Hello all,
I have been lurking around this site for sometime. Although, for whatever reason I have not posted before now. I'd just like to take the opportunity to say what a fantastic resource DMT Nexus is, and thank all the contributers.
I first heard of DMT through one of my favourite authors, William S. Burroughs. Its influence and reference, dots throughout his works, probably most notably though in 'The Yage Letters', a published correspondence, in the form of letters between himself, and Allen Ginsberg, talking about their experiences with the spice. So, William and his long time buddy, Brion Gysin - a great mystic, inventor of the Dreammachine, artist and author in his own right - were a most fitting couple to introduce to this world within.
It took me over ten years to get around to trying it out for myself though. I don't know if others can relate to this, but I have felt for a long time in my life like I was being called, through various ways and means, by The Connectedness. Calling me to experience. When I finally did breakthough, I was glad I had meditated on the subject for some years. Even with my 'understanding' reached over that period, I was by no means prepared for what I would find. As most everyone on this site would attest, the uninitiated cannot really be 'ready'. Words fail. Meaning doesn't exist. Or like Burroughs and Gysin so oft quoted, the Old Man on the Mountain, Hassan i Sabbah's fabled dying words, "Nothing is true, everything is permitted."
People like Dr. Rick stirring the bottom of the jar, information flowing on the net like an extension of our collective consciousness, ....dawning in the age of Aquarius? Like many, I guess I'm just being swept up in the swill. But, it's a pretty cool time to be alive. Okay, I'm rambling.
Anyways, I'm glad to be here among you, and I look forward to sharing a little something, here and there, that maybe inspires a fractal to see itself, and begin again.
x

Hello kadesh,

Welcome to the Nexus. Great to have another lurker sign up.

If it makes you feel any better I waited 23 years between first learning about DMT and actually being able to extract some and try it. I suspect you would agree with me when I say it was more than worth the wait.

If there's anything that has a call or shows the fundamental connectedness of things, DMT has got to be it. It's up to us poor humans to figure out what it means to us as well as learning how to attend to the call and not abuse the priveledge.

So, can you tell us a bit more about yourself? Did you extract your own DMT? (extraction teks are in the wiki) What other psychedelics have you worked with?

Is there a focus to your studies, career, hobbies . . . ? Anything you'd care to share would help us to get to know you better, which is definitely part of what these essays exist for.

I hope you will take a good look around, especially if you haven't lurked recently. Lots of changes have been happening and it's kind of hard to keep up with it all.

Again, welcome to the Nexus.

Yes, DMT was definitely worth the wait. 23 years, that is a long time.

I've been interested in, and experimenting with psychedelics since I was 18, which is almost twenty years ago. It all started with sheet-acid tabs (speed based) for kicks. I grew up in place where various types of Cacti, and mushroom were obtained locally. So these popped up on the menu, and experience, perspective, and introspection became more the driving force, rather than just getting lit. Very early on, pre-internet days, I remember picking bags of mushrooms, stuffing them in big empty pickling jars, pouring in honey, and leaving them to turn into a black sludge over the course of a few months. We'd then strain the contents, and have a tablespoon full each, and go surfing, or sit at a waterfall all day long. That was the best!

The DMT that I tried first came from a long time friend, and psychedelic cohort, who had been getting some on a semi-regular basis from a buddy who was doing the extraction. Being from Australia, this was from, I believe, the Acacia, Maidens Wattle. I took it in low and slow, like I had read, and how my mate had instructed. Three full inhales, held in deep was enough to ensure a breakthough. I was gone completely after inhaling the second time. The third breathe in was only achievable through my mates insistency. It was a total game changer. Suddenly I understood everything, and I was nothing. Of course, a week later only strands of remembrance of those events remained. Twelve months later, even less to grasp from the event. I've found trying to recall the elements of a DMT experience is like swimming in a stream. When you're in it, you're completely wet. Then you get out, start to dry almost immediately, and soon enough not much evidence can be found from going for a dip in the first place. Although, things are never quite the same again. They can't be.

I obtained some more DMT quite recently. I didn't extract it myself, but I am super keen to do so. I just want to invest some more time researching Teks, finding a sustainable source etc.

My job has to do with electronics. It's the least interesting thing in my world, and no need to talk about it any further.

My passions are sound recording, writing etc. Also, I love science. Quantum physics, String theory, Mandelbrot's set (fractal geometry), Fibonacci's spiral, Tesla, and all that kinda hoo har! I guess my passion for these scientific ideas, and the lessons DMT, and other psychedelics can teach, make for a nice little teaparty in my mind, where all the questions, and answers are there somewhere. It's for each one of us to work out which one is which. Since, we are silly humans. Trying to figure it out! Absurd!

Which brings me to my other love, Carl Jung - and his Red Book. He was a great mystic! It's funny how in the last decade or so, the lines have blurred between true science and what was once seen as occult, or science fiction. Joy! Science is catching up.

It's interesting you mention the word 'privilege', everyone seems to get that vibe. I do too. I feel bad for the ignorant, but ignorance is the enemy.

Thanks for the welcome!