Hello all! I've been to this site many times over the past two years, though my journey began waayyy before then. I love to read about interesting stuff that helps me understand my world. I've wanted to get a proper instructed education in chemistry, engineering, and design. Things never worked out though so I have kept at it with diving down rabbit hole after rabbit hole until the topics exhaust me or venture into strange and unfamiliar territory which I cannot make sense of any further. Thus my namesake: Canamla (Almanac, backwards). That's what I want to be. A repository of useful and intriguing knowledge. EDIT: an amalgamation of great things. This is evident in my music, I feel.

Many years ago, my mom got me hooked on healthy eating and so I started looking into nutrition and later pharmacology (and related disciplines), seeking out an understanding of what is happening to me when I take anything. A few years after that I had an intense acid trip that rewrote my reality and I eventually had a bit of an emotional meltdown over my situation in life. So she had me meditate. The very first time I truly meditated (with an audio guide), I truly met myself. I met the explorer within. That curious youth, but also met my potential personified. That's when I started diving into the occult, consciousness, physics (no longer an interest, but a passion), etc.

My perspective is one of love, choice, intelligence, idealism/practicality, and exploration. Not exclusively, but the idea is there I think. I slowly came into being a psychonaut after that really intense trip. Always trying to pry open the confines of my soul, and the further I dove, the further I knew I had to go. I didn't do psychedelics for a long time after that.

My reason for being here is to learn, share, and discuss many things which I've come across. What prompted me today to join was that I learned dopamine can be metabolized into mescaline. What a cool thing! I googled a query and this site popped up again, so I figured I ought to join since lately I've been wanting to interact with others of like mind or interest.

I humbly admit and accept that I have faults and I'm not as smart as I think I am, but that won't stop me from trying! Currently, my lifestyle is mostly making music, crafting my fictional world and writing stories, overcoming some burdens and health concerns, losing hours in distraction-holes and conspiracies (for entertainment mainly), non-specific research, and work. I'm not as spiritually connected to myself as I used to be or would like to be, but when it comes down to it, I am a good person and I don't intend to boast or be conceited.

One of my ever present goals is to explain the mysterious, esoteric experiences I've had through rational scientific speculation. I'm not religious, but the things I've found in natural phenomena leave me no reason to doubt something profound exists. My favorite avenue is to use vedic philosophies and texts to make connections to modern science.

In the psychonaut's toolbox, I've only used LSD, mushrooms, and morning glory. Yet, I've seen things and have had breakthroughs that I would otherwise believe only possible with DMT. Those were fun! And scary, at times. Lol

Anyways, enough about me! Get to know me through interaction! I'm eager to become a part of the community and continue to grow and help others to grow; to interact with beautiful souls and be funny and merry