yea... whenever i'm on acid i hate looking at myself in the mirror. although now you've got me thinking about it with DMT... sounds like it could be interesting!

also, olympus, i must ask- what is that picture of the blue person you have there?

please forgive me if this sounds intrusive but what is it you hate seeing? perhaps this discomfort is something to look at a bit closer. the acid is always telling you something. there is never no message. its up to you to find it.

ahhh my wonderful awesome avatar.... so glad you asked . its a traditional mayan dancer. ive always felt strongly connected to the maya. aint he swell?

I was thinking your avatar was of some tribe member of the pacific islands, probably thought arised by the color of his face.

Yes, i also like this (and looking at my dick of course )
Quiet is very important, and so is darkness. I can't really decide on a body position...sometimes i like to sit in an armchair or something...but then sometimes i lie on the hard floor because it feels very "pure".

Then, for ayahuasca, a warm, comfy bed is optimal!

well, it always looks like my face is aging/dying or something really creepy like that. it's not even something i think about, it just always ends up being uncomfortable. i dunno, it's really weird...

that's pretty neat. how come the mayan is blue?

It seems that my aural needs change from time to time with spice. I can go months only wanting to journey in silence but recently I’ve been experimenting with music a lot.

Generally, as I said before, my journeys take place under the duvet. I will add that I have spent a lot of time working with my eyes closed, but I have recently been working with open eyes and, rather than my usual ambient soundtrack, I’ve been playing with the more brain-oriented end of Electro which has been very interesting indeed.

One of my most crazy journeys in hyperspace recently involved hitting the pipe and forcing myself up to dance to a very mind-expanding Bass/Electro album I have. Popping whilst deep in is something quite incredible, magickal. Close to complete evaporation of my surroundings along with slavery to the low frequency tones blew my mind!

After my very first steps in Hyperspace, which I had on the terrace of my student's house and at my brother's house, I'm keeping a quite standard preferred setting: outside on my terrace over the city river, surrounded by trees, sitting in a very comfortable (although a little dirty) armchair, wearing my symbolic poncho which I brought with me during camino do Santiago.

Order and cleanliness are important for me so I always spend some time ordering the house and making little works like washing dishes not to have the worry during and after the travel.

Illumination is important for me: I found out to prefer sunny days, while on nights I love to have just a candle lit.

Silence is better than music to me but that may depends on the fact I never researched the most interesting genre or sound for hyperspace.

I definitely have to tried the naked trip, although I never had very interesting experiences in my room: nature is an important part of my setting.

P.S: I'm about to bring some spirit molecule with me during my holidays in Greece. My goal is to use it in particular settings like the deads' oracle and to share it with a very important friend of mine.

I have very mixed feelings about lighting: DIm lighiting, or in complete darkness? The darkness makes things a little more ominous, but some of my farthest travels have been in the dark.

Also, eyes open or closed? I have never broken through with my eyes open. To me the only way to truely go to space and leave my body behind is to close my eyes. If i can see the room, I can see my body, and I know too much about the context of whats going on. If it were possible, however, I think breaking through with my eyes open would be AMAZING.

Thoughts on how to try and make that possible?

for me when i breakthrough it doesn't matter if my eye's are open or closed, music or no music, but light seems to have an effect on my ability to breakthrough. i haven't broken through in the day light yet but i also haven't tried too many times. something just doesn't feel right to me about bright day time journeys.

i often don't relate to the thoughts that dark silence is the way to go. like i said when i break through nothing seems to matter and i just go away.

Naked is the way to go on DMT.

I remember my first blast off, in that very short space between here and hyperspace I started taking of my clothes...

Got off a jacket and was halfway through a button up before I had to stop.


Now it's naked, or if I am with someone, shirt and socks off and my pants/shorts unbuttoned.

i have pretty strong feelings about open or closed eyes. to be honest, i kind of believe open eyes is the way to go. certainly, the closed eye visuals are unbelievable and amazing, and you can certainly get into some head space. but i get such incredible kicks out of what i am actually seeing that i can't bring myself to close my eyes very much. i've never had a breakthrough with closed eyes (although i have closed my eyes during one) i get more of an impact with my eyes open. just two nights ago the objects in my room kept changing forms right before my eyes and i had to watch it all.

also, i just smoked some deemsters but i fucked it up... i thought i had the flame an appropriate distance from the bowl but i ended up burning it. i just had such a fantastic time the other night and now i couldn't even trip off of it... hmmmm.

Why do so many people like to take DMT naked, it feels weird to me when i sweat my balls and they are hanging free and i squeeze them arround and stuff while im laying on the bed and tripping...;s

I can't imagine a more comfortable setting than at home in the company of one or two very intimate friends.

I’ve found there’s a certain added sense of comfort with dosing outdoors. Especially around plants and water. I have 2 usual spots. Atop a bench at a park I frequent. Its tucked behind trees and surrounded by water between a lake and a swampy area. At night, its about as ideal as it gets imo. The other is on a hammock in my garden, also at night. This is also where I always share the experience with others and has proved to be ideal in everyones opinion.

I have strayed away from using music aside from the occasional sub break through dose during the day at the park. This has always provided a beautiful moment when I have done so.

I had never considered it before but I am definitely going to lose the clothes at the park one of these nights..

Wow, I'm surprised of how many of you prefer to do it naked! I can't even think of doing it naked, as the surrounding temperature feels something like -30°C after coming down from DMT and the shivering lasts good fifteen minutes after other effects have diminished. I can't even do it in normal clothing, I need to wear extra warm and comfy clothes to feel comfortable.

Other than that, there's a couple more things for the ideal setting.
DMT is very ritualistic for me, and I always do it after sauna, which also is a very sacred thing for me. No sauna = no DMT. I like blast off alone, in silence and with three candles lit up. The candles are there not just for lighting, there's really something more about having fire nearby. I have always had a really special relationship with fire. Here's a pic of the DMT altar

And then there is the most important part: calming down by doing breathing exercises before entering the hyperspace.