Appreciate the engagement and the interest. If it wasn't for the discussions in this community - both as a participant in the discussions and as a silent lurker on the search function - I wouldn't have gotten this far this easily in my explorations of these wonderful substances.
I'd like to respond to all the interesting queries below.
downwardsfromzero wrote: Were the harmala teachings accompanied by any particular visuals? I was thinking of one particular account I once read where the 'lessons' were accompanied by annotated diagrams of the human anatomy.
When I took the harmalas by themselves, particularly in the tea form with 4.5g crushed seeds boiled and strained, the harmala teachings were bodily, meantal and visual. The visuals were faint but I remember feeling my body extend in plant-like ways which I could also visualize. You can read the full account of that trip here:
https://www.dmt-nexus.me...mp;m=1135455#post1135455downwardsfromzero wrote: Was it full-spectrum harmala freebase that you used, as described in the
extraction question that you posted?
The extraction question you cited is certainly from the same process. I'd basically separated some of the tea extraction into two parts, one on which I did the masnke and one which I just decanted off to retrieve the freebase. I guess these are full spectrum, though I wonder if the ammount of washes I did to get the pH up might have depleted either some of the harmine or harmaline, im not sure.
downwardsfromzero wrote: All told, that's a lot of entheogenic mileage you got from a small amount of material on both sides. Efficient use of materials has to be a significant plus point for this ROA.
Yes, it's definitely much stronger and longer lasting experience for much less DMT. However, I warn anyone who hasn't experimented with the combination before (the same way I was warned) that this is a whole other category in and of itself. So you need to enter the experience with utmost respect, simply having an intention to conserve might not be enough to justify propelling yourself so far across the bend for so long. It was a very fulfilling experiment for me nonetheless, and I encourage those seeking this out to try this process but be mindful and prepared for the consequences even if you are experienced with DMT, like I was...
murklan wrote: But one question, how did you do with the harmalas freebase powder in the GVG? Did you just pile it on top on the net?
Yes, exactly! I piled it up on top of a bunch of screens the same way we do it with the DMT freebase in a GVG. I didn't want to use herbs for a bedding because they start vaping other stuff and its hard to tell when the harmala vapors have been expended. It took me a few pulls to vape all or most of it. At least enough to potentiate the DMT beyond known horizons.
Ruffles wrote:Very interesting and well written report.
Care to describe the taste of vaped harmalas?
How long did it last according to the real world timeframe? Longer?
The vaped harmalas did not taste unpleasant. The vapors have a mystical flavor to them and reminds me of some of the times I have smoked changa, even the changa I made out of caapi leaf infusion. I guess that the harmala taste. But in no way did it taste as horrid as the Syrian Rue tea one is forced to gulp down before one vomits - no the vapors taste and smell just alright, maybe a little like some kind of dank incense.
Once I blasted off with the DMT, the total experience lasted slightly upwards of 20 minutes. The stopwatch read 23 mins and some seconds, and this was when I barely had enough votility to tell my wife to stop the timer. I was still gripped by it for a few minutes after that followed by a longer than usual afterglow. If I took the first toke of DMT at 4:20, by 5:00 I was still somewhat under the influence with some strange ideas in my head and a lot of gratitude for what I was given/shown/taught. Even during the peak intensity of the DMT effects, I was aware that the scheme, or timeframe was a bit warped - DMT by itself in my own experience is a bit fleeting. This lasted longer subjectively even during the experience and it had a gripping bodily sensation that was all but totalizing at the level of muscular sinews. 20 minutes in hyperspace is a loooooong time, given time doesn't exist...
Perhaps the high-dose harmalas intensified and lengthened the experience even further, I wonder if I do a 1:1 ratio of DMT + Harmalas (rather than 1:3) if the experience will be a bit more relaxed like Changa. I will do that experiment another time and report back on that. Of course lots have experience with the combination I tried, my post was to point to the fact that the GVG does work under specific conditions to effectively vape harmalas for a pre-dose, at least effectivel enough to potentiate the DMT. The effect of the harmalas did linger a bit longer but within an hour I was fully functional and the body load disappeared also. I think if I had done oral or sublingual the harmala effect might linger longer. That's for another occasion!