Hi. happy to be here. The last time I did any type of hallucinogenic drug was probably 30 years ago in school. Back then all they really had, as far as tripping in New Jersey went, was acid and I loved it from the start. The friends I had were interested in all drugs. Speed, weed, Seconals or even heroin,.... it didn't matter, we tried everything. But lsd was the first drug I'd taken unless you count sniffing glue (I know, stupid) and I did it many times before I had my one bad trip. And that ended my affair with acid. The first bad sign was not being able to see my homeroom number (talk about set and setting---this was in high school 7am, and a double dose ---it was called purple double-dome and was meant to be broken in two and shared) so I went outside with the intention of just ditching school and then I started vomiting and had horrible pains---something that never happened before on acid.That reallt scared me and some friends cut school too and stayed with me ,taking turns. Anyhow there were no lasting bad effects unless you consider being scared of acid.When I was 13 I had a chart of drugs and dmt was on it , but since it stated the effects were over in 20 minutes I always just disregarded it as a lightweight. Jump ahead 30 years and I read that dmt compared to lsd was like a bike ride compared to flying a rocket into a black hole. Something tweaked my interest and eventually my chemistry hobby was also re-perked up. I have read about 20 books (Shulgin, Ott, McKenna among others) and I really got into the Amazonian Indian history of shamanism and ecology as a whole. It is very strange that after a dmt experience you become concerned about things like the rain-forests of the world. So I ordered mimosa from various places and tried various teks and they all failed until the forth time (and that batch of purple was sent to me by mistake !!) when I looked in the freezer (I had even read of ways of making your freezer colder, like vasoline around the rubber seals--- I got mine to minus 12 degrees F) and saw my clear glass bowls with large snow flakes on the bottom !!! Everyone probably had a similar experience of happiness at the achievement. But I went slowly with 5 mg. at a time, with little results. Until I by mistake added 15 mg to an already loaded bowl. And before I exhaled I heard something like a train's blasting horn, and the swirling lines had some vertices in them and when I looked at these points it seemed like parts of my mind were being sucked into them. I calmed down after a few moments and felt unafraid. The next few days were wonderful. Usually it takes me a few cups of coffee, but I even woke up feeling pretty good.. And I also noticed that my piano playing had improved----these effects lasted about 10 days slowly diminishing over that period.
I know I put Yopo and snuff in the heading but I will write more later if anyone wants to read this.
Thanks to anyone who read this