About 6 months ago i embarked on a journey to find myself. Left my fiance of 12 years and decided i had to explore the depths of my soul. Randomly met a girl who i dated for a month that turned out to be a transcendental meditation teacher and taught me how to transcend the mind through meditation not just with eyes closed, but throughout the day with my eyes open. This has had untold implications for my peace and perspective on the reality i experience. Went out for a drink with my colleague last month and randomly ended up back at a guys house in Glasgow who let me try DMT. I had never heard of it. I was just in YES mode! =) After my 15 minute experience all i could say to these new friends was...... nothing will ever be the same again. I had been given an experience that could not be quantified with mere words or explanation. I never believed in fate. But how could 2 chance meetings of such fundamental value to my personal journey appear so fast? To this day i have only experienced DMT once. Although i have been trying to successfully extract it now for 2 months. I have experienced several set backs but it hasn't diminished my passion for absolute truth and the wonder of what DMT could help me experience. I will keep trying and amending various Teks till i have earned the right to experience this. This is not just a drug. It allows access to a reality beyond the 5 senses we have and offers spiritual enlightenment beyond anything the human race can ever imagine. I know that for a fact just from one experience. I commend DMT Nexus for their hard work and for facilitating an environment where people can come together and share their experiences. What could possibly be more important? Big love from Scotland.

Welcome I agree with your sentiments to some degree, but disagree in that I feel that fun and respect for the substance can co-exist quite happily. I go into the experience knowing that I may well experience more fun and pleasure than I could possibly imagine. But I also know that I could be 'put through the ringer' so to speak. It is not something that is consistent, at all, which means that it won't appeal to a lot of people, who like to take 'x' substance to feel 'y' effects. Every experience is valuable imo. I would argue that growing, learning and healing most certainly can, and I would argue should be fun, but a healthy dose of reverence and acceptance are also required.

Sounds like you are at the start of a very exciting journey. Have fun

DMT ime is a tool and can be used differently in different situations. Because something is recreational doesn't mean it has to be disrespectful. Although I agree with you all that is has to be treated respectfully this doesn't mean it can't be used for fun, in fact I have had some of the most fun times of my life with dmt. Although it can be the way you describe it GradzAthos, it depends on dose and intent. Like using any tool it takes a certain amount of awareness to use without hurting yourself, but that doesn't mean it can't be used for fun or recreation, just that you need to be careful.

Thanks bro's!! That makes a lot of sense!! I think it was more a case of when i smoked it, it felt so much more than just having fun. It just felt more important than any other "drug" i've done. As i say i've only done it once. And it was fun. It just felt although it was such a great experience, it had so much more of an incredible significance than anything else! =)

Hello GradZAthos,

This reads as a really succinct essay that summarizes your respect for the power of this substance and your intentions in using it seem pure. It sounds like you are on a path with heart that could profoundly enhance your state of being. This is not a drug... its a magic powder

You were cool in chat taking things slow and looking around to see which way the wind is blowing. Have fun with everything and its nice to know you, I wish you all the best.

sØrce

Welcome GradzAthos! I'm sure you will find that this forum is loaded with such a tremendous amount of information on the subject, that I would be downright surprised if you were not able to find success in an extraction eventually, after spending some time reading through the teks and understanding the concepts.

Do you mind if I ask which teks you have tried and what problems you have encountered? I feel like most of the teks on this forum will work if they are followed to the T, and used on the proper compatible plant source.

I always appreciate when new members join and are able to display a significant amount of respect for the molecule, even without having had much first-hand experience with it. Again, welcome!

Sorce!!!
Thanks so much for your kind words brother. And thanks for treating me like a friend when i was a mere online stranger. =) I understand no one really has any obligation to help. It seems they just want to. Coz they're awesome souls and understand the true bliss in giving. I'm still doing a Tek by a lad called Orion. It's an A/B extraction on powdered Acacia Confusa. A beginners tek. The whole process appears to be relatively fruitful after my pulls. The Naptha looks saturated. (Even on my 3rd pull, when i blow on it, the Naptha clouds up. From here i'm placing it in the freezer with a lid and leaving it over night. I drain off naptha in the morning but there doesn't seem to be a lot of spice. And that which is there just sticks to the glass and turns into yellow or red tar when scraped. Do u have any tips on how to precip/dry out?? It seems to be the final phase thats going wrong. I have never tried a "re-x" either and would have to look into that. I so hope you can help me find the way or even give me a new tek that u love! =) Hope you're sweet bro. All the absolute best,

Gradz

Hey Entheogenerator!
How awesome of you to get in touch! My attempts at extraction have been incredibly fruitless so far. I'm defo not a scientist!But my perseverance has got me closer every time! I'll repost where i'm at to let you see bro. My lad Sorce is trying to help me. I just don't know where to go next.....

I'm still doing a Tek by a lad called Orion. It's an A/B extraction on powdered Acacia Confusa. A beginners tek. The whole process appears to be relatively fruitful after my pulls. The Naptha looks saturated. (Even on my 3rd pull, when i blow on it, the Naptha clouds up. From here i'm placing it in the freezer with a lid and leaving it over night. I drain off naptha in the morning but there doesn't seem to be a lot of spice. And that which is there just sticks to the glass and turns into yellow or red tar when scraped. Do u have any tips on how to precip/dry out?? It seems to be the final phase thats going wrong. I have never tried a "re-x" either and would have to look into that. I so hope you can help me find the way or even give me a new tek that u love! =) Hope you're sweet bro. All the absolute best,

Gradz

Sounds like you're nearly there! Good luck, and love from south of the border!

I hope you haven't thrown any of that yellow/red tar out!! It is most likely a mixture of DMT and NMT. It is perfectly suitable for smoking and is typically very potent! You can find everything you could ever need to know about the A. confusa goo here.

Now, if you read all about goo and decide that you still want to go the extra mile for pretty white crystals, there are a couple of ways to go about removing the NMT from the mixture. It will take some time and effort, put it seems to be worth it for the real purists who will settle for nothing less than pristine shards of dimethyl-deliciousness. You can learn more about that here and here.

If you decide that your current procedure is just not working for you, I would probably recommend this tek. Personally I haven't actually tried it, but I have heard of many people seeing great results from using it. That or one of cyb's teks.

I wish you luck with your extraction! Feel free to PM me with any questions you might have!

the key to acacia is to get the solution super concentrated. then to pull with heated naphtha and a heated solution so the naphtha gets super-saturated. then after the naphtha is separated off it is left to cool down allowing any oils that may have been picked up to fall to the bottom and stick to the glass allowing you to decant off the clean naphtha which should yield nice off white to yellow spice. also, the oil can be rex'd and you'd be surprised at how much clean spice crystals can come out of a seemingly small glob of the waxy gunk

I'm nearly there bro! Got my naptha super saturated and left it uncovered in a cupboard for 12 hours. There were no crystal but i pored it through a coffee filter and put the naptha in the freezer for 12 hours. There were no crystals unfortunately but there was a lot of yellow goo on the coffee filter the next day which i smoked and wow!! What a trip!! =) Still no crystals though. Any suggestions bro? I can only PM admin' at the moment coz i'm just a new member. =/

You could try recrystallizing, but I'm not sure how effective it is for removing NMT. You could also just embrace the goo. There is nothing wrong with it. It is most likely a potent mixture of DMT and NMT. It is a little more difficult to store, but that's easily fixed by just using it to make some enhanced leaf. There is a tremendous amount of information regarding acacia goo on The Nexus. Look around for a while, and decide what you want to do next.

This thread would be a good place to start.

You're a total dude! =) Thanks so much for guiding me through man. My absolute best to you and your own. I reckon when i'm promoted we'll have a lot to chat about. I know you have no obligation to help but you want to. Best guy. =)

Hope you're sweet bro,

Gradz

Not a problem, half the time I spend on this forum is just an attempt to give back some of the knowledge that was so graciously shared with me years ago.

I think you will find that most (but maybe not all) of the users on this forum are very kindhearted people who are willing to help anyone who is mature, responsible and respectful. Best of luck to you.

Embrace the GOO! Welcome to the nexus. I'm glad you've found good help already.

You know, when I first encountered entheogens I resisted the term "drug". Still do. I don't argue over it...but I'd never call the spice a drug. I've called it elf-sauce, god-juice, spirit molecule, never "drug" never "deemsters"...once or twice "dimitri"...idk if it cares what I call it

all medicines are poisons and all poisons medicine, it's what you do once this state of being "beyond oneself" has been induced thats important. I make use of both "sacred" and "profance" venefic states regardless of their socially derived boundries.

Step away from the dogma, no one will judge you here.

There is no right or wrong, only wisdom and compassion.

welcome to the philosophical end of pharmacopia

Nah, some poisons are JUST poisons. Unless you consider them to be curing you from "Life" hehe

Meeeeeh!!! =) Finally got an extraction with loadsa yellow tar which is massively potent! Not really fussed about crystals if the results are so fruitful. Happy Boy. =)

A77, just popped in to this thread hoping to get your advice. SWIM usually has lots of success pulling great xtls from acacia, but even with the same tek (lex) something different occurred recently. Perhaps you can shed a light? On the final shellite extraction a thick milky/oily substance formed immediately (with the first addition of the shellite to the acidic water). It settled at the bottom of the jar when the shellite sat under a fan. Now as a freeze precip takes place xtals are forming on the glass but the oil (quite a lot of it - at least an inch thick) is sitting at the bottom of the jar).

Possible to ask for your thoughts? (And sorry for the slight side step on this interesting thread GradzAthos).