Hey there,

Recently, I was able to step into the world of spice thanks to good friend of mine
I'd heard about it for years, (the first time back when reading through Shulgin's books), and had a keen interest, but due to its intense nature, I decided to start off slowly.

My own recreational use has seen many things, and I've learned a tremendous amount of knowledge over the years, but I still stayed away from psychedelics. The potential for terrible things to happen was too great for me. My opinion on the matter stayed this way for many years.

Flash forward to about 3 years. I started to get a little more interested in the more tippy substances out there, and decided go for some LSD.

The result was magical. I couldn't believe what I'd been missing all this time. The colors, the thoughts, the feelings, etc. And so I started to dabble a bit more. Several months apart, but I'd say it became a somewhat regular thing...

Flash forward again to about a month or two ago. Some one I know mentions DMT. So I started looking around. Reading experiences. Came across here. Didn't register. Just lurked. And lurked more. My interest became piqued, and I decided to try it with my friend.

The experience. I find self wanting to call it magical, but it wasn't. Magic implies something that isn't inherently real. What I experienced? Was in fact, very very real. These before couldn't even hold a candle to this. So intense, so incredible, so bright. VIBRANT.

And yet, just like LSD, I had no desire to just jump right back into that. I needed time to reflect. I spent the next several hours attempting to make sense of it all. Part of me knew I never was going to be as to, but the rest of me knew I should reflect on what I'd experienced.

And that's when I decided to join here. I'm so happy to be here, and have learned so much already. I know have confidence in my extraction attempt in the next couple of days when before I didn't. The knowledge so many have given me I hope to put to good use soon enough!

Thank you all, and I appreciate everything the community stands for.

Founder of House Atreides,
Vorian

Hello there! Welcome aboard one of the most unique places on earth!

Integration is one of the most important tools an explorer of consciousness has! You seem like you have the right mindset about such matters!

Anyway, welcome once again and may you find everything you are looking for!


-The Grateful One-

Welcome to the nexus!

Welcome! I am a fairly new member too. The realness of the DMT experience is something that draws me to DMT. I am glad you decided to try psychedelics and that they have been beneficial for you! Happy journeys!

Welcome Vorian!

Welcome to the dark side! We don't have cookies but we have psychedelics. I could make some cookies too though. lol

Why did you have such a bad opinion about psychedelics before? How has your perspective changed since ingesting these substances? What would you tell the guy who is afraid to try psychedelics?

I think it is really cool when people first try psychedelics and see what they have been missing. It is like opening a new world.

It wasn't so much of a bad opinion. It was more so like, cautious, I do heavy research into everything I've done over the years. I wanted to go into it with the right mindset, with the right people. You know?

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

Hey Vorian,

Welcome to the Nexus. I really liked your intro essay, especially when taken together with your responses to the Questionnaire.

I know you are new but based on this and the bit I've seen in chat, I have no doubt promotion will soon follow. You have my vote.

Again, welcome.