I was going to put a poll on this thread, but I think it would be naive of me to quantify peoples reasoning as this is a very unique thing from person to person.

Now we all know that different substances have different effects, also the same substance can serve a very different purpose if administered in a different way. Obviously these different circumstances have their own way of connecting with us and in turn have a large impact on how and what we learn from them.

I used to think that people who used a variety of psychedelics were doing so, merely because they could. I started off using mushrooms because they came to me first and opened me up more than any substance I had known before and I worked with them for 3-4 years before I even thought to try anything else. The truth being that I felt I'd mis-used them and kept arriving at the same conclusions every session. At the end of this period I flirted with LSD once or twice, mdma , had one amazing iboga session that was all that was needed, then tried salvia and a few 2C's before arriving to mescaline and DMT.

The latter two are all I use these days, most of the others gave me some amazing experiences, but nothing seems to be as precise for my purpose. DMT gives me amazing insight from within (should probably include harmalas too) which has actually made me go through several life changes that HOPEFULLY have stopped me being a 25 year old who is trapped in the mind of an unambitious teenager. Born to be seventeen my dad always said

Mescaline/Cacti do the exact same thing, but to the external world and thanks to these 2 substances I will never take myself or the world around me for granted.

...and I'm using them less and less... long lasting blissful understanding

I suppose even if you just use one substance it would be intersting to hear about your reasoning and said benefits of, but I'm very interested to hear peoples particular reasons for taking different substances.


So... you first

I have worked with many entheogens..some building strong relationships with them on a personal level, others not so much..

Mainly cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, morning glories, salvia divinorum, LSD, MDMA, magic cactus, ayahuasca/changa, cebil..some others I cant recall right now and milder dreaming herbs..

But really for my trance work I have what I currently call the four, four big ones anyway..Mushrooms, cactus, ayahuasca, and salvia.. becasue I feel they adopted me, and chose to show me certain things that they dont seem to show just anyone who takes them, I am sure many here know what I am talking about and it's why you are here on this forum as well..lots of people take these things, but not everyone takes them seriousily..I dont think I did really at first, but I went through some very personal experiences that other people I would take them with were not going through..I was a real quite, shy and sensitive kid and spent most of my time alone being my own best friend so I think I was able to sort of "listen" better when the time came..I heard my calling I guess..

..yopo is becomming a valuable spirit in my life though as well..cannabis is in there as well of course but shes more versatile and sort of serves more than one certain purpose..but definatily an ally.

Morning glories gave me one VERY powerful experience on my first encounter..HBWR I have tried as well a few times but they never brought me to the place morning glories did..maybe one day I will try glories again and decide to adopt them as well..I grow them but havent takenthem for years.

So I guess for me right now there is mushrooms, cactus, ayahuasca and salvia..yopo is new but in there..and cannabis.

I am leaning towards the fact that my use will probabily get heavier in some respects..as I have slowed down my cannabis use extensivly, I am finding it more necessary that I keep in touch with the others on a more regualr basis, at least weekly..I am married to this path..I find that as my work increases(mainly with mushrooms, lately anyway) I make more positive changes concerning health and diet anyway..so I dont feel that my path will effect me negativly..sometimes I scare myself but that is another thing I want to work on, being totally okay living with a foot in each world.

For me it all started with ecstasy, back then i was starting to visit techno parties. Soon i was introduced to speed and i really had fun with both substances, basicly dancing my feet off.
A year later i took some mushrooms in my room and i just couldn't believe everything started moving and all, but not really a spiritual experience. I took them more frequently to have a good laugh with my friends from time to time.
The first enlightning experience was on acid, around 7 drops of liquid. For a moment i really understood the whole mystery and nature was so beautiful i cried...i remember saying to my friend: now i can die because i've seen the most beautifull things you can ever imagine!
This trip opened my eyes...i've also tried salvia one time,felt like a balloon, very funny but not what you can call an experience.
For me mushrooms allow me to experience the mystery...acid tends to brings things to the surface that need some management and it's just so beautiful, like mckenna says: 'paradies artificiel'. dmt is very new to me and still need's some discovering. As a matter of fact all psychedelics need some more discovering since i'm not that experienced in heavy doses...but i think strong doses are the way to learn most. Low doses are very good to make music,just love how they release this source of creativity in me

Well I have 5 entheogens that I have a deep connection with

1. Spice
2. Mescaline
3. Mushrooms
4. LSA
5. Khat


Each one gives me a very specific journey, knowledge and experience. I have always been very close with mushies they were my first experience with entheogens that lead me down the path i have traveled with my journeys. I thank the mushies for showing me so much magic and possibility, they definitely got things ticking within inside me to learn more and to truly discover the true nature of my mind and my reality. Mushies will always be very special to me and they will be with me on my journey until the end.

LSA is also very special to me, its my visionary ally which brings me back to my essence of when i was a child. Untainted by the world and the impressions that my parents made on me, single layered and ready to receive information and knowledge.

Mescaline is my wise and very protective ally who protects me no matter how far i go or how dark the journey becomes for me. Mescaline almost is a grandfather like figure for me which is strange because I have never actually experienced what it would be like to have a grandfather, because i have never had one present in my life.

Khat is my mental and body elixir, I am always highly attuned to my mind and my body the day after I have taken Khat. Khat for me is highly meditative and mind clearing, both very important techniques that i need to fine tune on my entheogen journey.

Spice is the newest entheogen to join me on my journey, spice for me is definitely the most intense knowledge tool I have come across so far I learn so much from spice in such short spaces of time. I have been greatly enlightened from the knowledge that spice has imparted to me, I have become a stronger and better person because of my journeys with spice. I have really learnt so much about myself and the true nature of my reality its absolutely incredible this journey i am on. Spice has powerfully reaffirmed my direction in my entheogen journey and in my life and every day i make real and true progress to where i want to be in my life. I hope to be journeying with spice for many years to came as spice is a very deep and personal ally of mine, spice shows me the hardest aspects for me to face and confront pertaining to the true nature of my reality as well as within myself. Maybe that is why we are such strong allies.....



Much Peace and Happiness

[quote=Aegle Mescaline almost is a grandfather like figure for me which is strange because I have never actually experienced what it would be like to have a grandfather, because i have never had one present in my life.[/quote]


I get that vibe as well..good old Mescalito..love that old man!

Fractal Enchantment


I love that old man to, indeed he is a wise and very special ally.



Much Peace

spice is nice...SWIM is very fond of it...an old friend/family from bizarro world..a place he can go to that shows him that everything is going to be alright in the end...

mescaline seems to show you that world is a beautiful and exciting place...always puts a smile on

bufotenine from cebil has been sorta like a dream of what psychedelics can do...SWIM has yet to reproduce a stunning experience..but it always leaves him feeling wonderful about life and just plain happy

and good lsd is wonderful...but it seems sorta like a toy compared to a good dose of dmt