StrangeLoop
Rising Star
Hello all,
So I've been traveling these roads for about a year now. From the beginning it was always intriguing and I knew there was something magical about the whole thing, but it was inconsistent and occasionally frightening. I thought that was just the nature of the chemical, although after much experimentation I have come across a method of using smoked/vaped DMT to its fullest with virtually no negative thoughts or side effects. Maybe it's just familiarity with the drug, but I feel like I could introduce a virgin to the spice this way and guarantee they have a positive, glowing experience. But maybe not. So please please please respond to this, I want to know if anyone else consumes their spice this way. Or if not, I want you to give it a try and let me know how it works for you.
I feel like I was lied to, or I just misinformed myself, about the proper method to smoke DMT. I've always heard, from Mckenna to the Nexus to whoever, that what you do is take three huge hits in rapid succession and then close your eyes and enter hyperspace. I've found that most of the time the rapid onset of the first two hits is unnerving and causes hesitation, often preventing a full on "breakthrough" experience. There are three keys to my trip: companionship, pacing, and music.
Companionship and pacing go hand in hand. Smoking spice alone is not nearly as amazing as smoking it with others, just as the same goes for any psychedelic. Doing it alone you miss out on a lot of the features of a psychedelic trips. The communication between people is profoundly effected by psychedelics and DMT is no exception. Smoking it with a partner also allows both of you to pace yourself. I got the impression from somewhere, I don't remember where but probably the internet, that if you don't finish smoking your dose in like one and a half to two minutes you can't get any farther. Which is absolute rubbish, you can take another hit several minutes into your trip and blast off much much further and go much deeper. It might increase the dose required to reach higher levels but not substantially.
Here's what I typically do: load the steamroller with 75-100mg spice. I know, sounds like a lot. Might partially be because I'm not worried about vaping it super efficiently, I just smoke it, there's never really a shortage on spice. Also, this bowl is meant for two people. I've tried tripping with 3 people but the 3rd person to start their trip is usually so far behind the first person that it doesn't work quite as well. As I said, the third key is the music. You need something with a driving beat and not too many complex layers of sound. Shpongle actually works quite well, mainly because of the interesting vocalizations in a lot of the songs, but tribal beats are perfect. I actually had the most beautiful trip possible last week to music I can't remember because my friend picked it, but it was absolutely perfect and I'll post it up once I find out what it was.
So you have two people sitting there with a pipe filled to the brim with DMT and a driving beat going. You also need a glass of water for the weird throat constriction feeling. Big glass, you dont want to have to get up and go refill it in the middle of the trip but it is entirely possible. Focus on the driving beat and take your first hit and pass the pipe so you both accelerate at about the same rate. This first hit's purpose is really to "lube up" your mind so to speak and relax you so you're comfortable with the altered state. There is no need to close your eyes and dissolve into the visuals, there really shouldn't be a whole lot going on from the first hit anyway. Stay awake (in fact I'd say just stay awake and focused externally the entire time, never close your eyes and -try- to breakthrough. When you get there, you will get there, regardless of whether your eyes are open or not). In fact, move around. This stuff does not induce paralysis. Moving might be slightly awkward, but the effects of that first hit should just feel like you're coming up on some good strong LSD. Same really goes for the second hit, which you should take whenever you are ready. People that have read trip reports before doing DMT often think they shouldn't move or open their eyes. I've found myself perfectly capable of moving and dancing during the come up, or going to the restroom or getting water if necessary. We typically move to the music in sort of a tribal dance, I recommend tripping on a couch but with plenty of floor space in front of you so you can get up and move. Feel the music and the vibrations. Give each other high fives, hugs, and smiles. Positive vibes and laughter. Talk to each other. You should be really feeling the vibes after the second or third hit. Your communication will appear to outsiders to degenerate into laughs and mumbles, the only obvious words being said are things like "I know!" or "I remember!" as you are getting to that eerie telepathic level that accompanies ego loss. The best music should have a build up where the beat gets stronger, louder, and faster (picture a tribal drum circle building up into an ecstatic orgasmic frenzy). You might need to be sitting down at this point. Typically the only sounds escaping you now will be sexual sounding moans and ecstatic laughs (reminds me of my first acid trip, after subsequent acid trips I sadly thought I would never reach that level again, but wow! really easy to get there on DMT). You should still be touching your trip companion. Squeezing each others hands and laughing I think allows an amazing connection as you both know you are experiencing the same thing. If you are still capable, take another hit together. At this point boundaries are so dissolved that as I pass the pipe to my friend, it really feels like I'm just passing it to myself. My hands touch his but "my" and "his" no longer really make sense. Visuals will be extreme at this point and if you smoked enough you can easily have a "breakthrough."
Overall you're probably using more spice than you would need if you just smoked it all at once, but also the nature of the timing of your doses also means the experience tends to be much longer. While taking hits in rapid succession generally gives me like a 5 minute trip with a 5 minute afterglow, this pacing gives me a 15-20 minute trip (albeit gradual and not so much like being fired out of a cannon) and a 30 minute afterglow. Make sure you have a song long enough, or a playlist that seemlessly flows together since a lull in the music can be a real buzzkill. And enjoy the boundary dissolution, say hello the universal consciousness for me.
So I've been traveling these roads for about a year now. From the beginning it was always intriguing and I knew there was something magical about the whole thing, but it was inconsistent and occasionally frightening. I thought that was just the nature of the chemical, although after much experimentation I have come across a method of using smoked/vaped DMT to its fullest with virtually no negative thoughts or side effects. Maybe it's just familiarity with the drug, but I feel like I could introduce a virgin to the spice this way and guarantee they have a positive, glowing experience. But maybe not. So please please please respond to this, I want to know if anyone else consumes their spice this way. Or if not, I want you to give it a try and let me know how it works for you.
I feel like I was lied to, or I just misinformed myself, about the proper method to smoke DMT. I've always heard, from Mckenna to the Nexus to whoever, that what you do is take three huge hits in rapid succession and then close your eyes and enter hyperspace. I've found that most of the time the rapid onset of the first two hits is unnerving and causes hesitation, often preventing a full on "breakthrough" experience. There are three keys to my trip: companionship, pacing, and music.
Companionship and pacing go hand in hand. Smoking spice alone is not nearly as amazing as smoking it with others, just as the same goes for any psychedelic. Doing it alone you miss out on a lot of the features of a psychedelic trips. The communication between people is profoundly effected by psychedelics and DMT is no exception. Smoking it with a partner also allows both of you to pace yourself. I got the impression from somewhere, I don't remember where but probably the internet, that if you don't finish smoking your dose in like one and a half to two minutes you can't get any farther. Which is absolute rubbish, you can take another hit several minutes into your trip and blast off much much further and go much deeper. It might increase the dose required to reach higher levels but not substantially.
Here's what I typically do: load the steamroller with 75-100mg spice. I know, sounds like a lot. Might partially be because I'm not worried about vaping it super efficiently, I just smoke it, there's never really a shortage on spice. Also, this bowl is meant for two people. I've tried tripping with 3 people but the 3rd person to start their trip is usually so far behind the first person that it doesn't work quite as well. As I said, the third key is the music. You need something with a driving beat and not too many complex layers of sound. Shpongle actually works quite well, mainly because of the interesting vocalizations in a lot of the songs, but tribal beats are perfect. I actually had the most beautiful trip possible last week to music I can't remember because my friend picked it, but it was absolutely perfect and I'll post it up once I find out what it was.
So you have two people sitting there with a pipe filled to the brim with DMT and a driving beat going. You also need a glass of water for the weird throat constriction feeling. Big glass, you dont want to have to get up and go refill it in the middle of the trip but it is entirely possible. Focus on the driving beat and take your first hit and pass the pipe so you both accelerate at about the same rate. This first hit's purpose is really to "lube up" your mind so to speak and relax you so you're comfortable with the altered state. There is no need to close your eyes and dissolve into the visuals, there really shouldn't be a whole lot going on from the first hit anyway. Stay awake (in fact I'd say just stay awake and focused externally the entire time, never close your eyes and -try- to breakthrough. When you get there, you will get there, regardless of whether your eyes are open or not). In fact, move around. This stuff does not induce paralysis. Moving might be slightly awkward, but the effects of that first hit should just feel like you're coming up on some good strong LSD. Same really goes for the second hit, which you should take whenever you are ready. People that have read trip reports before doing DMT often think they shouldn't move or open their eyes. I've found myself perfectly capable of moving and dancing during the come up, or going to the restroom or getting water if necessary. We typically move to the music in sort of a tribal dance, I recommend tripping on a couch but with plenty of floor space in front of you so you can get up and move. Feel the music and the vibrations. Give each other high fives, hugs, and smiles. Positive vibes and laughter. Talk to each other. You should be really feeling the vibes after the second or third hit. Your communication will appear to outsiders to degenerate into laughs and mumbles, the only obvious words being said are things like "I know!" or "I remember!" as you are getting to that eerie telepathic level that accompanies ego loss. The best music should have a build up where the beat gets stronger, louder, and faster (picture a tribal drum circle building up into an ecstatic orgasmic frenzy). You might need to be sitting down at this point. Typically the only sounds escaping you now will be sexual sounding moans and ecstatic laughs (reminds me of my first acid trip, after subsequent acid trips I sadly thought I would never reach that level again, but wow! really easy to get there on DMT). You should still be touching your trip companion. Squeezing each others hands and laughing I think allows an amazing connection as you both know you are experiencing the same thing. If you are still capable, take another hit together. At this point boundaries are so dissolved that as I pass the pipe to my friend, it really feels like I'm just passing it to myself. My hands touch his but "my" and "his" no longer really make sense. Visuals will be extreme at this point and if you smoked enough you can easily have a "breakthrough."
Overall you're probably using more spice than you would need if you just smoked it all at once, but also the nature of the timing of your doses also means the experience tends to be much longer. While taking hits in rapid succession generally gives me like a 5 minute trip with a 5 minute afterglow, this pacing gives me a 15-20 minute trip (albeit gradual and not so much like being fired out of a cannon) and a 30 minute afterglow. Make sure you have a song long enough, or a playlist that seemlessly flows together since a lull in the music can be a real buzzkill. And enjoy the boundary dissolution, say hello the universal consciousness for me.
