hey guys.. swim asked me to post this... hoping it can help someone out there and as a thank you because without you
guys.. without the teks.. without the forum posts.. swim wouldn't have been able to pull it off. thanks guys! swim means it.
swim also learned new valuable skills for life in the process of this. swim found everything locally. swim avoiding using the mail and electronic records.
swim's extraction is in progress, but swim wanted crystalization process to go for a few more hours and swim wanted an early experience so during crystalization, swim switched the frozen liquid into another jar noticing crystals and possibly ice at the bottom.. swim was after this bottom mixture while the other material and floating crystals went into jar 2 (without filter)
swim had been researching for a while now.. swim had the ingredients handy and just decided to do an extraction. swims tek is a combination of multiple teks, maybe abit more work than usual. swim wanted quality and clean product.
swim made her own sodium carbonate from baking soda and PH test liquid out of red cabbage just FYI (and for girls that don't have it available
this is not a how-to, read the teks, read the forums.. there was a long tek in the forums which mimicked and improved swims plan.. which was based on reading the teks.. so read teks+forums.. swim learned/knew the process in memory before even attempting.. from the teks/forums and from a video floating around too (but that tek isn't the best isho).
swim found drops in red cabbage liquid works better than making own ph strips. swim likes science =) swim don't care much about spelling and punctuation..
procedure:
1. freeze and thaw material a few times
2. heat material in acidic solution.. ph3-4.
3. defat acidified material with naphtha and discard naphtha
4. basify remaining solution to ph ~10
5. naphtha to basified solution, mix but not too vigiously (swim was mixing between two containers.. in container 1, pour into container 2, pour into container 1, repeat)
6. extract naphtha (swim used a turkey baster.. and will obtain a glass one for next time)
7. wash with sodium carbonate solution and discard water layer
8. freeze preticipate
at this point swim went to bed.. woke up and the experience started then.. this is where swim deviated from the teks
9. swim noticed crystals at the bottom and perhaps ice
10. swim wanted to capture abit of this until she could figure out how to build something that could filter in the freezer easily.
11. swim simply pouted jar 1 into a second jar. in jar 1, swim noticed crystals at bottom and perhaps ice, remaining naphta(small amount)
12. swim wanted to evaporate. swim boilded some water for a hot water bath of the jar
once boiled swim removed from heat, placed jar inside and evaped the small amount of naptha and water (watch breaking the jar!)
13. swim noticed it turned into a yellow oil and that there wasn't much.
14. swim also noticed the remaining solution in jar 2 might actually be improved so this could be a new filter method taking out a byproduct?.. swim will test later during the cold filter extraction. swim is thinking of a device she could use to do this easily.
15. swim dumped pipe ashes and a little bit of grated marijuana into the sticky oil (not much cannibis). swim attempted to clean the jar with the ashes and oil. swim did this 3 or 4 times, smoking the product constantly lol =)
First experience:
Swim prepared the smoking mixture (see above) and put it in the vaporizer. Swim started slow.. took a few hits.. found the temperature.. started tasting it..
Swim sat back and noticed the elves were in the room here and there.. not a permanent presense.. but appearing never the less to see what swim was up to.
Swim found it not too intense, but could tell there was a nice up, similar to magic mushrooms, but not too intense..
Swim then proceeded to take a few more hits.. and got a nice tasty blast.. swim closed her eyes, sat back on the bed and swim could feel all the muscles in her face.. could notice a change in the perception of space.. swim had been here before, on mushrooms +cannabis mixture. Swim likes it here perhaps swims favorate place
Swim was filled with love and bliss the whole time.. swim reconfirmed her realization that love is the most powerful force in the universe. Swim likes this, swim could get used to this
Swim felt that perhaps this was nothing.. and that swim could take it (LOL!). Swim didn't know she was about to get her ass kickd.
Swim took 3 more hits.. and the last hit.. was the most interesting.. swim noticed a general intensity.. picking up.. swim wanted to close her eyes and realized she was in the process of passing out.. swim remember that she was in the middle of the hit and pushed the rest out slowly realizing the she was about to get her ass kicked.
Swim felt pulled into the most intense experience.. and felt a feeling of fear and uncertainty.. swim knew from reading the Shulgin trip report that using too much could result in screaming and more.. swim didn't need nighbors coming to find the source of the screaming.. so swim realized she needed to be careful and was worried she pushed herself over the edge..
swim then remembered the shortness of duration and swim quickly figured out she need a way to ride this storm. swim resisted going into her own head and instead using heart centered meditation techniques to focus on objects in the environment and focus on individual that swim loves.. swim is good at meditation and focus so swim could ride the storm.. swim felt transported into another dimension within the same space. swim felt fear.. swim realized if she focused on objects in the external environment she could reduce the high... this got swim thru.
swim was getting overwhelmed and realized if she closed her eyes, it would be too much.. swim focused on those she loved automatically (but didn't realize it until she was getting her ass kicked so bad).. swim could feel her entire body.. feel the sweat coming from her pores thru her whole entire body.. swim knows if she closed her eyes the visual would be more intense then what she had experienced before and felt she wasn't ready yet as this was just a test
swim was filled with fear and uncertainty.. she wasn't having fun anymore.
swim didn't like this and grabbed a book from her side table to focus on.. which she could not open or read.. swim didn't like this overwhelming feeling.. swim lied face down on the pillows in her bed until things calmed down.... the storm ended and swim returned back to the normal dimension.. rather quickly.. the fear subsided..
swim was amazed that she thought of certain individuals in such a time of crisis.. swim never realized those things kept her going in fightening and uncertain times..
lol.. swim calmed down.. had a slower.. felt very clean minded... and loaded up again after integrating the experience and being more careful
by this time all the product in the jar was gone..
swim got a buzz but nothing like the first closed eye visual or the second ass kicking scary experience
swim now knows the level she enjoys.. and cautions anyone to take it easier than she did lol.. swim now feels she is more experienced and wondered what those closed eye visuals would have been like.. swim thinks she could find out now she is more experienced.. but doens't want a trip like that anytime soon... swim perfers a lower dose (which is still intense anyway!!)
anyway, swim says thanks guys and means it!