Tips for the first Salvia use

[Scythian Alcibiades]

tldr: Any practical tips for (the first) salvia use?
I've been curious about psychodelics for a while, however, as of now I've tried only magic truffles, so my actual experience is quite limited. I've procured Salvia concentrates x20 and x40 to try them out. Having listened and read to countless trip reports and some of the more practical threads here, I want to ensure that the experience would be safe while also vivid, bizare and mind-opening w/o causing any psychological or brain damage. Ik the basics - 'relax, and be in a good mood', 'don't underestimate the dose', 'have a tripsitter', but I wanted to ask if you have any tips, advice, things you wish you knew before your first experience you wish to share?

 

[Sakkadelic]

Keep the dose low, salvia is very powerful and a little bit goes a long way, especially with concentrates. If your extract is truly 20x you'd only need 30-40 mg for a strong experience, maybe start with 15-20 mg. I like using a small bong and taking the whole dose in 1 hit, hold it for 10 sec.

It's good if you have someone around and do it in a hazard free environment, it's common for people to get up and move on salvia.

The only thing that can somewhat prepare you for the rocket launch and sheer intensity is if you've smoalked DMT before :b

Despite the countless horror stories about salvia on the internet, almost always caused by a stupidly large dose, to me it was an amazing experience. I've only done small (moderate?) doses (70 mg of 10x) and had experiences camparable to DMT.

 

[Scythian Alcibiades]

Keep the dose low, salvia is very powerful and a little bit goes a long way, especially with concentrates. If your extract is truly 20x you'd only need 30-40 mg for a strong experience, maybe start with 15-20 mg. I like using a small bong and taking the whole dose in 1 hit, hold it for 10 sec.

It's good if you have someone around and do it in a hazard free environment, it's common for people to get up and move on salvia.

The only thing that can somewhat prepare you for the rocket launch and sheer intensity is if you've smoalked DMT before :b

Despite the countless horror stories about salvia on the internet, almost always caused by a stupidly large dose, to me it was an amazing experience. I've only done small (moderate?) doses (70 mg of 10x) and had experiences camparable to DMT.

Ty, it's refreshing to see some positive salvia experience, considering how nearly all salvia reports look. As for consumption method, I've got metal smoking pipe specifically for this. If you have any thoughts on this, feel free to share.
When it comes to your experience with the said doses, what were the effects and how long have they felt? any of that ego death, reality collapse, living as a chair for 80 years?

 

[Sakkadelic]

Ty, it's refreshing to see some positive salvia experience, considering how nearly all salvia reports look. As for consumption method, I've got metal smoking pipe specifically for this. If you have any thoughts on this, feel free to share.
When it comes to your experience with the said doses, what were the effects and how long have they felt? any of that ego death, reality collapse, living as a chair for 80 years?

It'll work fine with the pipe, salvia has a nice smooth smoke.

I've wirtten about my first 2 experiences, excuse my overly enthusiastic younger self :b And the more significant last trip I had.