Set & SettingFeeling relaxed if not bored, sitting on a couch in a well-known and comfortable setting with some housemates around; evening-time, close to dark.
Info about meMale, ~60kg, average dosing requirements.
Somewhat experienced, I've been taking quite a bit the past two or three months, usually doses on the smaller side. Also have taken mushrooms, morning glory, and ayahuasca on and off for the past three years.
Bioassay3 grams Peganum harmala seeds as tea, taken first.
~3-5 grams Acacia confusa bark at +00:10 as tea
EffectsDuration of main effects not more than 4 hours.
First effects within 1/2 hour of consuming both teas.
Peak at +1:30 to +3:00.
Come down lasted another 1.5-2 hours.
Afterglow was present when I woke up, maybe a 2 or 3 out of 4 in a scale of goodness
ReportI decided to look into anahuasca again after a number of experiences with Psilocybe cubensis, which were taken pretty regularly, maybe once or twice a week for a while. I remembered that my brews seemed easier on the body, and tend to have a different range of effects from psilocybin. My experiences with the mushroom have thus far been absolutely amazing, and I have a wonderful relationship with it, but that's something to get into another time.
I drank the syrian rue tea, and then after about ten minutes or so cautiously sipped the Acacia brew. It occurred to me that this Acacia brew was actually reconstituted tree blood, which became a theme. The Acacia's life and energy started dissolving into me. The tannins were quite harsh on the stomach, so I ate a spoonful of rice. At this point I was a little sick (which is not like morning glory sickness, it feels much more bearable and healthy), so I sat on the couch and sort of rocked back and forth coming into trance.
As the trance came on the nausea started to pass, I felt very good. First the Acacia spirit showed me a vision of a Bengal tiger, ferocious, heavy, sharp claws and teeth. It put a "thought-bubble" in my head that every member of an ecology knows everybody else.
I tried to open a dialogue with the spirit (whoever was in my head giving me these ideas). We started up a sort of casual conversation. I wanted to know more about the tree specifically. The tree spirit was very willing to talk about itself, and give personal insight into my life. First, it complemented me for being tree-like myself. It seemed as though it could read my thoughts and direct them to one thing or another. It gave me feelings about my recent fresh-growth.
It gets a little fuzzy here as to the actual progression of the conversation, but I wrote down some details about it directly after the spirit declared itself to be "leaving".
I noticed that this spirit was not too much like Psilocybe cubensis, and had a less mercurial personality, much more "solid" or reliable. It was cheerful, open, and friendly; happy to help humans.
It showed a panorama of Acacia confusa growing wild in somewhere like Hawaii or southeast Asia... tropical anyway, usually on hillsides. It showed me how it sees the sun, a strobing energy furnace which it absolutely loves. It also showed me the moon. From my perspective the tree lives sacredly, that is it lives by rhythms of the earth.
It also mentioned how it loves having sex and trading genes and that it's nice to have a lot of members of the same species around. It showed a picture of a butterfly or moth, which I thought was a pollinator. It also gave botanical features of leguminous trees.
It spoke of having a tribe, that first it considered members of its species part of its tribe, as well as all acacias, but also any creatures which have the same vibe or style as the confusa spirit. It said that I was a member of the tribe now, and that I would help people through a sort of osmosis, just living around them
It also talked about being cut, and gave a little vision about it. It said, "Sometimes we are cut, and when it happens we have alternative growing tips to grow from." There was no enmity in its voice and seemed to accept the fact as it is.
I asked what I could call it, but it seemed to think Confusa had good connotations, I think
I asked what I could do for it, and it replied that I should just continue doing what I'm doing.
I asked what it could do for me, and it said that if I ever had a question I could address my little living sapling, where it would then transmit this idea to hyperspace and if an answer was found the idea would flip back to the tree like an enzyme and the tree would deliver it to me through "thought-bubbling". That is, I would just receive an answer without consciously thinking.
It also said some personal stuff about me, mostly encouragement, that I was important for healing in society. That my healing experiences would just rub off on other people.
It mentioned some other strange stuff before saying goodbye though, saying that before I was born I had known this particular species-soul or that of another tree, and that this explained some peculiar facets about my life. More would be shown later, the signal was getting weak.
It says it is available when I may need it.
"(This is how the world works. We're friends now. You're a member of our tribe now.)"Has anyone else had any similar encounters?
I will add that this was not a terribly intense experience, I was in control of my body the whole time though I didn't want to move. The visions were maybe a bit hazy, definitely made of that tryptamine-stuff.
Thank you all!
