I appreciate your diligence. 🙂 I think it's safe to test and change your ideas regarding these territories. It's still an uncharted world for most of the mankind both personally and communally, so there's no reason to expect anyone to have the exact answers.

I had a very bad trip recently. Everything was going nice, brightly coloured geometry, a few flashing faces. As I started to feel myself return though, a dark entity appeared hovering over me and grabbed my head. I didn't feel overly scared but my body went into a full blown panic attack....chest was on fire and I could feel my heard beating like a humming birds wings.

I remember thinking "I'm dead". Thankfully I returned a minute later. This experience has taught me to respect the molecule a lot, but I won't let it put me off.

Now I plan my trips days in advance to give time to prepare. I find 10-15 mins meditation prior really helps, along with some relaxing tunes during the trip. Also I prefer to ease into the trip over 4-5 hits rather than a one toke blastoff.

May your next journey be a much better one.

One thing which I think greatly helps in preparation is to exercise gratitude before diving in. Maybe say something nice to someone before going in and tune into positive frequencies. Preparing too much in too serious mood can be counterproductive as you need to be able to let go once the experience kicks in.