Whats your ritual like?

[biohazard72]

Freshly showered. Comfortable clothes (a certain pair of jeans and any of a multitude of shirts). Tidied room. On my bed, which is made neatly. Television remote next to me (set to a familiar channel, but TV off) just in case things go horribly wrong and I want to claw my way back to reality by seeing something familiar. Sitting down near the front of my bed, I take out my loaded machine and place it on my lips, lighter ready. My heart rate jumps, so I calm myself for a minute or two. Then I take off, lying down afterwards. If I decide it to be a closed eye journey, I put on my eye blinders now (which have been on my forehead), otherwise I let the stucco ceiling be the canvas of my trip. That's what I do when I want to go deeeeeeeeeeeep.

If I'm with friends, I do something similar. I've found it nice to sit with a friend on his bed, loading up two doses. He goes and lies down, passes to me, and I do the same, finishing it. Then we both come back and share experiences fresh as they come out of our heads. If it's not just me and at most two other people, it's difficult to get it to work in the desired way.

Then there's the "this activity may be interesting on DMT," where I load up a dose and take off, then begin the activity just as it starts to hit me. There is no real chance of going somewhere I don't want as I'm tripping into the activity, which is in itself grounding.

No rituals for pharma or ayahuasca yet (still too new to them). I'm not sure I'm ready psychologically for their gifts.

 

[Felnik]

Once a week for me aya tea spice combo usually. I do most of my journeying outside in nature. I hike around a beautiful forest area with lots of interesting high points of rock and nooks and cranys to get comfy in. I have numerous spots depending on how I feel.

I hike around until I find the perfect natural spot with a nice vista or moss covered boulder or rock formation to focus on. If its cold i make a fire and get a vibe going. Thats where all the work takes place,
I like to call it: annihilation Thursdays . Sometimes i set up my hammock . There is alot of native american energy floating around this place also some intense power spots too. The spice seems to enhance this sometimes.
I'm a fully committed spice ranger.

 

[Virola78]

Good topic.
i like reading what you guys up to before travelling

For as far as myself i too make sure the head, body and house are clean. Like going out for a date would be interesting to know more about the psychology behind this urge to clear and clean (and/or purge). Also i tend to think about the journey allot (weeks) before. It is more like an idea to go tripping that gradualy grows (intentions, questions, set&setting etc), and then at one point i look outside and find the perfect day. That will be the day it comes to a climax.

oh yeah true now that you say, I like to be clean and have the place nice and tidy.. I guess I was thinking of this more in terms of set and setting, but yeah one can think of it in terms of ritual too

What would be the difference between 'ritual' and 'set and setting'?
tradition? consistency?

 

[ragabr]

So far, the depth of my rituals closely correspond to the time-duration for the journey.

For LSD, I always took the longest time to prepare. Tidy the whole house some, and then clean and sweep the ritual chamber. Set up any props to be utilized. Banish and cleanse the space with incense. Invoke and consecrate the space with water. Consecrate the sacraments and ingest. Meditate until indicated to begin sensory isolation. In the nude, unless too cold and then with special clothes. Minimized media diet for a few days leading up to the journey.

For Spice, SWIM sets the lights to low, in an appropriate setting. She does a quick banishing and asks for guidance from the Spice. Recently she has added the Internal Smile and some pranayama to ease the transition.

 

[Aegle]

My Ritual

I love water and ill find any excuse to be in it (such a water baby) so before each journey i have a lovely bath and make sure that I'm super clean, and that i smell pretty. My diet is already really super healthy and i always listen to my body to what it needs, yoga before or during a journey is also really awesome (but of course it depends on the entheogen) mushies and yoga go hand in hand. Before my journey I try to only eat really lightly on the day of my journey, just some fruit and water and if at all possible i like to detox my body during the week leading up to my experience. My surroundings are always really clean and organised even more so than usual, tingshas are chimed and incense is burned. Sometimes i like to light a candle if its in the evening as there's something really warm, friendly and inviting about a little bright candle. I do some compassion meditation and some mantras and then i slip off into my experience...


Much Peace and Happiness