So I arrived here at the nexus because SWIM couldn't access mushies. SWIM also couldn't grow the mushies. Someone likened his mushroom grow to an Irish meadow.

DMT didn't seem so hard to make for SWIM so he did.

DMT was fast and intense and came with technique challenges. He tried allot of things to slow it down with consistent results. Main issues were getting to a break through without the anxiety of the come up and fears about the breakthrough itself.

Then SWIM read about Changa. Seemed like one more step that wasn't very hard. Some 30x caapi extract fell in his hands along with some caapi leaf. Hexane was used to infuse the DMT freebase into the leaf. An attempt was made to dissolve the extract in the hexane but that didn't work (turns out is a water based extract) so he just used the caapi leaf. Ratio 1:2 DMT to leaf. He was concerned about wasting much of the DMT but it did really infuse. Some DMT left behind on the glass for sure but minimal. tip: dry in a crock put with some water with the beaker in another bowl. Was able to dry in an hour. Still waited two more in a well ventilated room with a fan.

SWIM filled a pipe bowl very loose. He touched off a corner and took a good draw. He only held it for 20 secs and didn't stress on it. It felt familiar but less intense and grew slowly. He felt it for a couple mins then did the second hit. Colors flowed with eyes closed no trepidation or fear felt very warm. He let this just happen for maybe 3 or 5 mins before taking the 3rd. His eyes must have just stayed closed and the visuals got very intense and opened up into a vast space that went into infinity. Very meaningful insights that continued to occur even after coming back from hyperspace.

It was so easy do get to a breakthrough and it didn't come with the intensity of working with freebase. I have managed a breakthrough now 4 times out of 5. I have read other threads with people expressing the fear/trepidation issues and struggling with technique.

As far as the Harmalas go the first time he almost got sick and it wasn't even 10x enhanced. It ended up being more gas and just needed a good burping. He found that giving a little more time between the first and second hit to allow any gas to pass made sure that didn't happen again. He does seem to also have gas for an hour or so after smoking. I assume this is an affect of the MAOI.

The most intense one was rushed. He had limited time and didn't get comfortable and his head wasnt right. He rushed the hits and did more than he wanted. Had immediate feeling of regret. In this instance the Harmalas didn't slow anything down. He just sank in and let it pass. The open eyed visuals were crazy.

Its interesting to note rushing the experience was more freebase like very quickly and maybe lasted a bit longer. Changa is way more tolerant of heat and doesn't require much special attention when smoking. Taking things more slowly though is defiantly my preference.

He wanted to use the extract but just the leaf alone seems to be doing enough. I do have a question for those that may have some Changa experience...

What tek can be used with a water based Caapi extract to enhance the Harmalas. My thought was first to enhance the leaf (dissolve extract in water) after that dries use the hexane to infuse the DMT. But my concern is that once infused with the Caapi extract would it be too oily to take up the hexane DMT infusion?

Answer to my question was in a new topic in the changa forum...

Extract the harmalas to free base from the resin.