I am writing another introduction in the hopes of better expressing my intent and goals here on the nexus. I hope that I don't bore anyone with this. I am here to help and to learn!
I had been a fan of psychedelics since my teens, but for a number of years had been satisfied with just smoking herb and drinking too much. I found a place in my youth when LSD was not enjoyable anymore. I realize now that this was due to my head space and that the context and environment in which I used it was all wrong. Later in life I was put on probation for 3 years and was required to submit urine tests. This actually is how I got back into entheogens in a more constructive way. I knew that they don't test commonly for LSD, and Mushrooms, and really can't yet for DMT; I had some wondrous revelations using these substances with a more grown up and centered mind state. I have been studying them ever since.
A thought came to me as a devotee of Terence Mckenna (can't stop listening to his talks), that I do have the ability to assist others in some ways and that my attention to the needs of others is unavoidably present. I'm learning from these plant teachers how better to love, to transcend my ego, and a new morality. It is a goal of mine to use these sacraments in a healing context and not only for just myself. I understand that this is a learning journey and more than likely a rocky road, but I am determined and I feel a calling. Whether it be through my art or other avenues I can't be sure yet. I don't want to limit myself.
I have studied some, in different modalities of healing like body work, meditation, and psychology. I am a tattoo artist of almost 8 years and feel that tattooing is more than a career for me, but also my ongoing contribution to human evolution. TM says that our reality is made of syntax. "We are beings of pure information." Some mollusks, (like certain octopus and squid) being so ancient and highly evolved communicate visually to each other with bio luminescence and texture changes of the skin. I think that tattoos are a small step in this same direction and that this is one of the interesting things that the sacred molecules seem eager to reveal to us. I too feel that our verbal language is painfully inadequate, for instance; of the conflicts I get into most are due to miscommunication and ego on whichever end.
I have yet to drink ayahuasca but am patiently waiting for the right moment. It seems a balance between letting it happen and to just make it happen. I think she probably deserves to be on a pedestal. I have conversed with hyperspace entities about taking it. They said to me something like; the physical healing can really begin once you try it, and something along the lines of; that DMT in the form of an ayahuasca preparation makes it easier for them to heal us than by smoking it. Changa is my preferred delivery system for DMT thus far and DMT is my favorite entheogen yet encountered. I could list all the things I have consumed in the past but I am mainly interested in the classic trinity; tryptamines, phenethylamines and, lysergamides. I am much more interested in the natural psychedelics.
I have done some simple stb teks with mimosa hostilis and had fine results. I'm about to begin working with Acacia Confusa, as the trend seems to be heading for obvious reasons. My plan is to follow this tek.
https://www.dmt-nexus.me...aspx?g=posts&t=39030

I plan to save some of this bark and experiment with the hippie salad oil teks or something more environmentally friendly than ones using gnarly solvents and lye. I have some wild harvested Phalaris Arundinacea too. I'm thinking I'd like to test whatever product comes of an extraction before any bio-assay action with this. I'd feel safe with having pulled crystals or goo out that I test with an ehrlich regent since I have read that grammine is not so soluble in naphtha and that it may not even be so terribly toxic anyhow. That seems debatable though?
Please feel free to respond in any way and feel welcome to my limited knowledge if you want it for wholesome reasons. I love the opportunity. This is an outstanding forum and I wish to contribute. Thanks for reading!