

* The auditory effects were so pronounced as to be almost overwhelming on several occasions. In fact, the auditory effects were stronger than even extremely high dose trips where we had smoked 50 to 70mg of DMT all at once. The initial sounds, the so-called 'carrier wave' or opening buzz that has been described as 'tearing plastic' was greatly amplified. The DMT 'music' which we describe as a xylophone-type sound which accompanies the visions was extremely loud and seemed to keep coming on to the point where it became disturbing on several trips.

* The basic 'jeweled dome' or 'chrysanthemum' pattern, seen after the 'vision flash' was fractured or separated. Instead of a uniform circular pattern, there seemed to be distinctive left and right halves of the pattern with a new, hard to describe pattern in the middle. The overall effect of the patterns seemed to us more mushroom-like, although we would be hard pressed to give a detailed explaination of why we felt this way.

* Similarly, the visions seemed to unfold in a more leisurely fashion. Again, we were reminded of the mushroom. While the DMT effect still hits fast and hard, the rushed 'million things at once' feeling of DMT smoked alone is quite muted.

* The colors of the pattern are also shifted as compard to DMT alone. Again, since we can't accurately describe colors in the first place, it is hard to pin down, but it could be characterized as less primary or jewel-like, with fewer or less saturated colors than DMT alone.

* Finally, when one comes out of the vision state, the 'woozey' feeling is quite pronounced for an additional 10 minutes or so. This feeling was very reminicent of the mushroom 'knock-down'.

The content of the visions was also altered. There were fewer "alien, self- transforming, elf-machines" and more visions of recognizable things. Strange animals and hooded figures marched on a bas relief procession. Griffin-like monsters rhythmically changed into beautiful naked women and back. The feeling tone was serious, unlike the playfulness or cheerful even though quite terrifying hilarity of the "self-transforming elf machines" experienced on DMT alone. The intensity was altered. We hesitate to say increase, since DMT is intense by itself, but the change in feeling tone, the more serious, almost personally directed information of the trance, subjectively made the trip more intense. On one trip, one of us made ocntact with a highly serious, palpable entity whose message could be quite simply summarized as "Are you sure you want to get into this? This is far more extreme than what you have done before. It is the path to destruction of gnosis!"

Subjectivelly, we preferred the syrian rue to potentiate DMT. It gave the cleanest, most intense high. While we have never taken true Ayahuasca, detailed discussion of some of the trip's contents with someone who has significant experience with that brew, confirmed that the trip content was like a short ayahuasca trip.

The passion flower was the least desirable potentiator. (Probably due to low harmine content in proportion to the total bet-carboline content.) The amount needed for effective tryptamine potentiation left us foggy and somewhat sick. Furthermore the MAO effects lingered for two to three days. The caapi's effects were, again, in between.
Anomalous Observations
This brings us to a curious set of observations. First, although the literature would indicate that the harmine MAO inhibition should be reversed in about five hours, the effects from all of the smoked plant material continued for at least 24 to 48 hours. That is to say, clear potentiation was noticed after this amount of time had elapsed. We hypothesize that this effect is due primarily to beta-carbolines other than harmine present in the plant material which, while qualitatively weaker as MAO inhibitors, may have a duration of effect which is much longer. However, we have reason to believe that something additional, due to tryptamines, may be happening.

Once we had taken 7.5 grams of very potent dried Stropharia. We were interested in making contact with the 'voice in the head' phenomenon. We potentiated the mushrooms by each smoking about 750 grams (!) of passion flower (reduced as described above) starting about 30 minutes after eating the mushrooms. The potentiation was quite overwhelming. After smoking about one quarter of the plant material, each fresh lungful brought on, within seconds, powerful "starburst" and "intersecting lightning bolt" hallucinations which, with eyes opened, obscured a well-lit room. The voice phenomenon was loud and clear and very unsettling (the content of the trip has been described in High Frontiers, Issue 2). Before the trip we had attempted on several occasions to invoke the voice phenomenon with the same mushrooms at dosages of up to 10 grams, to no avail. But, even more curiously, effects such as clear instance of MAO inhibition, voices in the head, visions (with both closed and opened eyes) and finally at the end of the period, clear potentiation of another psychedelic (LSD) occurred at discrete short intervals over a period of 14 days! We realize that this sounds unbelievable, however it did happen. It is our opinion that particular long-term effects can be initiated by large combined doses of tyrptamines and beta-carbolines that cannot be adequately explained using current models of brain chemistry.

Additionally, since that rather harrowing trip, the mushroom "voice" has been inescapable even on dosages as low as approximately one gram. As less spectacular long-term effects, we have also noticed this "locking in" or tuning-in effect with the beta-carboline/DMT combination. That is, effects that were previously elusive on DMT alone became easy to invoke once they have occurred in the combination.

NOTE: We understand from conversations with other investigators that this approach of first taking the mushrooms and then smoking the beta-carboline material when mushroom effects begin to come on to be the most efficacious approach.

Another curious observation is the "9 minute barrier". So far, we have not been successful in causing the DMT imagery to last longer than 9 minutes, irrespective of the dosage, or the type of underlying predose plant material. To make matters more interesting in our experiments with DMT and MDA (which is also a mild MAO inhibitor) the DMT effects are again lengthened to about 9 minutes. Yet ayahuasca produces a trip which lasts for several hours. At present we have no explaination, especially since much of the active components in the orally consumed brews are inactivated in the stomach and intestines or not absorbed.

In experiments in which we have predosed ourselves with DMT and then taken another psychedelic several hour later, we have noted very discernible (MDA) to dramatic (mushrooms or LSD) effects when the second substance is taken as much as 8 hours after the DMT. Again, this is hard to explain since the total DMT experience should only last about one hour. However, when we smoked DMT and after the flash smoked the beta-carboline plant material we were unable to cause any clear DMT imagery. What did happen was an immediate feeling of depression, almost exactly opposite the effect on mood of DMT.

One final hard-to-explain phenomenon. On about one quarter of the trips, after coming out of the trance and with our condition stabilized (or at least so we felt) about 20 minutes after smoking DMT, we experienced a rush of "information" into our minds with no other psychedelic effects. That is to say, without any visual, physical or auditory shift, we suddenly possessed, in our minds, a complex, detailed and lengthy thought with no idea where it had come from and the conviction that it had not existed in our heads, even in fragments, an instant before. The content of each of these thoughts was bizarre and had to do with directions on how to accomplish activities that are normally regarded as supernatural, impossible and/or crazy. Furthermore, the content of the thought was encouraging us to attempt these feats! While we have no first hand experience with schizophrenics (other than some Berkeley street people) our reading of the literature caused us to conclude that this type of phenomenon would be considered a clear instance of schizophrenic thinking.
Beta-Carbolone Potentiation of LSD
We have also experimented with potentiation of LSD by beta-carboline containing plants. Generically, the effects follow the same patterns. Subjectively, the dose feels three to four times more potent than it actually is. The closed eye imagery is greatly enhanced with circular highly visible bright imagery visible on only 25 [sic] micrograms. On higher doses (150-200 micrograms) there was a feeling of an ancestral presence (we have never felt an outside presence on LSD alone in over several hundred acid trips but we have found it quite common when LSD is combined with another psychedelic).

The closed-eye patterns were "almost visions". That is to say they were clearer than hypnagogic imagery but not as overwhelming or clear as DMT visions. The visuals were more like clear dream imagery. The mood elevation was quite astounding. At one point one of us shouted "You couldn't possibly have a bad trip on this stuff." There were no mood swings and the buoyant elation slowly receded to baseline over the course of the trip.
Tentative Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research
To restate the obvious, indole psychedelics taken in a state of MAO inhibition are much more intense and qualitatively different than when taken alone. We believe that these combinations offer numerous fruitful avenues for further research.

Additionally, we find the syrian rue seeds to be a convenient, concentrated and easily obtainable source of beta-carbolines that can serve as a substitute for the more exotic, difficult to obtain, Banisteriopsis caapi.

Clearly, our next area of research should be in the area of "synthetic Ayahuasca". That is, trying to perfect an orally administered mixture of syrian rue and synthetic DMT that qualitatively behaves like the South American plant brews.

Additional work should be done with the smoked mixtures to investigate the "9 minute barrier" and to provide more qualitative mixtures for some future beta-carboline/tryptamine cookbook.

Finally, we hope that the information in this article might be correlated with the work of other researchers to suggest entirely new areas for research and to provide explainations for some of these phenomena.

Stay High and Stay Free,
Gracie and Zarkov
 
reports say it is possible to make changa out of rue as well... and there is no THH in rue right?
from Zarkov...
"The plant material is smoked with a match, lighter or torch in such a way to promote the boiling of the material, rather than burning it. This seems to yield the most effective high. The highly concentrated rue extract lends itself nicely to smoking in a "hash oil" pipe with the flame heating the bowl on the outside."
even more curious....

"The dosage ratio is based on the mass of the original plant material. That is to say, to get as high as smoking one ounce of syrian rue, would require smoking 12 onces of caapi, or over two kilograms of passion flower.

Curiously, although various field researchers estimate beta-carboline dosage in native brews to range between 300 to 500mg, in our dosage we only needed dosages in the 50mg range. As noted above, increasing the dosage did not increase the high but only aggravated the physical symptoms. Even when tryptamines were taken later in addition, increasing the dosage past this point did not significantly alter the combined trip. It was as if there was some "switch" in the brain which, with sufficient beta-carbolines, was set from "off" to "on" and no further action could take place. We do not rule out the possibility of a second 'switch' as the 300-500mg range that we might have missed. "
 
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