I had my first go at quidding Salvia a couple of nights ago.

I have grown up a good sized patch of Salvia in my backyard from one cutting and I decided it was time to give it a try. I am not a big smoker so I wanted to try it orally. Also, it appealed to me that a longer duration of experience is commonly reported for oral use of Salvia.

So I picked about 12 full sized fresh leaves, rolled them into two quids of 6 leaves each and chewed them back to back. I kept each quid in my mouth for 10 mins and chewed them into mush, trying unsuccessfully not to spit or swallow the juices.

My experience was very nice. It was a relaxing, buzzy altered state of consciousness that was very pleasant. I had some mild feelings of being drawn in different directions when I stood. I wouldnt say it was a full blown trip and I suspect that to break through properly I will need to double the amount of leaves I quid at least. All up the experience lasted about 40mins after which time I was back to a normal state. I did have a lingering feeling of hightened alertness for the rest of the eveing and even the next morning.

Some Observations:
When I read about the process of quidding I had an image in my mind of the quid of leaves staying intact for the duration. I kind of imagined that it would be like having a cigar shaped object in my mouth which I would be able to move around and hold under my tongue. In reality the quid doesnt stay 'quid - like' for very long. After a few chews it breaks up into mush making it very hard to keep it all together in a nice bunch. I ended up with a mouth full of juice, saliva and masticated green mush slushing around. I found that it was really hard to keep this in my mouth without spitting or swallowing and it made me feel sick. This took away alot from the experience.

During the second quid I could feel an altered state coming on but because I was trying noy to spit out the stuff in my mouth I couldnt really enjoy the sensations. Once I spat it all out and cleaned my mouth out, I could lay back and enjoy it, and from then on the experience was nice.

I will definitely try quidding again with a greater amount of leaf. I also intend to experiment with preparing tinctures and extractions. These maybe better methods for me personally.

wow , you know i actually started to try an grow salvia , but i found out i was growing some kind of sage relitive. do you know the exsact name of your plant ? id really love to get a hold of it to grow in my garden

Salvia Divinorum is the one you want obviously... There are stacks of different sages, you cant mix up S.Divinorum with any other sage though, it has a pretty distinctive appearance.