Hello unityofopposites,
Welcome to the Nexus. That was a great intro essay - thanks so much for sharing. And just for the record, this is the very first forum and chat room I ever joined up in also. It really stands out from the crowd. There's a level of maturity and integrity here that has been fought hard for and maintained by The Traveler and his staff, even during periods of astronomical growth.
So, it sounds like you are on a good path. Have you had a chance to extract your own DMT yet? I'd highly recommend it for a number of reasons, including you know what was done to it when, you have a large enough amount to really experiment with, you are out of any direct DMT commerce, which just works to ensure safety and degrade certain kinds of fear in my opinion.
Anyway, you can find the extraction teks in the wiki link. There's all kinds of teks for a variety of plants. I suspect you will be pleased.
I'm looking forward to seeing you around and again, welcome to the Nexus.
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