First off, thank you for the welcome Pandora and the words of caution. My workspace is well ventilated so I don't worry about the fumes too much. I do appreciate the concern however, it would not be a good look for some crazy hippy to blow himself up making illicit drugs.
Quote:Is it safe to assume that you then dried out the naptha and found DMT and that's what sent you to the moon? If so how did you smoke it and how much or were you able to successfully vaporize it? Can you remember your experience? Are you willing to share?
That would be a safe assumption to make Pandora. I chose to use a standard globe ended oil burning pipe for my first time. I was hesitant to spend more money on a rig not being sure I would want to even do the spice more than once. My traveling companion had previous experience using an oil burning pipe so he gave me some advice and went first so I could watch the process. After he returned from his experience it was my turn.
I'll admit I did not blast off into the multiverse the first time. I had trouble getting the lighter and the bottom of the globe lined up, was worried about "burning" the spice, and was just all around inexperienced with the motions involved with using this kind of pipe. After about 3 very long pulls on the pipe loaded with 50mg, holding the smoke/vapor for at least 20 seconds each time and not blowing out much smoke/vapor I began to feel a body load and started getting some visual distortions. Determined to reach "there" I took another very long pull but got the lighter in a better position, producing much more smoke/vapor.
I held this breath as long as I possibly could. When I blew it out, my CEV's were filled with rotating mandala's of every color under the sun. Even though I could not see an entity, I knew there was one there. In a very playful way, some thing was tickling the tip of my nose as if telling me "you just need to take a little bit more, only your nose made it through the door". In no time at all I was back on my couch where I had begun.
Please keep in mind that I am only telling my own experience. Although I was with a group of individuals whom are experienced in traveling with other compounds, this was the first time for all but 1 of us with DMT. My friend and normal traveling companion was the only one of us with any DMT experience. After each individuals return, we had a discussion about what we had seen, heard, felt, thought, experienced, etc. So again, I am only telling my own experience.
Once I was ready for another go, I realized i still had a healthy dose of goo in my pipe. I had hardly actually smoked any of it! So I went for a second attempt with the same pipe, though with far more determination this time. After 3 healthy pulls of moderately dense smoke, I was already being transported to another land before I could safely hand-off my pipe. The background of the CEV's was again a mandala pattern. Part of the pattern was made up of paisleys, but the paisley was an eye. Which is weird in itself, but I like paisley patterns so I assumed i was seeing something from my own subconscious. I saw today in the Nexus Art section images of the same type patterns with the same paisley eyes. Today was the first time I tripped over to the art page, so I had never seen that specific image before. Apparently, it is common in the DMT realm. In front of the mandala was the second entity that I encountered. This was a clown... maybe... It looked mostly like a clown, with no face. The biggest issue being it was made up of narrow spikes, or what i would call colored pencils. This clown was in the color scheme of Ronald McDonald, and was perpetually dancing/spinning in a circle. it was dancing to the rhythm of the Icaros I had chosen to play for our travels. I thought this was fantastically hilarious. I laughed and laughed throughout my entire trip. Once again, before I knew it, it was over and I was back in the safety of my traveling companions.
50mg had given me 2 complete and separate trips!
After another round of debriefs and a fair intermission, we endeavored to reach out to the other side again. This time we decided to use a torch, having a few around for dab rigs. Honestly, this was the best thing I think we could have done as far as getting a more controllable flame. We also decided to go with the buddy system too. My friend would help us by heating the pipes and getting them to vaporize without overdoing the heat, leaving us to only roll the pipe and try to take slow steady hits. Within 2 hits this time, I was shot out of a cannon far beyond where i went the first 2 times. This place was much darker, being dominated by blues and reds. Everything was overwhelming for me honestly. This was nothing like my first 2 times, and I was partially worried I did something wrong. I cant really remember what the visuals were this time. I remember the color scheme, and the feelings, but I cant really remember the patterns or anything. I kept opening my eyes to ground myself. Catching glimpses of my friend, I remember the edges/outlines of everything melting into various geometric shapes. I remember the visuals were wild, and I even remarked to him or just out loud "THIS IS F***ING WILD...", but none of it came back with me. This time I was glad it was over as quickly as it had started.
I didn't want to go for another trip the rest of the evening. I still had a good time hanging out and participating in the discussions, but I had my fill for a few days. I am wanting to go again now though. It didn't turn me off of it. Much the opposite. I feel like I was reckless the third time. Not only had we decided to change our delivery method to get a higher dose, but we also increased our dose by ~20mg. We were all doing 50mg up till now, except that I had stretched 50mg into 2 hits. Then went straight for 70mg in a much shorter time of delivery. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the experience. I just came away with an overall feeling I was being told to be careful and not so foolish.
Maybe i had contact with 3 entities overall. The first playfully tickling my nose, telling me to go deeper. The second dancing for me, showing me how amazing the other side can be. Then the third granting me with ineffable visuals, but still letting me know i was playing with a very powerful compounds that I am wholly a novice in.
And Pandora, the pile of spice that I mentioned was the largest in the picture. Overall i came away with 1% yield
